• Amputation
• Limb Loss
• Limb Difference
• Prosthetics
• Orthotics
• Exoskeletons
• Rehabilitation
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Dr. Tawnee Sparling joined USUHS in 2022. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor and Medical Director for Amputee Care at USU and the Department of Rehabilitation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). She serves as a leader for multiple clinical and research initiatives, including the DoD Amputation and Prosthetics Case Conference, the Amputation Care Advisory Committee Working Group, the Neuromusculoskeletal Clinical Community, Federal Advanced Skills Training, and the VA DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines. She is a member of key organizations including the Federal Amputation Interest Group, the International Society of PM&R, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, and the American Medical Association.

She is a key personnel within the USUHS ARMORR (Advanced Research for Military Optimization Readiness and Rehabilitation), CRSR (Center for Rehabilitation Sciences Research), and LOOP (Limb Osseointegration and Optimizaiton Program) research groups. Currently, she is a co-investigator on 7 grants and is PI for 2 protocols. She has published 3 book chapters and 20 scientific manuscripts in leading journals such as Science, JBJS, PM&R, Archives of PM&R, Journal of Neuroscience, and Military Medicine. 

Dr. Sparling earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA in 2017. She completed a residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital through Harvard Medical School in Charlestown, MA. She was the inaugural Stepping Strong Amputee Rehabilitation Fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, where she collaborated with multidisciplinary teams at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and WRNMMC.