Rate My Professor Colby Hansen

Colby Hansen, MD, serves as Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He received his B.S. in Exercise and Sport Science from the University of Utah, M.D. from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, completed an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Utah School of Medicine, serving as chief resident. Dr. Hansen holds board certifications from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. His clinical interests encompass amputee rehabilitation, concussions and other forms of traumatic brain injury in children, and electrodiagnostic assessments. He contributes as supervising faculty in the Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship program within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Dr. Hansen's research interests center on pediatric traumatic brain injury assessment, management, and rehabilitation, alongside medical issues affecting amputees. His publications include Hansen C, Capizzi AN, Gavern N, Codden RR, Millar M (2025). Return to sports after pediatric traumatic brain injury: An expert panel survey. PM&R, 17(4), 360-370; Hansen C, Capizzi AN, Gavern N, Codden RR, Millar M (2023). Sport participation among children with complicated mild traumatic brain injury. PM&R, 15(8), 943-953; Hansen C, Cushman D, Chen W, Bounsanga J, Hung M (2017). Reliability Testing of the Balance Error Scoring System in Children Between the Ages of 5 and 14. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 27(1), 64-68; Cushman DM, Borowski L, Hansen C, Hendrick J, Bushman T, Teramoto M (2019). Gabapentin and Tricyclics in the Treatment of Post-Concussive Headache, a Retrospective Cohort Study. Headache, 59(3), 371-382; Hansen C, Godfrey B, Wixom J, McFadden K (2015). Incidence, severity, and impact of hyperhidrosis in people with lower-limb amputation. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 52(1), 31-40; Hansen CR, Gooch JL, Such-Neibar T (2007). Prolonged, severe intrathecal baclofen withdrawal syndrome: a case report. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88(11), 1468-71; Fino PC et al. (2022). Sensory Phenotypes for Balance Dysfunction After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurology, 99(5), e521-e535. Through his clinical and research contributions, Dr. Hansen advances rehabilitation practices for concussion, brain injury, and amputation patients at University of Utah Health.