Dr. Stewart is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. She specializes in helping patients with back and neck pain return to work without surgery. Dr. Stewart’s first position out of training was with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California working in a position split 50/50 between occupational health and general physiatry. After relocating to Michigan, she has worked in outpatient musculoskeletal settings where she continued to care for patients with musculoskeletal injuries and oversee patients with general rehabilitation needs including traumatic brain injuries, amputations and stroke. She has been voted Top Doc by her peers and she has been recognized as a Castle Connolly top doctor. Dr. Stewart joined the Carisk team in 2021 and became Co-Medical Director in 2022. Dr. Stewart is a Board-Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician who specializes in helping patients with back and neck pain return to activity without surgery. Dr. Stewart is proficient in the evaluation of musculoskeletal pain and providing non-surgical treatment options to those with back and neck problems. She has years of experience in caring for injured workers and has a deep understanding of the importance of focusing on the whole person and not just the injury. Her specialties include musculoskeletal medicine, conservative treatment of spine conditions, oversight of complex chronic pain conditions and general rehabilitation of patients with amputations, brain injury and stroke. Dr. Stewart believes that behavioral health treatment is a key component for achieving optimal recovery and Carisk’s philosophy of prioritizing the mental health of injured employees resonated with her. Dr. Stewart is a Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and received her MD degree from the Wayne State School of Medicine. She was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society during medical school. Her specialty training in Physiatry was completed at The University of California, Davis. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.