Mary Dombovy, M.D., MHSA
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology

Biography
	Clinical Associate Professor of PM&R and Neurology and Chair of the Department of PM&R at Unity Health System. Dr. Dombovy received her M.D. degree from Mayo Medical School, completed neurology residency at Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, and PM&R residency at the University of Wisconsin.  She is Board Certified in both PM&R and neurology.  She completed a fellowship in Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine in 1996-97, and received her Master’s Degree in Health Systems Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2001.  Dr. Dombovy’s major area of clinical and research interest is in recovery from stroke and brain injury, and she has numerous publications and national presentations covering various aspects of stroke and brain injury.  She has been the primary investigator on several studies examining outcome following brain injury and stroke.  A more recent focus has been health care service delivery and designing medical education to impact on the future of health care.  Dr. Dombovy is on the board of several national organizations including the Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission (CARF Chair, 1999) and the American Society of Neurorehabilitation.  She is a reviewer for several journals and in 1997 produced a synopsis of neurorehabilitation with an accompanying video for the American Academy of Neurology.  She has been an oral examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology since 1988.
Contact Information
	Unity Health System PM&R 89 Genesee St Rochester, NY 14611 (p) 585-368-3002 email: mdombovy@unityhealth.org
Education
	Mayo Medical School, Minnesota. MD.
Internships, Residencies, and Specialty Training
	PMR Residency, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin.
	Neurology Residency, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Minnesota.
Board Certification & Licensure
	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
	Neurology
Research Areas & Interests
	Recovery from stroke
	Brain injury Commitees and Professional Societies     American Academy of Neurology American Medical Association Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation American Society of Neurorehabilitation Association of Academic Physiatrists Monroe County Medical Society Medical Group Management Association American College of Physician Executives   Honors and Awards     Best Doctors in America, National List                            1998&1999 Scholarship recipient for National Executive Leadership 1996-1997 in Academic Medicine Program at Allegheny University in Pennsylvania (A 20 day program where only 1 of 3 applicants are accepted and only 2 receive scholarships each year.  Purpose is to train young/mid career physicians for leadership positions in academic medicine) Best Doctors in America, Northeast Division     1996     Distinguished Alumni Award, College of St. Benedict,   1992  Minnesota   Book Chapters and Reviews     Dombovy, ML:  Factors Influencing Recovery after Brain Injury;   Neurorehabilitation News, Sept. 1994 Dombovy, ML "Rehabilitation concerns in Degenerative Movement Disorders of        the CNS" In Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, R. Braddom, Ed.  Philadelphia: WB Saunders 1995, 1088-1100                              Speach, D. and Dombovy, ML: “Recovery from Stroke: Rehabilitation” in  Advances in Cerebrovascular Disease, Balliere's Clinical Neurology, V.  Hachinski, ed., Toronto Bailliere-Tindall, 317-338, 1995 Dombovy, ML: “Traumatic Brain Injury” In Neurorehabilitation, RB Lazar, Ed., McGraw-Hill, 1997 Orsini, J and Dombovy, ML: “Rehabilitation in Chronic Neurologic Disorders”  In Neurorehabilitation, Lazar RB, Ed., McGraw-Hill, 1997 Dombovy, ML Neurorehabilitation in  Continuum.  A program of the American Academy of Neurology (1997).  (Prepared entire issue of journal, including videotape.) Aggarwahl, U and Dombovy, ML: “Stroke Rehabilitation” in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Grabois, Barrison, Hart, Lehmkuhl,eds.,Blackwell Science, Inc., 1325-1348, 1999)       Abstracts     Dombovy ML, Schiffer R, Cohn F:  "Single Photon Emission Tomography:   Clinical Correlations" (Abst) Neurology Supplement 43:  A260, 1993 Wong, TM and Dombovy, ML: Single Photon Emission Tomography Following  Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Study.  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 8 244-245, 1993. Schmidt JG, Dombovy ML, Watkins K: “Treatment of Viral Encephalitis Organic Personality Disorder and Autistic Features with Propranolol”  J. Neurorehabil 1994. Dombovy, ML, “Post Stroke Rehabilitation” (Editorial), Abstracts of Clin Care Guidelines, 7:5-6, July/August, 1995  Dombovy, ML “Recovery and Rehabilitation Following Traumatic Brain Injury”  Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 77:21, 1996. Schmidt, JG, Drew-Cates, J and Dombovy, ML: Anoxic Encephalopathy: Outcome after inpatient rehabilitation, Journal of Neurologic Rehabilitation,  11:189-195, 1998 Schmidt, JG, Drew-Cates, J, Dombovy, ML.  Severe Stroke:Outcome after inpatient rehabilitation.  Journal of Neurologic Rehabilitation,  12:44, 1998