Assistant Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
Mary Elizabeth Nelson-Biersach DNP. Nurse Practitioner, Vice President, International Rehabilitation Forum.
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Nelson-Biersach, DNP, NP is a global rehabilitation and health systems leader with more than 20 years of experience advancing Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) through clinical practice, organizational leadership, and international collaboration. She is President of ME Global Health Rehabilitation Consulting and previously spent over two decades in academic PM&R practice in the United States, with additional experience in intensive care, long-term care, and subacute rehabilitation service development.
Dr. Nelson-Biersach serves as Vice President of the International Rehabilitation Forum, supporting the development of PM&R systems and workforce capacity in low-resource regions. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in spasticity management and neuromodulation. As a member of the World Health Organization’s World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) Research Workstream and several international advisory groups, she actively contributes to advancing the goals of the WHO’s Rehabilitation 2030 initiative.
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ISPRM Spasticity SIG Session: Multimodal Therapy for Spasticity Syndrome
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
2:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT
