Mel Glenn, MD - Course Director

Dr. Glenn earned his medical degree from New York University (NYU) School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) and then a fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at NYU. In 1982 he joined the faculty of the Dept. of PM&R at Tufts University and the staff of its affiliates New England Medical Center Hospitals, New England Sinai Hospital (NESH), and Greenery Rehabilitation Center. He was Director of Rehabilitation Medicine at Greenery's Brain Injury Program, and then Director of the Brain Injury Program at NESH. From 1993 until 1998, he was Professor and Chairman of the Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and Chief of Rehabilitation Medicine at Boston Medical Center, where he was the Project Director of the New England Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center's Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems grant. In 1998, he joined the staff of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH) as Director of Outpatient and Community Brain Injury Rehabilitation, and has since been made Chief, Division of Brain Injury for the Dept. of PM&R at SRH Network. He is an Associate Professor of PM&R and Associate Chair of the Brain Injury Division of the Dept. of PM&R at at Harvard Medical School (HMS). Dr. Glenn was Project Director of the Spaulding/Partners TBI Model System at HMS, a research grant funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, from 1998 to 2008. He has been Medical Director of Brain Injury Services in MA for Mentor ABI/NeuroRestorative since 1991 and Medical Director of Community Rehab Care since 1996. Dr. Glenn was the editor of the Update on Pharmacology column of Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation from 1985 to 2013.

Dr. Glenn has worked with NeuroRestorative’s Massachusetts program as medical director for more than 25 years.  As National Medical Director, Dr. Mel Glenn works with our exceptional team of more than 70 medical directors across 26 states to enrich NeuroRestorative’s research, advocacy, and education initiatives throughout the country. Dr. Glenn supports NeuroRestorative’s sharing of best practices for clinical and medical management as well advocacy efforts aimed at enhancing access to personalized, measurable, quality care.

William Duffy

As president of NeuroRestorative, Bill directs the company’s strategic business planning and program development. Bill joined NeuroRestorative as chief operating officer in 2008.  Prior to joining NeuroRestorative, Bill was the chief executive officer of Radius Specialty Hospital in Boston. He also served as chief executive officer for Commonwealth Communities, overseeing four rehabilitation hospitals across Massachusetts. Bill holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Stonehill College.

Joseph T. Giacino, PhD

Joseph T. Giacino, PhD is Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and Director of Rehabilitation Neuropsychology, the Disorders of Consciousness Program and the Neurorehabilitation Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. He also holds appointments as a Neuropsychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Adjunct Professor in the Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program at the MGH Institute of Health Professions and teaches Neuroethics at the HMS Center for Bioethics. His research focuses on developing more precise neurodiagnostic procedures, clinical outcome assessment measures and therapies for persons with severe acquired brain injury. He is the Principal Investigator for the Spaulding-Harvard Traumatic Brain Injury Model System, Co-PI and Outcomes Core Lead for the TRACK-TBI Network and Co-PI on a Brain Initiative grant investigating Central Thalamic Stimulation for TBI. He co-chairs the NINDS TBI Common Data Element Steering Committee and is Past-President of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). He led the expert panels that developed the minimally conscious state case definition and 2018 Practice Guideline Update on Disorders of Consciousness. Dr. Giacino has authored over 160 peer-reviewed publications and is the recipient of the ACRM BI-ISIG Lifetime Achievement Award, William Fields Caveness Award (BIAA, Inc) and Robert L. Moody Prize (University of Texas Medical Branch).

Seth Herman, MD

Seth Herman is a Physiatrist with a subspeciality in Brain Injury Medicine.  He moved from Boston in April of 2020 to take on the position of Brain Injury Medical Director of California Rehabilitation Institute which is how I have known him.  Prior to taking on this position; he was Director of Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. He obtained his medical degree at Penn State and residency training at Shirley Ryan Ability Ability/Formerly known as Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago/Northwestern Medical School.   His research and clinical interests are focused on the treatment and improvement of functional outcomes of those who suffered traumatic and acquired brain injuries as well as functional neurological disorders. He is interested in the evaluation and management of potential medical barriers that can impair functional outcomes such as poor sleep, pain, spasticity, neuro-endocrine dysfunction, neurobehavioral, cognitive, physical and emotional deficits.  As a trained physiatrist, he has the expertise to understand the whole patient and the role of body system/structure deficits and impact on activity and participation.  

Lu Sutherland

As Vice President of quality improvement for NeuroRestorative, Lu provides leadership and direction to operations across the country. She joined NeuroRestorative in 2012 as vice president of quality and outcomes and has held positions overseeing operations, quality improvement, and clinical compliance for The MENTOR Network’s Adult Day Health Services. Prior to joining The Network, Lu held numerous leadership positions in healthcare, including vice president of clinical services at Senior Solutions HCM and chief clinical officer at Kindred N.E. Specialty Hospital.

Lu holds a bachelor’s in Nursing and is a registered nurse and physical therapist assistant currently enrolled in a master’s of science nursing program in health systems management.  She is a board member of the Massachusetts Adult Day Services Association and a member of the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordination and the Brain Injury Alliance.Biolgrpahical Sketch