Sharon Bushi, MD

Sharon Bushi, M.D. is the Medical Director of Care Transitions at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. She works with hospital leadership to ensure quality of care at Burke, as well as to collaborate with hospital leadership at referring hospitals on various projects.  She is also Director of Medical Student Education, a role that allows her to work closely with Albert Einstein College of Medicine as site leader for the third year neurology clerkship, in addition to participation in a few other rotations and teaching opportunities.  She works closely with the medical student education team at Burke to expand opportunities for medical students interested in physical medicine and rehabilitation available at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital.  She is board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), as well as Brain Injury Medicine.  

She completed her fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS)/Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation where she also completed her Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency. Her medical degree is from New Jersey Medical School/Rutgers University in Newark, NJ.

Her clinical and research interests focus on caregiver support, delirium in the rehabilitation setting, spasticity treatment and medical education of residents and fellows.