Overview
Vu Nguyen, MD, MBA, is the Robert B. Kyle Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Heersink School of Medicine. Nguyen specializes in neuro and stroke rehabilitation. His current leadership roles include being a Director on the American Board of PM&R Board of Directors, a Reviewer on the ACGME PM&R Review Committee, the North American Representative to the Executive Council of the International Society of PRM, a member of the Physiatry Foundation Advisory Board, and a Director on the Lakeshore Foundation Board of Directors. He is a United States Air Force veteran, having served in the Medical Corps. Dr. Nguyen received his MD from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, MBA from East Carolina University, and BS from Drake University.
Dr. Nguyen is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Palsy. His top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Cerebral Palsy, Muscle Spasms, and Opisthotonos.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 8 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans
- Cigna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Humana
Locations
1717 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35294
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Nguyen has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC
Robert Brunner is a Physiatrist in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Brunner and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cerebral Palsy. His top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Athetosis, Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), Decorticate Posture, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Dr. Brunner is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
When evaluating expertise, MediFind pulls from factors such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
To learn more about how MediFind determines the expertise levels, check out our expert tiers page.
- Distinguished
- Hemiplegia
- Advanced
- Cerebral Palsy
- Experienced
- Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
- Chronic Subdural Hematoma
- Drug Induced Dyskinesia
- Muscle Spasms
- Opisthotonos
- Paraplegia