Ryan joined Encompass Health Cincinnati, formerly HealthSouth Cincinnati in June 2015 as the associate administrator and was promoted to CEO in December 2016. Prior to joining Encompass Health Cincinnati, he served in various nursing leadership roles in multiple healthcare settings including his most recent role as the regional director of nursing for a provider of skilled nursing care, rehabilitation and respite care. He achieved his bachelor’s degree in nursing from Middle Tennessee State University and is currently pursuing dual master’s degrees in business administration and nursing.

Dr. Poluri joined Encompass Health Cincinnati, formerly HealthSouth 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.

* The hospital provides access to independent physicians.

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.

*Encompass Health provides access to independent physicians.

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, formerly HealthSouth for 11 years and currently serves as the Director of Plant Operations and Safety Officer at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Cincinnati.

Julie joined Encompass Health Cincinnati, formerly HealthSouth Cincinnati in September 2016 as a nurse manager and was promoted to chief nursing officer in 2017. She has more than 30 years of nursing experience in a variety of settings including acute care, long term acute care, home health, and post acute care. In addition, she has worked in the roles of case management and wound care consultant. Julie graduated from Northern Kentucky University with an associate’s degree in nursing.

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, formerly HealthSouth 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.

Whitney joined Encompass Health Cincinnati, formerly HealthSouth Cincinnati in June 2017 as the quality risk coordinator then moved into the director of quality and risk position in May 2018. Prior to Encompass Health Cincinnati, she served as a clinical liaison and registered respiratory therapist in the Cincinnati area. Whitney achieved her master’s degree in health administration from the University of Cincinnati, a bachelor’s degree in health science from Northern Kentucky University and a degree in respiratory care technology from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. 

Kelly joined Encompass Health, formerly HealthSouth 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 HealthSouth 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, formerly HealthSouth 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.