A.J. Rush, MD
Board Certification & Training
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (ABPMR)
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (ABPMR)
Pediatrics (ABP)
Pain Medicine (ABPM)
Fellowship: Gait & Motion Analysis at MossRehab
Chief resident: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital
Combined residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics at Temple University Hospital and Albert Einstein Medical Center
Medical school: Temple University School of Medicine
BS (psychology) & BA (chemistry): University of Iowa
Experience & Community Service
President, Kent County Medical Society, 2023-2024
Board Member, Kent County Medical Society, 2021–2024
Medical Director, Comprehensive Therapy Center, 2019–present
Interim Residency Program Director, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital (MFBRH), 2017–2018
Mary Free Bed Medical Group, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010–2018
Medical Director, Pediatric Outpatient Clinics, MFBRH, 2014–2019
Advisory Board, Grand Valley State University Therapeutic Recreation Program, 2012–present
Director-at-Large, Commission for Motion Laboratory Accreditation, 2009–2010
Medical Director, Multidisciplinary Myelomeningocele Clinic, MFBRH, 2008–2014
Rehabilitation Medicine Associates, Grand Rapids, MI, 2007–2010
Motion Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006–2007
The Children’s Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005–2006
Personal
I'm married to Dr Shana Rush, who beyond all her professional talents is a truly wonderful person. We love the outdoors and working together on our home.
I have two daughters: Abby is in college, and Belle is in high school.
My hobbies include tai chi (I taught an introductory course a few years ago... if you think it looks hard to do you should try teaching it!), archery, cooking (the pages are falling out of Julia Child's The Way to Cook), barbecue, and backpacking. I still entertain delusions that someday I'll write a novel.
Shana Rush, PhD, CCC-SLP
"The Child Whisperer"
Dr. A.J. Rush: “Finally, I am very proud and happy to again share workspace with my wife, Dr Shana Rush. For me she is my soulmate, the person I turn to for strength, but for everyone else she is simply the best pediatric neuropsychologist they have ever heard of. Truly 'the child whisperer.'”