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Candyce Williams, MD
Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Candyce Williams, MD, is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation focusing on neuro-rehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. She is board certified in internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and spinal cord injury medicine.
Dr. Williams’ expertise includes neuro-rehabilitation, spinal cord injury medicine, treatment of spasticity, intrathecal baclofen pump therapy, and pain management. She is a member of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Spinal Injury Association.
Dr. Williams received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She completed her internal medicine internship and residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Williams also completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago.
Dr. Williams’ research interests include the use of exoskeletons in the neuro-rehabilitation population and its metabolic impact and potential cardiovascular benefits.
For more information or to request an appointment, please call (602) 386-1100.
- Residency, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical Center, 1987-1990
- Internship, Duke University Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1981-1984
- MD, Tufts University, 1981
- AB, Vassar College, Biology, 1977
- American Spinal Injury Association
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Intrathecal amyloid-beta oligomer administration increases tau phosphorylation in the medial temporal lobe in the African green monkey: a nonhuman primate model of Alzheimer's disease
Date: 02/2022
Authors: Dustin R. Wakeman, Michael R. Weed, Sylvia E. Perez, Erika N. Cline, Kirsten L. Viola, Kyle C. Wilcox, David S. Moddrelle, Ernell Z. Nisbett, Anish M. Kurian, Amanda F. Bell, Ricaldo Pike, Peer B. Jacobson, William L. Klein, Elliott J. Mufson, Matthew S. Lawrence, John D. Elsworth
Transdermal Electrical Neuromodulation for Anxiety and Sleep Problems in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: Feasibility and Preliminary Findings
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Stephen T. Foldes, Amanda R. Jensen, Austin Jacobson, Sarah Vassall, Emily Foldes, Ann Guthery, Danni Brown, Todd Levine, William James Tyler, Richard E. Frye
KL-VS heterozygosity is associated with lower amyloid-dependent tau accumulation and memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Julia Neitzel, Nicolai Franzmeier, Anna Rubinski, Martin Dichgans, Matthias Brendel, Michael Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew J. Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Enchi Liu, Tom Montine, Ronald G. Thomas, Michael Donohue, Sarah Walter, Devon Gessert, Tamie Sather, Gus Jiminez, Danielle Harvey, Matthew Bernstein, Nick Fox, Paul Thompson, Norbert Schuff, Charles DeCArli, Bret Borowski
Author Correction: Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer’s disease (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2612), 10.1038/s41467-020-15701-2)
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Jacob W. Vogel, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Olof T. Strandberg, Ruben Smith, Elizabeth Levitis, Alan C. Evans, Oskar Hansson, Michael Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew J. Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Enchi Liu, Tom Montine, Ronald G. Thomas, Michael Donohue, Sarah Walter, Devon Gessert, Tamie Sather, Gus Jiminez, Danielle Harvey, Matthew Bernstein, Nick Fox, Paul Thompson
Correlation between Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes using non-negative matrix factorization
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Yeonwoo Chung, Hyunju Lee, Michael W. Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Cliford R. Jack, William Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew J. Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Zaven Khachaturian, Greg Sorensen, Maria Carrillo, Lew Kuller, Marc Raichle, Steven Paul, Peter Davies, Howard Fillit, Franz Hefti, Davie Holtzman, M. Marcel Mesulam, William Potter, Peter Snyder, Tom Montine, Ronald G. Thomas, Michael Donohue, Sarah Walter, Tamie Sather
- English


Candyce Williams, MD
Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Candyce Williams, MD, is a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation focusing on neuro-rehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. She is board certified in internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and spinal cord injury medicine.
Dr. Williams’ expertise includes neuro-rehabilitation, spinal cord injury medicine, treatment of spasticity, intrathecal baclofen pump therapy, and pain management. She is a member of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Spinal Injury Association.
Dr. Williams received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She completed her internal medicine internship and residency at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Williams also completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago.
Dr. Williams’ research interests include the use of exoskeletons in the neuro-rehabilitation population and its metabolic impact and potential cardiovascular benefits.
For more information or to request an appointment, please call (602) 386-1100.

- Residency, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University Medical Center, 1987-1990
- Internship, Duke University Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1981-1984
- MD, Tufts University, 1981
- AB, Vassar College, Biology, 1977
- American Spinal Injury Association
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Intrathecal amyloid-beta oligomer administration increases tau phosphorylation in the medial temporal lobe in the African green monkey: a nonhuman primate model of Alzheimer's disease
Date: 02/2022
Authors: Dustin R. Wakeman, Michael R. Weed, Sylvia E. Perez, Erika N. Cline, Kirsten L. Viola, Kyle C. Wilcox, David S. Moddrelle, Ernell Z. Nisbett, Anish M. Kurian, Amanda F. Bell, Ricaldo Pike, Peer B. Jacobson, William L. Klein, Elliott J. Mufson, Matthew S. Lawrence, John D. Elsworth
Transdermal Electrical Neuromodulation for Anxiety and Sleep Problems in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: Feasibility and Preliminary Findings
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Stephen T. Foldes, Amanda R. Jensen, Austin Jacobson, Sarah Vassall, Emily Foldes, Ann Guthery, Danni Brown, Todd Levine, William James Tyler, Richard E. Frye
KL-VS heterozygosity is associated with lower amyloid-dependent tau accumulation and memory impairment in Alzheimer’s disease
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Julia Neitzel, Nicolai Franzmeier, Anna Rubinski, Martin Dichgans, Matthias Brendel, Michael Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew J. Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Enchi Liu, Tom Montine, Ronald G. Thomas, Michael Donohue, Sarah Walter, Devon Gessert, Tamie Sather, Gus Jiminez, Danielle Harvey, Matthew Bernstein, Nick Fox, Paul Thompson, Norbert Schuff, Charles DeCArli, Bret Borowski
Author Correction: Spread of pathological tau proteins through communicating neurons in human Alzheimer’s disease (Nature Communications, (2020), 11, 1, (2612), 10.1038/s41467-020-15701-2)
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Jacob W. Vogel, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Olof T. Strandberg, Ruben Smith, Elizabeth Levitis, Alan C. Evans, Oskar Hansson, Michael Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, William Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew J. Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Enchi Liu, Tom Montine, Ronald G. Thomas, Michael Donohue, Sarah Walter, Devon Gessert, Tamie Sather, Gus Jiminez, Danielle Harvey, Matthew Bernstein, Nick Fox, Paul Thompson
Correlation between Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes using non-negative matrix factorization
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Yeonwoo Chung, Hyunju Lee, Michael W. Weiner, Paul Aisen, Ronald Petersen, Cliford R. Jack, William Jagust, John Q. Trojanowki, Arthur W. Toga, Laurel Beckett, Robert C. Green, Andrew J. Saykin, John Morris, Leslie M. Shaw, Zaven Khachaturian, Greg Sorensen, Maria Carrillo, Lew Kuller, Marc Raichle, Steven Paul, Peter Davies, Howard Fillit, Franz Hefti, Davie Holtzman, M. Marcel Mesulam, William Potter, Peter Snyder, Tom Montine, Ronald G. Thomas, Michael Donohue, Sarah Walter, Tamie Sather
- English