Dr Kertia Black

Born and raised in Detroit, Dr Kertia Black is a board-certified rehabilitation specialist (physiatrist). She specializes in treating patients in need of rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI), stroke, fibromyalgia and other musculoskeletal conditions. She has also been an author of several articles and book chapters related to TBI.
Having earned her MD at Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she went on to complete her Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where she was chief resident.
She served as a staff physiatrist on the brain injury unit at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan in Detroit, Michigan for many years before becoming the medical director of that service. She then accepted the positions of Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief of Staff at RIM before going on to the position of Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Having recently worked at Sinai Grace Hospital as a physician advisor, she has now returned to Wayne Health where she sees outpatients at the Wayne Health Southfield site and performs consultations at the hospitals of the Detroit Medical Center.
She is married and has two adult children. She enjoys listening to audiobooks and studying foreign languages.