{"id":15505,"date":"2025-02-10T09:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepctr2025dev.wpengine.com\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=15505"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:46:51","slug":"abana-azariah","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/abana-azariah\/","title":{"rendered":"Abana Azariah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Abana Azariah<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">M.D.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Medical Director of Disorders of Consciousness Program<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Physiastrist<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"address\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Location\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<address>Shepherd Center Main Campus<\/address>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Abana Azariah, M.D., has been with Shepherd Center since 2025 and works with the following programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/treatment\/conditions\/brain-injury\/treatment-programs\/disorders-of-consciousness\/\">Disorders of Consciousness Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/treatment\/conditions\/brain-injury\/treatment-programs\/\">Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Specialties<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>Brain Injury Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Complex Spasticity Management<\/li>\n<li>Disorders of Consciousness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Education and training<\/h2>\n<p><strong>MossRehab &#8211; Einstein Health<\/strong><br \/>\nFellowship, Brain Injury Medicine, 2018-2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baylor College of Medicine\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nResidency, Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation, 2015-2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jersey Shore University Medical Center<\/strong><br \/>\nInternship, Internal Medicine, 2014-2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. George University School of Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nMedical School, 2014<\/p>\n<h2>Certifications<\/h2>\n<p><strong>American Board of Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Board of Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in Brain Injury Medicine<\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Abana Azariah, M.D. is passionate about caring for patients with severe traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries, with a special focus on complex spasticity management and disorders of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Drawn to Shepherd Center for its renowned Disorder of Consciousness Program, Dr. Azariah was inspired by the institution\u2019s commitment to excellence in brain injury care. 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