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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
Evolution of postoperative pituitary adenoma resection cavities assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and implications regarding radiotherapy timing and modality
Date: 02/2022
Authors: Michael T. Farnworth, Kevin C. Yuen, Kristina M. Chapple, Nicholas G. Matthees, William L. White, Andrew S. Little, Leland Rogers, Jeremy N. Hughes
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
Plasma phosphorylated-tau181 as a predictive biomarker for Alzheimer’s amyloid, tau and FDG PET status
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Xue Ning Shen, Yu Yuan Huang, Shi Dong Chen, Yu Guo, Lan Tan, Qiang Dong, Jin Tai Yu, Michael W. 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 C. Morris, Richard J. Perrin, Leslie M. Shaw, Maria Carrillo, William Potter, Lisa Barnes, Marie Bernard, Hector González, Carole Ho, John K. Hsiao, Jonathan Jackson, Eliezer Masliah, Donna Masterman, Ozioma Okonkwo
Staging tau pathology with tau PET in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Shi Dong Chen, Jia Ying Lu, Hong Qi Li, Yu Xiang Yang, Jie Hui Jiang, Mei Cui, Chuan Tao Zuo, Lan Tan, Qiang Dong, Jin Tai Yu, Michael W. 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 C. Morris, Richard J. Perrin, Leslie M. Shaw, Maria Carrillo, William Potter, Lisa Barnes, Marie Bernard, Hector González, Carole Ho, John K. Hsiao, Jonathan Jackson, Eliezer Masliah
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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
Evolution of postoperative pituitary adenoma resection cavities assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and implications regarding radiotherapy timing and modality
Date: 02/2022
Authors: Michael T. Farnworth, Kevin C. Yuen, Kristina M. Chapple, Nicholas G. Matthees, William L. White, Andrew S. Little, Leland Rogers, Jeremy N. Hughes
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
Plasma phosphorylated-tau181 as a predictive biomarker for Alzheimer’s amyloid, tau and FDG PET status
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Xue Ning Shen, Yu Yuan Huang, Shi Dong Chen, Yu Guo, Lan Tan, Qiang Dong, Jin Tai Yu, Michael W. 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 C. Morris, Richard J. Perrin, Leslie M. Shaw, Maria Carrillo, William Potter, Lisa Barnes, Marie Bernard, Hector González, Carole Ho, John K. Hsiao, Jonathan Jackson, Eliezer Masliah, Donna Masterman, Ozioma Okonkwo
Staging tau pathology with tau PET in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Shi Dong Chen, Jia Ying Lu, Hong Qi Li, Yu Xiang Yang, Jie Hui Jiang, Mei Cui, Chuan Tao Zuo, Lan Tan, Qiang Dong, Jin Tai Yu, Michael W. 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 C. Morris, Richard J. Perrin, Leslie M. Shaw, Maria Carrillo, William Potter, Lisa Barnes, Marie Bernard, Hector González, Carole Ho, John K. Hsiao, Jonathan Jackson, Eliezer Masliah
- English