Elizabeth Sandel, MD has been providing medical care to patients with brain injuries since the 1980s. She serves as Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. She is Chair of the Board of Concussion Alliance. Dr. Sandel is Board-certified in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Brain Injury Medicine (BIM). She is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R), the largest organization of physicians specializing in PM&R in the world. She served this organization on the Board of Governors for 8 years and as President from 2009–2010. She was a member of the Brain Injury Medicine Examination Committee of the American Board of PM&R from 2011 to 2015 and was one of the first 321 physicians certified in this medical subspecialty in November 2014.Dr. Sandel is nationally and internationally recognized for her research in stroke and brain injury. She authored many peer-reviewed articles and other academic publications during her career. In 2016, she decided to turn her primary attention to educating the public about the brain and brain injuries. Her book, Shaken Brain: The Science, Care and Treatment of Concussion (Harvard University Press, February 2020) aims to educate the public about mild and more severe brain injuries.