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Candyce Williams, MD
Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Candyce Williams, MD, is a specialist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. She focuses on neuro-rehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine and 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
Complications of the Prone Transpsoas Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: A Multicenter Study
Date: 06/2023
Authors: Mohamed A. Soliman, Luis Diaz-Aguilar, Cathleen C. Kuo, Alexander O. Aguirre, Asham Khan, Jose E. San Miguel-Ruiz, Rodrigo Amaral, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, Isaac L. Moss, Tyler Smith, Gurvinder S. Deol, Jeff Ehresman, Madison Battista, Bryan S. Lee, M Craig McMains, Samuel A. Joseph, David Schwartz, Andrew D. Nguyen, William R. Taylor, Luiz Pimenta, John Pollina
Differentiating radiation necrosis from tumor recurrence: a systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis comparing imaging modalities
Date: 03/2023
Authors: Emily J. Smith, Anant Naik, Annabelle Shaffer, Mahima Goel, David T. Krist, Edward Liang, Charuta G. Furey, William K. Miller, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton, Daniel H. Barnett, Blake Weis, Ahmed Rizk, Ron S. Smith, Wael Hassaneen
Microsurgical Obliteration of Craniocervical Junction Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: Multicenter Experience
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Mohamed M. Salem, Visish M. Srinivasan, Daniel A. Tonetti, Krishnan Ravindran, Philipp Taussky, Kaiyun Yang, Katherine Karahalios, D. G. Karahalios, Kunal P. Raygor, Ryan M. Naylor, Joshua S. Catapano, Samon Tavakoli-Sabour, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Stephanie H. Chen, Ramesh Grandhi, Brian T. Jankowitz, Mustafa K. Baskaya, Justin R. Mascitelli, Jamie J. Van Gompel, Jacob Cherian, William T. Couldwell, Louis J. Kim, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, Robert M. Starke, Peter Kan, Amir R. Dehdashti, Adib A. Abla, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton, Jan-Karl Burkhardt
Radiographic alignment outcomes after the single-position prone transpsoas approach: a multi-institutional retrospective review of 363 cases
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Luis Diaz-Aguilar, Lauren E. Stone, Mohamed A. Soliman, Alexander Padovano, Jeff Ehresman, Nolan J. Brown, Gautam Produturi, Madison Battista, Asham Khan, John Pollina, Rodrigo Amaral, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, Isaac Moss, Tyler Smith, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bryan S. Lee, M Craig McMains, Samuel A. Joseph, David Schwartz, Luiz Pimenta, Andrew D. Nguyen, William R. Taylor
Microsurgical Obliteration of Craniocervical Junction Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: Multicenter Experience
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Mohamed M. Salem, Visish M. Srinivasan, Daniel A. Tonetti, Krishnan Ravindran, Philipp Taussky, Kaiyun Yang, Katherine Karahalios, D. G. Karahalios, Kunal P. Raygor, Ryan M. Naylor, Joshua S. Catapano, Samon Tavakoli-Sabour, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Stephanie H. Chen, Ramesh Grandhi, Brian T. Jankowitz, Mustafa K. Baskaya, Justin R. Mascitelli, Jamie J. Van Gompel, Jacob Cherian, William T. Couldwell, Louis J. Kim, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, Robert M. Starke, Peter Kan, Amir R. Dehdashti, Adib A. Abla, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton, Jan-Karl Burkhardt
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Candyce Williams, MD
Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Candyce Williams, MD, is a specialist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. She focuses on neuro-rehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine and 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
Complications of the Prone Transpsoas Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease: A Multicenter Study
Date: 06/2023
Authors: Mohamed A. Soliman, Luis Diaz-Aguilar, Cathleen C. Kuo, Alexander O. Aguirre, Asham Khan, Jose E. San Miguel-Ruiz, Rodrigo Amaral, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, Isaac L. Moss, Tyler Smith, Gurvinder S. Deol, Jeff Ehresman, Madison Battista, Bryan S. Lee, M Craig McMains, Samuel A. Joseph, David Schwartz, Andrew D. Nguyen, William R. Taylor, Luiz Pimenta, John Pollina
Differentiating radiation necrosis from tumor recurrence: a systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis comparing imaging modalities
Date: 03/2023
Authors: Emily J. Smith, Anant Naik, Annabelle Shaffer, Mahima Goel, David T. Krist, Edward Liang, Charuta G. Furey, William K. Miller, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton, Daniel H. Barnett, Blake Weis, Ahmed Rizk, Ron S. Smith, Wael Hassaneen
Microsurgical Obliteration of Craniocervical Junction Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: Multicenter Experience
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Mohamed M. Salem, Visish M. Srinivasan, Daniel A. Tonetti, Krishnan Ravindran, Philipp Taussky, Kaiyun Yang, Katherine Karahalios, D. G. Karahalios, Kunal P. Raygor, Ryan M. Naylor, Joshua S. Catapano, Samon Tavakoli-Sabour, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Stephanie H. Chen, Ramesh Grandhi, Brian T. Jankowitz, Mustafa K. Baskaya, Justin R. Mascitelli, Jamie J. Van Gompel, Jacob Cherian, William T. Couldwell, Louis J. Kim, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, Robert M. Starke, Peter Kan, Amir R. Dehdashti, Adib A. Abla, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton, Jan-Karl Burkhardt
Radiographic alignment outcomes after the single-position prone transpsoas approach: a multi-institutional retrospective review of 363 cases
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Luis Diaz-Aguilar, Lauren E. Stone, Mohamed A. Soliman, Alexander Padovano, Jeff Ehresman, Nolan J. Brown, Gautam Produturi, Madison Battista, Asham Khan, John Pollina, Rodrigo Amaral, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, Isaac Moss, Tyler Smith, Gurvinder S. Deol, Bryan S. Lee, M Craig McMains, Samuel A. Joseph, David Schwartz, Luiz Pimenta, Andrew D. Nguyen, William R. Taylor
Microsurgical Obliteration of Craniocervical Junction Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: Multicenter Experience
Date: 01/2023
Authors: Mohamed M. Salem, Visish M. Srinivasan, Daniel A. Tonetti, Krishnan Ravindran, Philipp Taussky, Kaiyun Yang, Katherine Karahalios, D. G. Karahalios, Kunal P. Raygor, Ryan M. Naylor, Joshua S. Catapano, Samon Tavakoli-Sabour, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Stephanie H. Chen, Ramesh Grandhi, Brian T. Jankowitz, Mustafa K. Baskaya, Justin R. Mascitelli, Jamie J. Van Gompel, Jacob Cherian, William T. Couldwell, Louis J. Kim, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, Robert M. Starke, Peter Kan, Amir R. Dehdashti, Adib A. Abla, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton, Jan-Karl Burkhardt
- English