Dr. Michael Yochelson is the medical director for the Brain Injury Programs at National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC. He is a board certified neurologist and physiatrist who received his residency training through the National Capital Consortium. He worked as a staff physician in the Navy until 2006 when he took his current position. Dr. Yochelson has particular interests in headaches, post-traumatic epilepsy, sleep dysfunction and spasticity management after TBI. He is on the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of DC and is an active member of the Brain Injury Association of Maryland.

Currently, Dr. Yochelson is an Associate Professor, of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He also holds an adjunct staff position with the RAND Corporation, studying traumatic brain injury in service members returning from deployment. Dr. Yochelson is serving on an FDA Scientific Advisory Board pertaining to the Orphan Products Grant Program.

Dr. Yochelson has received numerous awards including the Outstanding Educator Award in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Georgetown University/National Rehabilitation Hospital (2008) and the Edward A. Eckenhoff Leadership Award, National Rehabilitation Hospital, MedStar Health (2009).