The ACRM | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine has announced that the appointment of Dr. Leighton Chan and Dr. Allen W. Heinemann as Co-Editors-in-Chief of its journal, the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The appointment is effective January 1, 2013.
Chan is Chief of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, and Heinemann is Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research; and Associate Director of Research at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Chan and Heinemann succeed Dr. Jeffrey Basford, whose tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ended on December 31, 2012, having served six years in the position. Chan and Heinemann have been active as reviewers and Editorial Board members of a number of other peer-reviewed publications, and have served as Deputy Editors to Basford since 2006 and 2009, respectively.
The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation advances the art and science of interdisciplinary rehabilitation, and is the premier source for researchers and clinicians to obtain authoritative information on the therapeutic utilisation of physical, behavioral, and pharmaceutical agents in providing comprehensive care for individuals with chronic illness and disabilities. The journal publishes original, peer-reviewed articles that report on important trends and developments in physical medicine and rehabilitation and are relevant to all members of medical rehabilitation teams, including physicians, nurses, counselors, therapists and case managers.
