Mary E. Russell D.O., M.S., an Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair of Quality and Compliance in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, completed her residency at the Baylor/University of Texas Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Alliance in July 2014. She received her medical degree in 2010 from Des Moines University. She received her master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa in 2005, with an emphasis on musculoskeletal biomechanics.

Dr. Russell cares for inpatient and outpatient patients recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurotrauma.  Her hospital affiliations include TIRR Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann Hospital-The Woodlands. She is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists and American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. 

Dr. Russell also serves as the Medical Director at TIRR Memorial Hermann-The Woodlands. Her clinical interests include spasticity management and brain injury medicine.  She is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. 

Education & Training

Graduate School: M.S

Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 2005

Medical School: DO

Des Moines University, 2010

Residency

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, 2014