Candy Tefertiller

Candy Tefertiller, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS, is the executive director of research and evaluation at Craig Hospital and the Helen Phillips Levin Endowed Chair of Research. Dr. Tefertiller is currently the co-project director for the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems and co-project director for the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems at Craig. She is also an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado, Denver. Dr. Tefertiller has worked in the field of neurological rehabilitation since 2000 as both a clinician and a clinician scientist, providing care to individuals with SCI and TBI while also engaged in research to investigate the interventions that maximize recovery after neurologic injury and disease. Dr. Tefertiller has focused much of her career on interventions, program development, and research promoting recovery after neurologic injury. Dr. Tefertiller is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the Neurologic Section of APTA. She is vice-chair of the Education Committee of ASIA.