Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD

UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez is a Professor and Distinguished Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Long School of Medicine at UT San Antonio. She is a renowned expert in rehabilitation medicine, with clinical and research expertise in Long COVID, brain injury, stroke, and spasticity management. Dr. Gutierrez is the Medical Director of Critical Illness Recovery and Neuro Rehabilitation at Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospitals and Chief of the PM&R service line at University Health. A prolific author with over 150 publications and a book, she leads initiatives that advance inclusion in medicine and serves as a co-investigator in the NIH RECOVER trial and an AHRQ grant for Long COVID care.

Presentation(s):

• Spasticity X Lunch & Learn: Developing a Spasticity Treatment Plan: A Case-Based Dialogue

  Tuesday, February 17, 2026
  12:15 PM - 1:15 PM AST

• Commercial: RFPD Lunch: An Overview of Ipsen Educational Offerings

  Wednesday, February 18, 2026
  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AST

• The Power of Yes, the Wisdom of No: Seizing Opportunity in Academic Medicine Without Losing Yourself

  Thursday, February 19, 2026
  11:15 AM - 12:15 PM AST

• Leveraging Your Spasticity Practice for Academic Productivity

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  8:15 AM - 9:15 AM AST

• Demo Pod-Adult Spasticity

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  10:30 AM - 11:15 AM AST

• Hands-on Ultrasound and Cadaver Injection Lab

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  12:30 PM - 2:00 PM AST

• "Manuscript Accepted… or Rejected? Navigating the Peer Review Process in PM&R"

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  2:00 PM - 3:00 PM AST

• Adult Spasticity Diagnosis and Injection Treatment Planning with B.E.G.I.N. Workbook (Beginning Education to Guide Injection of Neurotoxins)

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  3:00 PM - 4:00 PM AST

• Redefining Leadership for Women in PMR

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  3:30 PM - 5:00 PM AST