Dr. Bierner graduated with his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School and earned his master’s degree in rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington Graduate School. Dr. Bierner completed his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at the University of Washington and a fellowship in clinical neurology at the Human Motor Control Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He has served as the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s PM&R residency program director before becoming Chair of the UNMC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and in the subspecialties of pain medicine and neuromuscular medicine.