The UAB Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation  welcomes Assistant Professor Elizabeth Twist, M.D., effective September 1, 2022. Dr. Twist joins the department as a Physiatrist with specialization in spinal cord injury after completing her fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Case Western in Ohio, where she also graduated residency. Prior to that, she completed her internal medicine internship at Ohio’s MetroHealth Medical Center.

Dr. Twist has recently garnered numerous accomplishments, including the PM&R Resident Professionalism Award, PM&R Resident Research Award, Administrative PM&R Chief Resident, and Case Western Dean's Scholarship and Teaching Award.

At UAB, Dr. Twist aims to pursue both clinical and research interest in spinal cord injury, neurorehabilitation, and spasticity.