Medical Director, Stroke Rehabilitation Program 

Lauren Shapiro, MD, MPH, board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) and brain injury medicine, has been practicing medicine for over 20 years. 

 Dr. Shapiro received her medical degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, in 2004. She then completed a residency in PM&R at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where she served as chief resident. She also earned a master’s degree in public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Dr. Shapiro has considerable experience in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings and joins Brooks Rehabilitation after 7 years in the department of PM&R at the University of Miami, Miami, where she served as an associate professor. She brings substantial expertise in the rehabilitation care of persons with stroke, traumatic brain injury and other disabling conditions.  She is also a skilled clinician-educator, having mentored numerous medical students, residents and fellows. 

Dr. Shapiro has authored a multitude of book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles and frequently serves as a panelist for national conferences and webinars.  She has served in a number of roles within the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, which awarded her one of the inaugural PM&R Awareness and Value Awards in 2023.   

Additionally, Dr. Shapiro serves as an oral examiner for the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has also performed extensive volunteer work, including community health education and participation in multiple medical missions abroad.