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The UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation strives to provide all of our trainees with educational exeperiences to increase knowledge, enhance skills, and better serve your professional career goals.

Our three-year residency program includes rotations at Spain Rehabilitation Center, The Workplace at UAB HighlandsUAB Health SystemBirmingham VA Medical CenterAndrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, and Children's Hospital of Alabama.

Thanks to our program directors, Conley Carr, M.D., and Danielle Powell, M.D., our residents get to experience excellent training!

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Daniel McBride, M.D.

Daniel McBride, M.D.

Nelson Santos-Agosto, D.O.

Nelson Santos-Agosto, D.O.

Natalie Dean, D.O.

Natalie Dean, D.O.

Sarah Lopes, D.O.

Sarah Lopes, D.O.

  • Daniel McBride, M.D.
  • Nelson Santos-Agosto, D.O.
  • Natalie Dean, D.O.
  • Sarah Lopes, D.O.
  • Daniel McBride, M.D.

    Undergraduate: LSU Shreveport

    Medical School: LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans

    Internship: LSU School of Medicine in Baton Rouge

    Career Interests: Stroke, SCI, Pediatric Rehab, Cancer Rehab, General Rehab, Medical Informatics.

  • Nelson Santos-Agosto, D.O.

    Undergraduate: University of Central Florida

    Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health

    Career Interests: Sports Medicine, Diagnostic/Interventional Sports Medicine Ultrasound, MSK, Orthobiologics, Performance Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Exercise Biomechanics, General Rehab, Interventional Spin

  • Natalie Dean, D.O.

    Undergraduate: Westmont College in Santa Barbara

    Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health

    Career Interests: Pediatric rehab, Spinal cord injury rehab

  • Sarah Lopes, D.O.

    Undergraduate: Mississippi State University

    Medical School: William Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health

    Career Interests: Inpatient Rehab

  • Daniel McBride, M.D.
  • Nelson Santos-Agosto, D.O.
  • Natalie Dean, D.O.
  • Sarah Lopes, D.O.

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Mona Amad, M.D.

Mona Amad, M.D.

Joy DeShazo, M.D.

Joy DeShazo, M.D.

Ryan Dill, M.D.

Ryan Dill, M.D.

Pierre Galea, M.D.

Pierre Galea, M.D.

  • Mona Amad, M.D.
  • Joy DeShazo, M.D.
  • Ryan Dill, M.D.
  • Pierre Galea, M.D.
  • Mona Amad, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Georgia Institute of Technology

    Medical School: New York Medical College

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health Systems

    Next steps: Interventional Spine & Musculoskeletal Fellowship with OrthoAlabama Spine and Sport in Birmingham, AL

  • Joy DeShazo, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Auburn University

    Medical School: UAB

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health

    Next steps: Private Practice Physician at Encompass Inpatient Rehab in Huntsville, AL

  • Ryan Dill, M.D.

    Undergraduate: Indiana University

    Medical School: Indiana University

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health

    Next steps: Interventional Spine Fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI

  • Pierre Galea, M.D.

    Undergraduate: University of Malta

    Medical School: The University of Vermont 

    Internship: Brookwood Baptist Health

    Next Steps: Private Practice Inpatient Physician at Brooks Rehab in Jacksonville, FL

  • Mona Amad, M.D.
  • Joy DeShazo, M.D.
  • Ryan Dill, M.D.
  • Pierre Galea, M.D.