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Heather L. Bingham, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Introduction

Heather Bingham, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor at UIHC in the department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. She attended medical school at University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas and completed a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Her clinical interest is in adult neurorehabilitation, including spinal cord injury, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spasticity, other chronic neurological diseases, and electromyography.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation

Education

  • AS in General Studies, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
  • BS in Conservation Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
  • MD in Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
  • Internship, John Peter Smith Hospital, Tarrant County Hospital District, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Research Interests

  • Neural Enabled Prosthetic Hand
  • ALS Clinic Development
  • Mentoring for Clinical Track Faculty
  • Robotic exoskeleton locomotor training in spinal cord injury

Licenses & Certifications

  • Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine, Iowa
  • Medical License, Arizona Board of Medicine, Arizona
  • Medical License, Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, Minnesota
  • Physician-in-Training Permit, Texas Medical Board, Texas
  • MOCA

Selected Publications

  • Rostad, S., Wendt, L., Poleksic, M., Hutchinson-Reuss, B., Bingham, H., & Fattal, D. (2024). Survival and multidisciplinary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinic care at a United States Veterans Affairs medical center. RRNMF Neuromuscular Journal, 5(1). Iowa City, IA
  • Bingham, H., Mulhausen, P. & Segal, N. (2010). Geriasims: Hip Fracture in the Older Adult. In Geriasims. Iowa City, IA: Iowa Geriatric Education Center.