Park Min

Min Jeong Park Graf, MBBS

Chair

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury

Commitment to Patient-Centered Care

“My goal is to partner with patients and their families to help them reach their optimal/maximum level of function through a team-based approach.”

Clinical Expertise

Dr. Graf is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. She specializes in the rehabilitation of patients with mild to severe traumatic brain injury, non-traumatic brain injuries, and other neurological conditions.

She completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York in 2013. Following her residency, she completed a fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine at the JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, New Jersey. She is the Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Medical Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Outpatient Program.

She has been a member of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine(ACRM) Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group(BI-ISIG) since 2015. As a part of BI-ISIG Mild TBI Task Force, she was a coauthor and contributor to the ACRM Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2023. She also served on ACRM BI-ISIG Disorders of Consciousness Task Force and was a contributor to the Case Definition and Diagnostic Criteria for the Post-traumatic Confusional State.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Silverberg ND, Iverson GL; ACRM Brain Injury Special Interest Group Mild TBI Task Force and the ACRM Mild TBI Definition Expert Consensus Group, ACRM Brain Injury Special Interest Group Mild TBI Task Force members; Cogan A, Dams-O’Connor K, Delmonico R, Graf MJP, Iaccarino MA, Kajankova M, Kamins J, McCulloch KL, McKinney G, Nagele D, Panenka WJ, Rabinowitz AR, Reed N, Wethe JV, Whitehair V; ACRM Mild TBI Diagnostic Criteria Expert Consensus Group; Anderson V, Arciniegas DB, Bayley MT, Bazarian JJ, Bell KR, Broglio SP, Cifu D, Davis GA, Dvorak J, Echemendia RJ, Gioia GA, Giza CC, Hinds SR 2nd, Katz DI, Kurowski BG, Leddy JJ, Sage NL, Lumba-Brown A, Maas AIR, Manley GT, McCrea M, Menon DK, Ponsford J, Putukian M, Suskauer SJ, van der Naalt J, Walker WC, Yeates KO, Zafonte R, Zasler ND, Zemek R. The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2023 Aug;104(8):1343-1355. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.03.036. Epub 2023 May 19. PMID: 37211140.
  • Roberts P, Wertheimer J, Ouellette D, Hreha K, Watters K, Fielder J, Graf MJP, Weden KM, Rizzo JR. Feasibility and Clinician Perspectives of the Visual Symptoms and Signs Screen A Multi-Site Pilot Study. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 2024. 2024;40 (1) : 69-7.
  • Verduzco-Gutierrez M, Estores IM, Graf MJP, Barshikar S, Cabrera JA, Chang LE, Eapen BC, Bell KR. Models of Care for Postacute COVID-19 Clinics: Experiences and a Practical Framework for Outpatient Physiatry Settings. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2021 Dec 1;100(12):1133-1139.
  • Silverberg ND, Iverson GL, Arciniegas DB, Bayley MT, Bazarian JJ, Bell KR, Broglio, SP, Cifu D, Davis, GA, Dvorak, J, Graf MJP et al.(The ACRM Mild TBI Definition Expert Consensus Group and the ACRM Brain Injury Special Interest Group Mild TBI Task Force). Expert panel survey to update the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine definition of mild traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2021 Jan;102(1):76-86.
  • Sherer M, Katz DI, Bodien YG, Arciniegas DB, Block C, Blum S, Doiron M, Frey K, Giacino JT, Graf MJP, Greenwald B, Hammond FM, Kalmar K, Kean J, Kraus MF, Richardson RN, Pavawalla S, Rosenbaum A, Stuss DT, Yablon SA. The Post-traumatic Confusional State: A Case Definition and Diagnostic Criteria. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2020 Nov;101(11):2041-2050. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.06.021. Epub 2020 Jul 29.
  • Hreha, K., Rizzo, J. R., Abdou, A., Truong, L., Wertheimer, J., Graf, M. J. P., Kaldenberg, J., Llanos, L., Roberts, P. A survey-based investigation focused on practice implications for vision assessment: An initial look at eye-hand coordination testing. Annals of International Occupational Therapy 2020;3(1):29-37.

Medical School

  • Jeju National University, School of Medicine, JEJU-SI, SOUTH KOREA

Residency

  • General Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Fellowship

  • Traumatic Brain Injury / Neurorehabilitation, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, NY, USA

Professional Affiliations

  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Association of Academic Physiatrists
  • International Brain Injury Association

Credentials

  • Board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Board-certified in Brain Injury Medicine
  • Medical Director, Traumatic Brain Injury Outpatient Program
  • Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Minnesota

Personal

“In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family.”