Elizabeth Sandel, M.D. is a clinical professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. She is also a medical director for Paradigm Management Services, an organization providing medical case management to improve the outcomes of catastrophically injured workers. She has practiced medicine and held academic appointments in various healthcare systems on the East and West Coast. She served as medical director for many inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation programs over three decades. She served as a CARF surveyor and participated in several advisory boards when the brain injury standards were first developed.