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Matthias Linke, DO
Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Matthias Linke, DO, is the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and a member of the Department of Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. He is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
He specializes in acute and chronic rehabilitation resulting from spinal cord injury, tumors, trauma, infection, fractures, deformities and degeneration; including myelopathy, central cord syndrome, spinal stenosis, Guillain Barre Syndrome, syringomyelia, spina bifida, neuropathy, foot drop, paralysis, quadriplegia, and paraplegia.
Dr. Linke’s expertise includes spinal cord injury rehabilitation and the management of acute neuro-rehabilitation and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. He is a member of the American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Spinal Injury Association, and the International Spinal Cord Society.
Dr. Linke received his medical degree from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University in Glendale. He completed his internship and residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California. He completed a fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Dr. Linke’s research interests in spinal cord injury include pressure injury prevention, wheelchair repairs, functional mobility devices, blood pressure regulation, adaptive recreational sports, nerve transfers, tendon transfers, and neurostimulation.
For more information or to request an appointment, please call (602) 406-6304.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Indian Health Services
- Medicare
- Mercy Care (AHCCCS)
- United Healthcare
- Workman's Comp
- Fellowship, Spinal Cord Injury, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 2020
- Residency, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2003-2007
- DO, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 2003
- BS, Grand Canyon University, Biology, 1998
- CNA, Paradise Valley Unified School District, 1995
- American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Assocation of Academic Physiatrists
- American Spinal Cord Injury Association
- International Spinal Cord Society
- Institute for Medical Education House Staff Excellence in Teaching Award, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 2020
- Top Doctor Listing, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Phoenix Magazine, 2010
- Sigma Sigma Phi- National Honorary Osteopathic Fraternity, 2003
Complex cranial surgery and the future of open cerebrovascular training
Date: 04/2022
Authors: Christopher S. Graffeo, Michael J. Link, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton
Comparison of dural grafts in Chiari decompression surgery: Review of the literature.
Date: 01/2010
Authors: Adib A Abla, A. A. Abla, Adib A. Abla, Timothy Link, David J Fusco, David A Wilson, Volker K H Sonntag
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- German


Matthias Linke, DO
Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation
Matthias Linke, DO, is the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and a member of the Department of Physical Medicine and Neuro-Rehabilitation at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. He is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
He specializes in acute and chronic rehabilitation resulting from spinal cord injury, tumors, trauma, infection, fractures, deformities and degeneration; including myelopathy, central cord syndrome, spinal stenosis, Guillain Barre Syndrome, syringomyelia, spina bifida, neuropathy, foot drop, paralysis, quadriplegia, and paraplegia.
Dr. Linke’s expertise includes spinal cord injury rehabilitation and the management of acute neuro-rehabilitation and spinal cord injury rehabilitation. He is a member of the American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Spinal Injury Association, and the International Spinal Cord Society.
Dr. Linke received his medical degree from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University in Glendale. He completed his internship and residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California. He completed a fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Dr. Linke’s research interests in spinal cord injury include pressure injury prevention, wheelchair repairs, functional mobility devices, blood pressure regulation, adaptive recreational sports, nerve transfers, tendon transfers, and neurostimulation.
For more information or to request an appointment, please call (602) 406-6304.

- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Indian Health Services
- Medicare
- Mercy Care (AHCCCS)
- United Healthcare
- Workman's Comp
- Fellowship, Spinal Cord Injury, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 2020
- Residency, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2003-2007
- DO, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 2003
- BS, Grand Canyon University, Biology, 1998
- CNA, Paradise Valley Unified School District, 1995
- American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Assocation of Academic Physiatrists
- American Spinal Cord Injury Association
- International Spinal Cord Society
- Institute for Medical Education House Staff Excellence in Teaching Award, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, 2020
- Top Doctor Listing, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Phoenix Magazine, 2010
- Sigma Sigma Phi- National Honorary Osteopathic Fraternity, 2003
Complex cranial surgery and the future of open cerebrovascular training
Date: 04/2022
Authors: Christopher S. Graffeo, Michael J. Link, Michael T. Lawton, Kay A. Lawton
Comparison of dural grafts in Chiari decompression surgery: Review of the literature.
Date: 01/2010
Authors: Adib A Abla, A. A. Abla, Adib A. Abla, Timothy Link, David J Fusco, David A Wilson, Volker K H Sonntag
- English
- German