Todd Abel, M.D.

Dr. Abel is the Chief Medical Officer at NPG and is a neurosurgeon at UT Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. UTMC is a Level I trauma center as well as a comprehensive stroke center. Dr. Abel cares for head injury patients with injuries ranging in severity from mTBI to severe CHI.

Prior to medical school, Dr. Abel was a U.S. Air Force pilot instructing in T-38s at Williams AFB. After medical school and residency, Dr. Abel was an active duty U.S. Air Force neurosurgeon at Keesler AFB and deployed to Iraq in 2005. He separated from the Air Force with the rank of Lt. Col. He has a heart for taking care of veterans and has a special interest in treating patients with concussions and head injuries and advancing their care and outcomes.