Sangeeta Driver, MD, MPH

About Me

As section chief, brain injury medicine and rehabilitation, Sangeeta Driver, MD, MPH, serves as the clinical and strategic leader for Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's brain injury and stroke rehabilitation programs across inpatient, DayRehab and outpatient settings. She partners closely with clinical, operational and research leaders to improve patient outcomes, expand access and grow Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's brain injury and stroke rehabilitation throughout the continuum of care. She also helps to advance interdisciplinary care, research, education and faculty development. 

A compassionate and accomplished physician, Dr. Driver has demonstrated strong leadership since joining Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in 2015. Since then, she has cared for a diverse range of patients, including those with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injuries, stroke and disorders of consciousness. 

Dr. Driver has developed expertise at the intersection of clinical brain injury medicine and disability policy implementation. She serves as chair of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Utilization Review Committee and supports efforts related to policy and governmental affairs. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Access Living, a not-for-profit center for independent living for the city of Chicago.

She has served Congressman Danny K. Davis as a Congressional health fellow on Capitol Hill and as an Illinois Health Care Advisory taskforce member. She also was a regional co-director for Doctors for America, a previous Albert Schweitzer Fellow, and a member of the American Medical Association Council on Legislation. 

Dr. Driver is double board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) and brain injury medicine. She also holds an appointment at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine as associate professor in the Department of PM&R.

Dr. Driver completed her undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Chicago and spent one year of her training focusing on health economics and social policy at the London School of Economics. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master of Public Health degree in health care management and policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her PM&R residency, culminating in her appointment as chief resident, through the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University/Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. She also completed her fellowship in brain injury medicine at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.