Amanda Harrington, MD
- Assistant Professor
- Director, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
Dr. Harrington is the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Services at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute where she manages the inpatient rehabilitation service for persons with spinal cord injury, debility from multiple sclerosis, and other neurologic diseases. She participates in a consultation practice at UPMC Mercy and UPMC Presbyterian hospitals. In her outpatient clinic at UPMC Mercy she manages patients with spinal cord injury and spasticity. In her spasticity practice Dr. Harrington uses a combination of medications, botox injections, and baclofen pumps to treat patients with problematic spasticity.
Board Certifications
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Clinical Interests: Management of spinal cord injury, spasticity, botulinum toxin injections, baclofen pump management, medical education
Education & Training
- BS, Biology, Elon University, Elon, NC, 2000
- MD, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 2004
- PM&R Residency, Carolinas Medical Center, 2008
- Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2009
- Program for Academic Leadership, Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2014