New faculty spotlight: 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