Rob joins the team at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati with more than 20 years of healthcare experience. He spent his first 16 years with one of Louisville, Kentucky’s largest healthcare systems. Rob began his career in patient care, as a nuclear medicine technologist and progressed to become the leader of multiple ambulatory care centers and an 80-bed community hospital. Rob joined Studer Group in 2015, where he provided leadership development and implementing best practices to achieve desired results in areas including medical staff and employee engagement, patient experience, alignment and accountability, quality outcomes and operating efficiency. Rob is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and takes great pride in serving his industry.

Dr. Poluri joined Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati as the medical director in 2016. Previously, he served as the medical director at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Northern Kentucky. He is board-certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Pain Medicine. Dr. Poluri completed his medical doctorate at Gandhi Medical College in India, his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stony Brook University, his internship at Montefiore Medical Center and his interventional pain fellowship at the National Pain Institute in Florida.

Dr. Poluri is an independent private practice physician.

Dr. Bouman received a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, with emphasis in rehabilitation and neuropsychology. She currently provides inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy, adjustment counseling, and patient/family education to people with a variety of disabilities and illnesses, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, amputation, organ transplant, severe medical deconditioning, cancer, and other medical problems. In addition to leadership at HealthSouth, she also serves as Division Director for Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology in University of Cincinnati’s Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine. She reviews for Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation and has co-authored an invited chapter in The Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology. Dr. Bouman is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Rehabilitation Psychology division of APA.

Dr. Bouman is an independent private practice physician.

Gus Bowling has lived in the Greater Cincinnati area all of his life and currently resides in the Cincinnati area. He has 20 years of experience in the Healthcare industry and 15 years in Building Management. He started his career as a Maintenance Technician and later graduated to a Maintenance Supervisor. He has been with Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati for 11 years and currently serves as the Director of Plant Operations and Safety Officer at Encompass Health Cincinnati.

Deana Cox, MHA, BSN, RN is the director of quality and risk for Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati. Over the past 20 years, she has held roles in nursing, quality and risk as well as admissions. She has experience in a variety of healthcare settings including physical medicine and rehabilitation, hospice, emergency medicine, gastroenterology and managed care. Deana earned two associate degrees in nursing from Maysville Community & Technical College and went on to achieve her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Northern Kentucky University before earning a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Grand Canyon University.

Erica Duncan serves as the director of case management for both Encompass Health Cincinnati hospital locations. Prior to joining Encompass Health in December 2018, she served as care management supervisor and medical social worker for Trihealth, Inc. She received a master’s degree in social work from the University of Southern California – Los Angeles, a master’s degree in industrial-organizational psychology from Northern Kentucky University and a bachelor’s degree in social work from the University of Kentucky. Erica is a licensed social worker in the state of Ohio.

Ken joined Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati in 2015 with more than nine years of experience in public and corporate accounting. Prior to Encompass Health, he was an accounting manager at Mercy Health. Ken is a Certified Public Accountant and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Ohio Northern University.

Kelly joined Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati in 2015. She brings more than 15 years of human resources experience to the role of human resources director at Encompass Health at Drake. Prior to joining HealthSouth, Kelly served as human resources coordinator at Select Specialty Hospital. She attended Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and Northern Kentucky University.

Joe was named director of pharmacy in September 2013. Before coming to Encompass Health he had served in a variety of roles including over 15 years as a clinical hospital pharmacist, most recently with Bethesda North Hospital and over 12 years as a clinical home infusion pharmacist with Coram Healthcare, the nation’s largest home infusion company. Joe obtained his pharmacy degree from the University of Cincinnati and also hold a Nuclear Pharmacy Certificate from the University of Southern California.

Katie’s career at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati began in 2011 as a physical therapist. During her time in the therapy department, she was promoted to physical therapy team lead, then to therapy manager. Katie holds two bachelor’s degrees from The University of Akron, a master’s degree in physical therapy from The Ohio State University and a doctorate in physical therapy from Shenandoah University. 

Julie Young serves as the business development director for both locations of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati. She has more than 35 years of healthcare experience with more than 20 of those being in sales and marketing roles. Prior to returning to Encompass Health Cincinnati, where she held her current role from 2002-2008, Julie worked in a business development role for a home health and hospice organization. She achieved her RN diploma from the Community Hospital School of Nursing then went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and social sciences at the College of Mount St. Joseph before receiving her master’s degree of education in community counseling from Xavier University.