RIC Patient Stories

Eric Edmundson

Eric Edumundson

Eric, a military veteran, received a complex combination of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and anoxic brain injury (ABI) due to a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq.

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Michele Lee

Michele Lee

Michele Lee found a career and an aptitude for art through RIC's Second Look program.

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Eric Weil

Eric Weil

Eric, a pediatrician working in Chicago, participated in RIC's prime-of-life program to recover the abilities that drive his life.

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Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis took part in rehabilitation including robot-assisted therapy to advance her ability.

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Omar Al-Dhafiri

Omar and his father traveled from Kuwait to Chicago for Omar's care after he sustained a traumatic brain injury.

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Photograph of Cherina M Cyborski

Cherina M Cyborski, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

  • Attending Physician

Locations

Research Interests

Cherina M Cyborski, MD is currently researching Sexuality after Brain Injury, Acupuncture as a Novel Technique for Treating Insomnia in the Outpatient Traumatic Brain Injury Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Military Traumatic Brain Injury Screening Instrument Validation study, Acupuncture for Treatment of Insomnia in Inpatient Traumatic Brain Injury.

Clinical Expertise

Cherina M Cyborski, MD, has expertise providing care to patients with:

Awards & Recognition

2005 - 2008: Residency Clinical Honors in Seven Individual Rotations
2004: Excellence in Teaching Award, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
2000: Cum Laude graduate in Biological Sciences, Northwestern University
2000 - present: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Licenses

Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Basic Life Support

Recent Publications & Presentations

Abstract:
Heller, DS. Konheim, A. Cyborski, C. Wuermser, LA. "Patients' Views on Embryonic Stem Cells as a Potential Therapy in Acute Spinal Cord Injury." Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Volume 87, Issue 11, November 2006, Page e47

Education & Training

Education

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine , 2004
Northwestern University
Bacheolor of Arts, Biological Sciences , 2000

Residencies

Northwestern University/Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , 2005-08

Fellowships

James and Carmelita O'Boyle Brain Injury Fellow, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Brain Injury Rehabilitation , 2008-09