Dr. Darryl L. Kaelin, M.D. is a physician board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.  He is the University of Louisville Endowed Chair of Stroke and Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Dr. Kaelin is Medical Director of the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute in Louisville, Kentucky where he manages patients with neurological trauma/illness.  Dr. Kaelin is also Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a Professor in the Dept. of Neurological Surgery.

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Dr. Kaelin has published widely in peer-reviewed journals on traumatic brain injury, neuropharmacology, spasticity management and service reimbursements. He has also led numerous medication trials sponsored through pharmaceutical funding. He has delivered presentations at national and international conferences in the areas of spasticity management, pharmaceutical management of brain injury and medical business practice issues. He has held several positions within the Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Association of Academic Physiatrists. He is a Past-President of the AAPM&R. 

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Prior to assuming his current positions with the University of Louisville and Frazier Rehabilitation, Dr. Kaelin spent six years as the Medical Director of the Acquired Brain Injury Program at Atlanta's Shepherd Center, a catastrophic care hospital for people with spinal cord and brain injuries. While at the Shepherd Center, he also served as the Medical Director of Brain Injury Research and was a Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Emory University's School of Medicine. Previously, Dr. Kaelin served for 10 years as the Medical Director of the Hook Rehab Center in Indianapolis, where he was a founding faculty member of the Indiana University PM&R Department.
 

Dr. Darryl Kaelin M.D.

Board Member