New faculty spotlight: Dan Pierce, MD

Dan Pierce, MD

Dan Pierce, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Dan Pierce, MD
  • Hometown: Midland, Michigan
  • Current position(s): Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, Nebraska Medicine

Previous position, including residencies and fellowships:

  • Medical school at Saint George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada
  • Internship at Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
  • Residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Rutgers University Health Services, Newark, New Jersey
  • Fellowship in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle

Professional and medical interests: 

  • Quality improvement
  • Health care policy and outcomes research
  • Spinal cord medicine

How did you fall in love with physiatry: I worked as a research assistant in a biomechanics lab prior to medical school, focusing on gait analysis following spinal cord injury. I enjoyed working with the physiatrists and all the other rehabilitation professionals to improve patient function and independence.

Memberships: 

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • American Medical Informatics Association 

Three things people don’t know about me:

  • I love making ice cream and hope to open an ice cream shop someday.
  • I enjoy cycling, including a “bike packing” trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles along California Highway 1.
  • Nebraska will be my ninth state to have legal residence.

Locations: Multispecialty Clinic at Village Pointe Health Center 

Appointments and referrals: 402-596-4411

1 comment

  1. Teri Mauch says:

    Welcome! Glad to have another cycling (and ICE CREAM!) enthusiast on the faculty. Nebraska has lots of cycling trip options, including Tour de NE, BRAN, and shorter overnights, and RAGBRAI is close, too.

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