New President and Board Members Elected to the Association of Academic Physiatrists
Newswise Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD, Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the University of Pittsburgh/UPMC and Director of the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute, has been elected president of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), the largest membership society for academic physiatry, at their 2021 Virtual Conference. Dr. Sowa succeeds Adam Stein, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of PM&R at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell. Dr. Sowa will serve a two-year term focused on building resources, relationships and the future of academic physiatry.