Graham McDaniel

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program Director: Somkiat Hemtaslipa, MD. Residency Coordinator: Kelsey Podnieks

Resident Physician at Tower Health (2022-07 – Present)

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency Program Director: Somkiat Hemtaslipa, MD. Residency Coordinator: Kelsey Podnieks

Grand Rounds Presenter at Tower Health Residency Program (2024-08 – 2024-08)

• Created and presented "Why exercise is the best longevity drug we have and how to best utilize it" for attending and resident faculty at Tower health PM&R residency program

Student Council Journal Club Presenter at Association of Academic Physicians (2021-02 – 2021-02)

• Presented article Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Treats Neuroma and Phantom Pain in Major Limb Amputees: A Randomized Clinical Trial [Dumanian et. al]

Co-presenter at Disability Justice Mentoring Collective (DJMC) (2021-01 – 2021-03)

• Collaborated with a team of medical students to present about the impact of tobacco, alcohol, and substance use to a group of mentors to adolescents with various disabilities.
• Collaborated with a team of four students to give a talk regarding service animals to a group of youth with various disabilities between 6th and 12th grade.

Research Volunteer and Curriculum Editor - Disability Curriculum Project at Rush Medical College (2021-06 – 2021-09)

• Helped review the curriculums in the RUSH Medical College to ensure that disability themed education is being included/integrated into the curriculum

PowerPoint Co-creator - Disability Ted Talk at Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Student Fellowship (2021-04 – 2021-04)

• Created a PowerPoint presentation summarizing Ted Talk "Our fight for disability rights-and why we're not done yet"

Adaptive Sports Leader at Chicago Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Student Fellowship (2021-01 – 2022-01)

Selected by Rush Medical College's PM&R department to create and execute various sporting events and programming related to adaptive sports and sports for differently abled individuals.

Volunteer Coordinator, PM&R Student Fellowship at Great Lake Adaptive Sports Association (2021-05 – 2021-05)

• Organized zoom meetings with GLASA coordinators to coordinate involvement of medical students and residents for the 2021 Great Lakes Games for athletes with disabilities.
• Volunteered at Great Lakes Games event providing individuals with COVID-19 screening and helped set up medical coverage for the weekend.

Sports Medicine Day Coordinator at Chicago Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Student Fellowship (2021-03 – 2021-03)

• Worked with PM&R and Olympics physiatrist Dr. Davis from UC Davis to create and plan a sports medicine day with the Chicago PM&R student fellowship.
• Helped map out useful and engaging presentation for other medical students to create excitement about PM&R field and career opportunities

Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – Tower Health Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency (2022-07 – 2026-06)

Doctor of Medicine – Rush Medical College (2018-01 – 2022-01)

Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology – University of California, Davis (2012-06 – 2016-08)

– University of Michigan (2011-09 – 2011-12)