Leadership

Kelvin O Lim, MD
Site Director

Dr Lim is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota where he holds the Drs TJ and Ella M Arneson Endowed Chair. Dr Lim received a BA in Human Biology and an MD from Johns Hopkins University. He completed an internship and residency in psychiatry at Stanford University.

Following a neuroimaging fellowship at Stanford he joined the faculty at Stanford as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. In 1998 he became a research psychiatrist at the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Center for Advanced Brain Imaging in Orangeburg, NY, where he also held an appointment as an Associate Professor in the New York University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. In 2001 he joined the University of Minnesota faculty in the Department of Psychiatry.

Larisa Kusar, MD
Co-Principal Investigator

Larisa Kusar, MD is the Medical Director for the Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center (PRC) at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. She has practiced as a staff physician in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Program since 2003. She has also served as a staff physician at Park Nicollet Health System (St. Louis Park, MN). Her specialty areas and clinical interests include traumatic brain injury and general rehabilitation medicine. She enjoys spending time with her family and three children, hiking, camping, and bicycle riding.

Dr Kusar completed her residency training at the University of Minnesota and received her medical degree from Rush University Medical School in Chicago. Prior to her medical career, Dr Kusar earned a BA in Psychology and Biology at Lake Forest College.  Dr Kusar is a member of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and of the Association of Academic Physiatrists.

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