Dr. Blei has been the Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services at Denver Health since his arrival in 2002 and has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation now for almost 3 decades.  He feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to practice medicine at such a wonderful and unique hospital system for the last 17 years.   He is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and also board certified by the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine.  His interests have always been in maximizing function at both the cell and whole person levels in addition to the predictive capacity for peripheral nerve regeneration.