RIC Patient Stories

Eric Edmundson

Eric Edumundson

Eric, a military veteran, received a complex combination of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq.

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Michele Lee

Michele Lee

Michele Lee found a career and an aptitude for art through RIC's Second Look program.

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Eric Weil

Eric Weil

Eric, a pediatrician working in Chicago, participated in RIC's prime-of-life program to recover the abilities that drive his life.

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Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis took part in rehabilitation including robot-assisted therapy to advance her ability.

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Omar Al-Dhafiri

Omar and his father traveled from Kuwait to Chicago for Omar's care after he sustained a traumatic brain injury.

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Photograph of Deborah J. Gaebler-Spira

Deborah J. Gaebler-Spira, MD

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation/Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine/Pediatrics

  • Director, Cerebral Palsy Program
  • Professor of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehab.

Locations

Research Interests

Deborah J. Gaebler-Spira, MD is currently researching Spasticity, botulinum toxin treatment, ITB, cerebral palsy.

Clinical Expertise

Deborah J. Gaebler-Spira, MD, has expertise providing care to patients with:

Awards & Recognition

2005 - Goldstein Award, United Cerebral Palsy Foundation
1989 - Present: Medical Director, Early Intervention Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
1987 - Present: Director, Cerebral Palsy/Selective Posterior Rhizotomy, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Research Studies

Education & Training

Education

University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Doctor of Medicine , 1975-1979

Residencies

Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident , 1982-1985
University of Chicago Hospital and Clinics
Pediatric Resident; Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Certified , 1979-1982