PMR Faculty & Staff

Dr. Brad M. Isaacson is the Program Manager for the Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research (CRSR) and a Lead Scientist with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. Dr. Isaacson earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Widener University (Chester, PA) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering from the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT). Shortly after finishing his graduate work, Dr. Isaacson served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow for Dr. Paul F. Pasquina in the Integrated Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington DC). Dr. Isaacson played an instrumental role in establishing CRSR with Dr. Pasquina. In 2015, Dr. Isaacson graduated from Boston College's Carroll School of Management (Chestnut Hill, MA) with a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Finance.

Dr. Isaacson holds Adjunct Assistant Professor positions in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Uniformed Services University and in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Utah. Dr. Isaacson has 19 accepted/published peer-reviewed publications on topics that include: heterotopic ossification, bone biology, bioelectricity, rehabilitation, orthopedics, biomaterials and osseointegration. Dr. Isaacson's heterotopic ossification research (in which he serves as Principal Investigator) has been funded by the Department of Defense and private donations and featured in various military press releases include the Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs' homepage.

Dr. Isaacson has received numerous professional awards including a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Dean's List Association Award, the Who's Who in America Award, the Richard K. and Maria A. Obyn Memorial Endowed Orthopedics Scholarship and the George L. and Barbara Denton Endowed Orthopedics Scholarship. Dr. Isaacson has been inducted into the Kappa Theta Epsilon Co-op Honors Society, Omicron Delta Kappa – National Leadership Honor Society and Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society. Dr. Isaacson serves as a reviewer for 4 medical and science journals and holds 8 United States patents.

Aside from his academic responsibilities, Dr. Isaacson has worked in industry for Boston Scientific and functioned as a lead engineer developing novel tools to remove cancerous masses in the upper gastrointestinal tract. Dr. Isaacson has also completed three internships for the following companies: PJM LLC (Administrator of Change Management, Boeing (Quality Assurance Engineer) and Coravin (Product Marketing). He currently serves a dual role and is employed by Intermountain Healthcare as a Research Initiatives Manager within their Office of Research. 

Jack Tsao, MD, DPhil, CAPT, MC, USN Jack Tsao, MD, DPhil, CAPT, MC, USN is a United States Navy neurologist and the Director of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Programs for the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Professor of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Tsao received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard, a master's degree from the University of Cambridge, England, and doctorate from the University of Oxford, England. He completed neurology residency at the University of California-San Francisco and was then stationed at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, where he was neurology department head. While there, Dr. Tsao completed a behavioral neurology fellowship at the University of Florida.

Dr. Tsao is actively involved in developing and managing Navy and Marine Corps TBI policy and programs, including methods for detecting and preventing TBI in service members and telemedicine programs for neurological and TBI patient care. His clinical research is focused on treatments for phantom limb pain in amputees, for which he was recently awarded the 2014 United States Navy Hero of Military Medicine by the Center for Public-Private Partnerships at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. He is also past chairman of both the Government Services Section and the Practice Committee Telemedicine Work Group of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Erik J. Wolf is currently the Senior Research Biomedical Engineer for the DoD/VA Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence (EACE). He is also the Director of the Center for Performance and Clinical Research (CPCR) in the Department of Rehabilitation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In his current role, he is responsible for overseeing clinical and research activities within the Biomechanics Laboratory and the Virtual Environment Laboratory. Dr. Wolf also serves as the Chair for the Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, and Pain Scientific Review Committee. Dr. Wolf earned his BS, MS, and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Engineering in Bioengineering.

The work done by the CPCR is focused directly on the rehabilitation and functional recovery of injured Service Members with limb trauma. Understanding the adaptations of Service Members with traumatic lower extremity amputations will reduce the potential for overuse injury and improve functional outcomes.

Dr. Wolf has authored 22 peer-reviewed journal articles and 23 professional conference abstracts. He has also participated in awarded grants totaling over $12 million. Dr. Wolf has served as a panel member for DoD and VA grant applications as well as multiple peer-reviewed journals.