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Flora M. Hammond, MD
Dr. Hammond serves as the Principal Investigator and Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Grant funded by the National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation and Research. As part of this grant, she is the principal investigator for three prospective research studies and co-investigator on numerous other projects. She graduated from Tulane University and completed her residency at Baylor University. Dr. Hammond completed a brain injury fellowship at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan.
She is a diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and has served as an invited participant to both the Aspen Conference and Galveston Brain Injury Conference. Dr. Hammond is on the board of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina and was appointed to the Governor’s Council of NC Traumatic Brain Injury.
Prior to a medical career, Dr. Hammond was a competitive swimmer and triathlete, and still enjoys exercising and staying fit. She has three young boys and cherishes time spent with her family.