Section Chief of SCI Medicine, Associate Professor of PM&R, Monika and Henry Betts Medical Education Chair
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab and Northwestern University
Allison Kessler, MD, MSc, is the Section Chief of Renée Crown Center for Spinal Cord Innovation. She is board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Medicine. Dr. Kessler is the Monika and Henry Betts Medical Education Chair and Associate Director of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's SCI Medicine Fellowship. She is also an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard, master's of science at the London School of Economics and MD at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine.
Disability Education – A National Update
Friday, February 20, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM AST