Nora Cullen
Professor, Medicine

Dr. Cullen is the newly appointed Division Director for PM&R in the Department of Medicine and Chief of PM&R at HHSC and St Joseph’s Healthcare. She has been the Chief of Staff and Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at West Park Healthcare Centre for the last 10 years, actively seeking to promote system change and patient advocacy in an integrated system. Her goal is to enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities based on current best evidence. Clinically, she has worked with brain-injured adults focusing on maximizing the functional recovery. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience and Psychology, 1989, as well as a Master of Science in Physiology from the University of Toronto, 1990. She graduated from medical school at the University of Toronto in 1994 and completed a residency program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1998 and was licensed the same year as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada. She did a Fellowship in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Detroit, Michigan at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Wayne State University in 1998-99. She is a full Professor at McMaster University.