Karen K. Bloom, M.D., F.A.C.P., is a graduate of Lehigh University. She received her M.D. from The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1985. She completed her Internal Medicine internship in 1986 at Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts. Dr. Bloom completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1989 following training at Boston University Medical Center, and Temple University Health Sciences Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bloom was board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1990. She received a subspecialty certification in Spinal Cord Medicine in 2000 from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

In addition to practicing general rehabilitation medicine, Dr. Bloom has special interest in brain injury and pediatric patients. She has been Medical Director of the Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury and Pediatric Rehabilitation Programs at Frazier Institute in Louisville since 1996. Other areas of special interest are patients with spinal cord injuries and spasticity. She also provides other services such as management of Baclofen Pumps and Botox injections for spasticity.

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John M. Gormley, M.D., received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1987. He received his M.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1991. Continuing at the University of Louisville, he completed his Internal Medicine internship in 1992. He began his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, and completed the residency at University of Michigan in 1995. Dr. Gormley was board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1997.

Dr. Gormley practices general rehabilitation medicine. He has special interest in stroke and amputation rehabilitation, as well as rehabilitation for neuromuscular disorders. He participates in the Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinic at Baptist Hospital East. Dr. Gormley also performs special services such as Botox injections for spasticity and electromyograms.

Dr. Gormley joined Rehabilitation Associates, PSC in February 2002. He was previously in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is on active staff at several area hospitals, and is a member of several national, state, and local professional organizations. He regularly completes continuing education in his field.

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John C. Shaw, M.D., is a graduate of Drake University. He received his M.D. in 1965 from Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Missouri. Following an internship at the University of Iowa in 1966, Dr. Shaw completed an Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the University of North Carolina in 1972, and in 1982 completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Frazier Institute in Louisville. He completed a Rehab Surgery Fellowship at the University of Louisville with Frazier Rehab Center and Hand Surgery Associates in 1986. Dr. Shaw is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and is board admissible by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Shaw served as a medical missionary for the Presbyterian Church, US, from 1972 through 1984. Throughout that period he served as Chief of the Department of Orthopaedics, Chief of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department and Crippled Children Program, as well as Director of the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine and Orthopaedic Rehab Surgery for the Presbyterian Medical Center in Conju, Korea. He received numerous service awards from the Korean government.

In addition to practicing general rehabilitation medicine, Dr. Shaw also performs surgery for rehab patients. Dr. Shaw has special interest in patients requiring orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation due to cerebral palsy, spasticity after stroke or traumatic brain injury, amputations, or gait abnormalities. He also implants and manages Baclofen pumps, and performs Botox injections for patients with spasticity.

Dr. Shaw was a founding partner of Rehabilitation Associates, PSC in 1985. Additionally, he has served as Medical Director of Southern Indiana Rehabilitation Hospital in New Albany, Indiana, since 1994. He is on active staff at several other area hospitals. He is a member of several international, national, state, and local professional organizations, and regularly completes continuing education in his field.

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Douglas P. Stevens, M.D., is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and the University of Michigan. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kentucky in 1982, a Master’s Degree in Bioengineering from the University of Michigan in 1983, and his M.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1987. Dr. Stevens completed his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency in 1991 at Frazier Institute in Louisville. He is board certified with the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He also received a subspecialty certification in Spinal Cord Medicine from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Stevens practices general rehabilitation medicine. He does have special interest in patients requiring cancer or organ transplant rehabilitation, and patients with spasticity. Dr. Stevens performs special services such as Baclofen Pump management. He is the Medical Director for the Spinal Cord Medical program at Frazier Rehab and Neuroscience Institute..

Dr. Stevens is a partner with Rehabilitation Associates, PSC, having joined the practice in 1991.

 

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David R. Watkins, M.D. Emertius, is a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College in Owensboro, Kentucky. He attended the University of Louisville School of Medicine and received his M.D. in 1976. He completed his residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation through the University of Louisville at Frazier Institute in 1980.

Dr. Watkins has been a partner with Rehabilitation Associates, PSC since 1985. Dr. Watkins retired from practice in 2006.

 

 

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William P. Williamson, II, M.D., is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. He received his M.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1986, and completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1990 at Frazier Institute in Louisville. Dr. Williamson was board certified in 1991 through the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Williamson practices general rehabilitation medicine, but does have special interest in patients with post-polio syndrome. He is the Medical Director at Frazier Rehab and the Director of the stroke program.

Dr. Williamson is a partner with Rehabilitation Associates, PSC, having joined the practice in 1990. He is on active staff at most area hospitals. Dr. Williamson is a member of several national, state, and local professional organizations, and regularly completes continuing education in his field.

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