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Gabrielle Nguyen is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician.

How does a rehabilitation physician actually think?

Gabrielle Nguyen, MD
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September 7, 2026

It’s not a simple question, and one that many physicians outside our specialty still find surprisingly difficult to define. Have you ever called a rehab consult and struggled to understand why you need one? Many have. The truth is, physiatrists often think differently. Every specialty develops its own lens through which it views disease. A surgeon asks whether a problem can be repaired. A neurologist localizes it. An oncologist determines …

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July 29, 2020

I have never expected to write a submission to KevinMD, nor have I ever felt I would be compelled to do so. But the recent social media firestorm in response to the August 2020 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, a manuscript entitled “Prevalence of Unprofessional Social Media Content Among Young Vascular Surgeons,” unearthed unexpected emotions that compelled me to put pen to paper.

The implications of the article initially unsettled …

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