Bryan E. Adkins, M.D., W.C.C
The expertise of Drake Center's dedicated wound care team is the essential factor in its successes. As Medical Director of the Advanced Wound Care Program (including hyperbaric oxygen therapy), Dr. Adkins is a key team leader. His responsibilities include providing a range of expert patient care, overseeing protocol development, and working with the program manager in program development. He is certified in wound care by the National Alliance of Wound Care and is also certified in hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Prior to joining Drake in May 2002, he was a physician for four years with Alliance Physicians & Surgeons in Cincinnati, providing full patient care for geriatric, adult and pediatric patients. Board-certified in family medicine in 1996 and 2005, he is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Association.
He earned his medical degree at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his residency in the Department of Family Medicine at UC.
Karen A. Bauer, M.D.
As Medical Director of the Pulmonary Care/Ventilator Weaning Program at Drake, Karen Bauer guides one of the region's leading programs in this field. Dr. Bauer rejoined Drake in 2007 after a previous tenure with Drake as medical director in the 1990s, when she was instrumental in establishing and building this highly successful program.
Despite caring for more complex and higher acuity patients than is found at most long-term acute care facilities, Drake Center still outperforms industry benchmarks for both vent weaning rates and time to wean.
Before Dr. Bauer's 2007 return, she was on the medical staff at St. Luke Hospitals in Northern Kentucky. She earlier served in private practice for five years, specializing in internal and pulmonary medicine. The valuable experience she gained as a private practitioner has allowed Dr. Bauer to deliver a higher quality of care to her patients.
Due in part to her considerable experience and reputation, Dr. Bauer was named a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. She is board-certified in both pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine.
Larisa Gelman, M.D.
Thousands of miles span the route from Ukraine to Cincinnati, but Dr. Larisa Gelman's career pursuits led her down just that path. An attending physician on Drake Center's long-term acute care unit since 1998, she helps provide high-quality care for victims with a wide range of complex injuries and conditions.
Drake's services include medically complex, pulmonary, cardiovascular, wound, brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, neuromuscular, orthopedic, and amputee care and rehabilitation, as well as ventilator care and weaning for ventilator-dependent patients.
Dr. Gelman received her medical training at the Vinnitsa Medical Institute in Ukraine. She then served as a primary care physician in a Ukraine city hospital for nearly eight years. In 1994 she came to Cincinnati, where she completed a residency in internal medicine at Jewish Hospital.
Board-certified in internal medicine in 1999, Dr. Gelman is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Internal Medicine.
Mark J. Goddard, M.D.
As Drake's Medical Program Director for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Services, Dr. Mark Goddard has established himself as one of the Midwest's preeminent specialists in PM&R. With Drake Center since 1999, Dr. Goddard's specialties include brain injury and stroke rehabilitation and treatment of post-traumatic myofascial pain syndrome, a musculoskeletal condition that is often misunderstood and misdiagnosed as low back and neck pain.
Dr. Goddard has helped Drake further develop its impressive therapy management programs, specifically promoting physical therapy for musculoskeletal conditions. He performs electrodiagnostic (specialized) testing of nerve and muscle function to assess prognosis after neuromuscular conditions. Dr. Goddard has also published numerous abstracts and wide-ranging research on innovative techniques and therapies.
Dr. Goddard is Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine and a physiatrist at Cincinnati's Neuroscience Institute. He is certified by both the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
In 2008 and 2009, Dr. Goddard was voted one of the "Best Doctors in America" in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by Best Doctors In America, Inc., accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the agency responsible for certifying continuing medical education for physicians.
Reginald Kapteyn, D.O., M.A., B.A.
Reginald Kapteyn is Medical Director of Pain Management at Drake Center. He also serves as physical medicine and rehabilitation physician. Dr. Kapteyn received his Osteopathic Medicine degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia. He completed his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at National Rehabilitation Hospital (a top 10 rehab facility) in Washington, DC, and an interventional pain fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Sid Khosla, M.D.
Siddarth (Sid) Khosla, M.D., is a consulting physician of otolaryngology at Drake Center offering ear, nose and throat assessment and treatment to long-term acute care and skilled nursing patients. He also serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and is a consulting physician with University Ear, Nose and Throat Specialists Inc.; and Director of the University Voice & Swallowing Center at University Hospital's Barrett Cancer Center.
Dr. Khosla received his M.D. from Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1991, as well as his M.S. in Biomechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego in 1987, and a B.S., Mechanical Engineering from Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1985. Residency and Fellowships include: Fellowship, Laryngology and Voice Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Residency, Otolaryngolgoy, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine; and Residency, Research, Implantable Middle Ear Transducer, Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Khosla is widely published and has received numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Cincinnati Research Council.
Brett Kissela, M.D.
Dr. Kissela is Co-Director of the Stroke Recovery Center at Drake as well as Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Neurology at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center. He is a member of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke Team.
Dr. Kissela's research has focused on stroke epidemiology, stroke outcomes, and stroke recovery. Within a large stroke epidemiology program that primarily studies racial disparities in stroke incidence and case fatality, he has a special interest in the impact of diabetes on stroke incidence and stroke outcomes, as well as the epidemiology of stroke outcomes. With regard to stroke outcomes, he has focused on how post-stroke medical and psychiatric comorbidities, as well as the white matter disease burden, affect stroke recovery and outcomes. Finally, he participates in a variety of stroke recovery projects, seeking to enhance post-stroke recovery via innovative techniques and devices.
He was the recipient of the AAN's Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Prize in 2005, and was invited to participate in the NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds Great Teachers Series in 2008. He was recognized by the Cincinnati Business Courier in the "40 Under 40" Class of 2007. He also serves as Residency Program Co-Director at the University of Cincinnati since 2001, has served as Chair of the AAN's Consortium of Neurology Program Directors, and has been appointed to the ACGME Neurology Residency Review Committee. He serves on a variety of other local and national committees related to stroke and neurologic medical education.
Dr. Kissela received a medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine, did an internship at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals and residency at University of Michigan Medical Center. He also completed a fellowship in Cerebrovascular Disease at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
W. John Kitzmiller, M.D.
As Plastic Surgeon Consultant for the Advanced Wound Care Program at Drake Center, Dr. John Kitzmiller provides specialized expertise, direction and care for patients with varied complex conditions- including burns and traumatic injuries; peripheral vascular disease; pressure ulcers; post-surgical complications; and lower-extremity ulcers. As part of Drake's unique wound care team, he provides services to both inpatients and outpatients.
Dr. Kitzmiller also serves as Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Cincinnati (UC) Medical Center. In addition, as a board-certified surgeon, he is on the active staffs of many other area hospitals. He has more than 15 years of professional experience.
Prior to joining Drake Center and UC, he served as a clinical instructor in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, and as an attending surgeon at the Ralph K. Davies Medical Center. Throughout his career, he has given presentations at many regional and national professional meetings, and is a respected author and researcher in his field.
Dr. Kitzmiller earned his medical degree at the Duke University School of Medicine in North Carolina. He completed a fellowship at the Shriners Burns Institute; a cosmetic surgery fellowship in Miami, Florida; and a hand and microvascular surgery fellowship at the Davies Medical Center. In addition, he completed residencies at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Patrick J. McCullough, M.D.
As an attending physician on Drake Center's long-term acute care units, Dr. Patrick McCullough helps provide high-quality care for patients with a wide range of complex injuries and conditions. Drake's services include medically complex, pulmonary, cardiovascular, wound, brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, neuromuscular, orthopedic, and amputee care and rehabilitation, as well as ventilator care and weaning.
Dr. McCullough joined Drake Center in 2001 after being drawn to Drake's important work in the areas of skilled nursing and long-term acute care. He previously served two years with General Medical Consultants in Columbus, Ohio, and had a private practice in Cincinnati in internal medicine from 1997 to 1999.
A member of the American Medical Association, he recently became a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his residency in internal medicine at The Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Joseph J. Segal, M.D.
Joseph Segal, an attending physician on Drake's long-term acute care (LTAC) units, provides expert care and treatment for patients with a wide variety of medically complex conditions. As Chairman of its Infection Control Committee, his interests include antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections. He is board-certified in both internal medicine and the subspecialty of infectious diseases. This background is an invaluable asset to Drake's LTAC program, one of the few of its kind in the Midwest.
Dr. Segal joined Drake Center after 15 years in private practice in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He is a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Society of Microbiology, and is a Fellow with the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Segal earned his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the Washington University of St. Louis School of Medicine.
Medical Psychology
Dawn Bouman, Ph.D.
Dawn Bouman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist specializing in rehabilitation psychology and neuropsychology in patients with traumatic injuries and chronic medical illnesses.
Dr. Bouman joined the Drake Center Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology in 1992. Since then, she has served as a clinical psychologist in a variety of roles including direct clinical care, program development and leadership. Dr. Bouman's experience with a diverse population of patients enables her to provide expert assessment and therapeutic intervention. Along with her clinical duties, Dr. Bouman also supervises doctoral level graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in training. Dr. Bouman's most recent accomplishment is co-authoring a chapter in The Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology.
She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, and her internship in Rehabilitation Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, and Neuropsychology at Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri. She is accredited as licensed psychologist through the Ohio State Board of Psychology and is a member of the American Psychological Association Division of Rehabilitation Psychology.
Dionne Hollis, Ph.D.
Dionne Hollis, Ph.D, is a psychologist in the Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology Department at Drake Center. Having worked in Cincinnati for many years Dr. Hollis joins Drake Center with nearly 20 years experience in psychological conditions, in particular behavioral conditions and stress-related illnesses.
She has worked as the program director of a substance abuse treatment facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, and most recently had her own full-time private practice since 2005. Dr. Hollis has also been very involved in providing consultation to nursing homes, assisted- and independent-living facilities, and physical therapy programs throughout the area. Additionally, she is one of a few psychologists who provide house calls to elderly, terminally ill, and disabled patients.
In addition to her past clinical accomplishments, Dr. Hollis has been a featured expert on radio shows, magazines, and newspapers. She also writes a monthly column for Cincinnati Women magazine.
She received her B.A. in Psychology from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. She completed her internship at the Federal Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky. She is accredited by the Ohio State Board of Psychology, and is a member of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Services, Association of Black Psychologists--Cincinnati Chapter, and the Ohio Psychological Association.
James A. Levy, Ph.D.
A neuropsychologist who recently joined the department of medical psychology and neuropsychology at the Drake Center. A native Cincinnatian, Dr. Levy returns with nearly 20 years experience in neurodegenerative disorders, in particular Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
He has worked in two dedicated Alzheimer's disease centers in Chicago, IL and Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Levy also has been very involved in dementia-related research with the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD and has participated in clinical drug trials for Alzheimer's disease. Additionally, he has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications on dementia.
"Early diagnosis, even before functional capabilities are impaired, is essential because treatments that are under development are designed to work best at the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disorders, "says Dr. Levy. "Neuropsychological evaluation is a critical component of the diagnostic workup as it is the only way to objectively measure memory and cognitive impairment in a standardized way."
Dr. Levy also has a background in rehabilitation medicine with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan where he worked with patients recovering from stroke and brain injury. As such, he is of firm conviction that there are always goals for rehabilitation even in the face of neurodegeneration: "We look for goals that we can and want to reach, such as reclaiming dignity, joy, and meaning."
Dr. Levy received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. He completed his Clinical Internship at the University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington, and his Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. He is licensed through the Ohio State Board of Psychologists (License #6484), and is a member of the International Neuropsychological Society and the National Academy of Neuropsychology.
Brenda Loren, Ph.D.
Brenda Loren is a clinical psychologist specializing in medical psychology who primarily serves patients on Drake's long-term acute care units.
Dr. Loren joined the Drake Center Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology in 2007. She provides psychological evaluations and treatment services to patients coping with complex medical conditions and prolonged hospitalization. Dr. Loren's knowledge of mind-body interactions enables her to diagnose and treat psychological issues that may interfere with recovery, help identify medical conditions that may be causing psychological symptoms and disorders, and improve coping with prolonged illness and hospitalization. She works with other members of the treatment team when depression or anxiety interfere with a patient's ability to participate fully in medical and rehabilitative therapies. She also works with patients' families when needed to help them cope with their loved one's illness and recovery.
Dr. Loren received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, and completed her internship in clinical psychology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine's Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry in Morgantown, West Virginia. She is licensed by the Ohio State Board of Psychology, and is a member of the American Psychological Association (Rehabilitation Psychology and Health Psychology Divisions), the Ohio Psychological Association, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Kelly Napier, Psy.D.
Kelly Napier, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist specializing in neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology, and is the supervising psychologist on our neuro-rehabilitation unit. Dr. Napier joined the Drake Center medical staff in 2007.
Dr. Napier's understanding of complex psychological and cognitive presentations allows her to provide the proper treatment for her patients, as well as education, feedback, and support to family members of patients as it relates to the patient's psychological and cognitive needs.
Dr. Napier's background allows her to bring a diversity of professional experience in a variety of settings including community mental health centers, nursing homes, and medical centers. She has published on the topic of financial management capacity and was recognized by the Alzheimer's Association for her volunteer work with caregivers.
She received her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, and completed an internship in Neuropsychology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio and a Fellowship in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology at Drake.
She is licensed by both the Ohio State Board of Psychology, and Kentucky State Board of Psychology, and is a member of the American Psychological Association.
Paul D. Newman, Ph.D.
As Director of Medical Psychology & Neuropsychology, Dr. Paul Newman guides Drake Center's medical psychology/neuropsychology services and provides direct expert clinical care as well.
Drake patients' complex injuries and illnesses can cause emotional upheaval that is difficult and challenging for them and their families. Dr. Newman leads the medical psychology/neuropsychology team at Drake- a group of trained, experienced professionals who assess and treat the overlapping area between medical illnesses and psychological problems. They know the best possible recovery requires expert attention to patients' skills, attitudes, behaviors and family relationships as well as their physical well-being. As a licensed psychologist, he also provides expert direct clinical care.
In addition, Dr. Newman serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati's College of Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Before joining Drake, he was Director of Neuropsychology Services at the Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute at Kettering Medical Center in Dayton. He is a respected author of numerous articles and abstracts in his field, and is a past winner of the Cognitive Neuroscience Award from the American Psychological Association.
He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Cincinnati. His internship was at the Cincinnati Veteran's Affairs Medical Center and he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.
Mei Wang, Ph.D.
Mei Wang, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist specializing in rehabilitation psychology, neuropsychology, medical psychology, and chronic pain management.
Dr. Wang joined the Drake Center Department of Medical Psychology and Neuropsychology in 2000. Since then she has served as a clinical psychologist in a variety of roles including direct clinical care, supervising graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and program development.
Dr. Wang's education, in both medicine and psychology, enable her to better understand complex medical issues and how psychological condition plays a significant role in adjustment and recovery from physical illness. In addition to providing psychological assessment and therapeutic intervention, Dr. Wang is a strong supporter of using a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach in treating patients with medical illness.
She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, and an M.D. from the Capital Institute of Medicine, Beijing, China. She She completed her Internship in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology at Sunrise Rehabilitation Hospital, Sunrise, Florida, and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Behavioral Medicine Institute, Knoxville, Tennessee. She is licensed in Ohio and Tennessee, and is a member of the American Psychological Association.