{"id":24737,"date":"2021-09-10T11:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=24737"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:11:55","slug":"uconn-health-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/physical-medicine-and-rehabilitation-residency-program\/uconn-health-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-24737\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-24737-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-24737-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Joseph Walker III, M.D.\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/Walker-Joseph.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/Walker-Joseph-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/Walker-Joseph.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-24737-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Walker-Joseph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph Walker III, M.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Board certified in PM&amp;R, Subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine, and Acupuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest:<\/strong> Spine care, Interventional Pain management, research and teaching<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-24737-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-24737-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Jaclyn Cox, D.O., FACP\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/09\/Cox_Jaclyn_20181130_kwallace_9012.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/09\/Cox_Jaclyn_20181130_kwallace_9012-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/09\/Cox_Jaclyn_20181130_kwallace_9012.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-24737-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Cox-Jaclyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaclyn Cox, D.O., FACP<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cox is a graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed residency training at the University of Connecticut in internal medicine through the \u201cdually-accredited\u201d AOA\/ACGME program. She is board-certified in internal medicine through AOBIM. After her residency, Jaclyn joined the team at UConn as an academic hospitalist. She is associate program director at UConn Health and also serves as the osteopathic recognition track director. Her academic interests include hospital safety and transitions of care and and preserving osteopathic identity in the single GME system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-24737-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-24737-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Joseph F. O&#039;Keefe, M.D.\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/OKeefe_Joseph_160_208.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/OKeefe_Joseph_160_208-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/OKeefe_Joseph_160_208.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-24737-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=O%27Keefe-Joseph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joseph F. O'Keefe, M.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Board Certified in PM&amp;R.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest:<\/strong> Neurorehab, Stroke, MS and Prosthetics and Orthotics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-24737-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-24737-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Durgadas P. Sakalkale, M.D.\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/Sakalkale_Durgadas_160_208.jpg 160w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/Sakalkale_Durgadas_160_208-115x150.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2021\/09\/Sakalkale_Durgadas_160_208.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-24737-3-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-24737-3-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Sakalkale-Durgadas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Durgadas P. Sakalkale, M.D.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>Board Certified in PM&amp;R with Sub-Specialty certification in Pain Medicine and Sports Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Areas of interest:<\/strong> Spine and Interventional pain management, Sports<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Walker III, M.D. Assistant Professor Board certified in PM&amp;R, Subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine, and Acupuncture Areas of Interest: Spine care, Interventional Pain management, research and teaching Jaclyn Cox, D.O., FACP Assistant Professor Dr. Cox is a graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. 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