Medical Director
Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Mercy Hospital
Janesville,
WI
October,
2001- present
Attending Physiatrist
Mercy
Health System
Janesville,
WI
October,
2001- present
Visiting
Clinical Instructor
University of
Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
July,
1995-June, 1997
Instructor
Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine
and College of Physical Therapy, University of the East-Ramón Magsaysay
Memorial Medical Center, Philippines
Fellow, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Edward Hines VA Hospital
Loyola
University Health System
July,
2000- present
Resident
Physician, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago
Northwestern
University Medical School
July,
1997- June, 2000
Resident Physician, Internal
Medicine-Primary Care Track
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign College of Medicine (UIUC-COM)
July,
1995-June, 1997
Resident Physician, General Surgery
Jose R. Reyes
Memorial Medical Center, Philippines
December,
1993-May, 1994
Rotating Postgraduate Internship
Jose R. Reyes
Memorial Medical Center, Philippines
May,
1992-April, 1993
Doctor of Medicine
University of the East-Ramón Magsaysay
Memorial Medical Center, Philippines
June, 1988-April, 1992
Bachelor of Science, Major in Botany
University of
the Philippines
June,
1984-March, 1988
Winner, 1st Prize,
Clinical
Vignette Competition
Department of
Internal Medicine, UIUC-COM, Urbana, IL
August,
1996
Winner, 2nd Prize, American
College of Physician State Clinical Vignette Competition, Chicago, IL
October 16, 1996
Certificates of Commendation for Superior
Performance in Clinical Rotations, UIUC-COM, Internal Medicine Residency
The Scholl Recognition Award in Rehabilitation Research
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern
University Medical School
June 9, 2000
MEDICAL LICENSURE
Permanent
License, State of Illinois
Permanent License, Philippines
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
July
1, 2001 to June 30, 2011
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Fellow,
American
Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Associate, Association of Academic
Physiatrist
Associate, American Congress of
Rehabilitation Medicine
Member,
American Paraplegia Society
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Garcia R, Gaebler-Spira D, Sisung C, Heinemann A. Functional Improvement after Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury. American Journal
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2002;81: 458-463.
Garcia R. "Recurrent Pneumonia" and Asthma of Twenty-five Years
Duration. Case report published in Carle Selected Papers p. 121 vol. 39, No.
2, Winter, 1996
Garcia R, Gaebler-Spira D, Sisung C, Heinemann A. Spinal Cord Injury in Children 12 years and younger:
Factors Affecting Functional Outcome after Inpatient Rehabilitation. Presented at the
European Academy of Childhood Disability 11th Annual Meeting.
London, UK. October 21-23, 1999.
Garcia R, Gaebler-Spira D, Sisung C,
Heinemann A. Spinal Cord
Injury in Children 13-18 years old: Functional Improvement after Inpatient
Rehabilitation. Presented at the 1999 AAPM&R 61st Annual Assembly. Washington, DC.
November 11-14, 1999.
Garcia R, Gaebler-Spira D, Sisung C,
Heinemann A. Rehabilitation
Outcomes after Spinal Cord Injury in Children. Presented at the
Howard Steele Conference on Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury: Contemporary
Principles and New Directions Rancho Mirage, CA. December 3-5, 1999.
Garcia R. Heterotopic
Ossification after Hip Osteonecrosis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin in a
Tetraplegic Man: A Case Report. Accepted
as a Poster Presentation for the 2001 AAPM&R 63rd Annual
Assembly. New Orleans, LA. September 15, 2001.
LECTURES
"
Introduction to Physical Examination"
Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago. Summer Externship Program,
May 1998 and May
1999
"Arthrogryposis Multiplex
Congenita"
Evanston
Hospital. Resident Lecture Series, September 1998
" Surgical Management of Neurogenic Bladder"
Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago. Rehab in Review, June 1999
"Lower Limb Orthoses and Ambulation Aids"
Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago. Board Review Lecture Series,
July 1999
"Wheelchair Prescription"
Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago. Board Review Lecture Series,
September
1999
“Traumatic
Brain Injury Rehabilitation”
Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago. Board Review Lecture Series,
October
1999
“Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary
Embolism in Spinal Cord Injury”
Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury Service Lecture Series,
December 2000
“Low
Back Pain”
Bits and Bites Lecture
Series, A Community Health Education Program of Mercy Health System
March 2002
ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTIVITIES AND APPOINTMENTS
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Mercy Hospital, Janesville WI,
October 1, 2001- present
Coordinator, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Lecture Series, Edward Hines, Jr. VA
Hospital, July, 2000- present
Resident Member, Wound Care
Committee, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1997-1998
Resident Member, Laboratory and Radiology
Committee, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 1999- 2000
Exhibitor, Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago Booth, Student National Medical Association Annual
Convention. Miami, Florida. April 1-4, 1999.
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and Filipino.
PERSONAL
Married, with two sons.
WEBSITE
Physiatrists' Online Resource (http://www.pmrol.cjb.net/)
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REFERENCES
Furnished upon request.