{"id":5888,"date":"2024-10-17T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=5888"},"modified":"2025-02-09T18:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T23:06:04","slug":"woody-morgan","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/woody-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Woody Morgan"},"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\">James &#8220;Woody\u201d Morgan<\/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>Associate Program Director of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Physiatrist<\/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>Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit<\/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>James &#8220;Woody&#8221; Morgan, M.D., has been with Shepherd Center since 2023 and works with the following programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/treatment\/conditions\/multiple-trauma\/\">Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Specialties<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical Medicine &amp; Rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>Brain Injury Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Spinal Cord Injury Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Education and training<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Craig Hospital \/ University of Colorado School of Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nFellowship, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital\/Harvard Medical School<\/strong><br \/>\nResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2016-2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ochsner Clinic Foundation<\/strong><br \/>\nInternship, Internal Medicine,\u202f2015-2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tulane University School of Medicine<\/strong><br \/>\nMedical School,\u202f2015<\/p>\n<h2>Certifications<\/h2>\n<p><strong>American Board of\u202fPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in\u202fPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in\u202fBrain Injury Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/strong><br \/>\nCertified in\u202fSpinal Cord Injury Medicine<\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Woody Morgan is a staff physiatrist at Shepherd Center. He is triple board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&amp;R), spinal cord injury medicine, and brain injury medicine, specializing in the rehabilitation care of patients with neurologic illness\/injury.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Morgan currently leads four interdisciplinary teams in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit, where he provides care for patients experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining Shepherd Center in 2023, Dr. Morgan served as the medical program director of the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he also received the Teacher of the Year Award in 2023 from the Vanderbilt Department of PM&amp;R.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Morgan received his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Georgia and graduated with honors from Tulane University School of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. 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