Academic/University ProgramTelehealth
University of Utah Health Concussion Program
📍 Salt Lake City
Vestibular/BalanceVision/Neuro-OptometryNeuropsychology/Cognitive
Concussion specialist
Colby R. Hansen MD
📍 Salt Lake City, Utah · Telehealth available · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-11
About
Colby R. Hansen, MD is a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry) specialist in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a subspecialty focus in Pediatric TBI / Concussion. They see patients at University of Utah Health, part of University of Utah Health. Their role there is Associate Professor of PM&R.
Concussion work here covers Pediatric Concussion, mTBI, Brain Injury, Cognitive Rehab and Return to Learn. In this directory the listing sits under Neuropsychology/Cognitive, Rehabilitation/Brain Injury and Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees children and teenagers and adults, and telehealth appointments are available.
This University of Utah Health service is led by Colby Hansen, MD, an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation whose clinical interests include concussion and other forms of traumatic brain injury in children. His work spans pediatric TBI assessment, management, and rehabilitation, including post-concussive headache and return to sport, as part of the university's concussion and brain injury care for children and adults.
Services
Neuropsychology/CognitiveRehabilitation/Brain InjuryReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
ConcussionPediatric ConcussionmTBIBrain InjuryCognitive RehabReturn to Learn
Details
Provider typePhysician - PM&R
SpecialtyPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Physiatry)
PracticeUniversity of Utah Health - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Pediatric TBI / Concussion)
Health systemUniversity of Utah Health
RoleAssociate Professor of PM&R
ServesPediatric/Youth, Adult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact Colby R. Hansen in Salt Lake City usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- spotting a concussion in a child who can't describe it — What to watch for in a child too young to tell you what hurts.
- how to assess a head injury at home — The danger signs that mean the ER tonight, and why no home test rules a concussion out.
- what the evidence says about concussion supplements — An evidence review of omega-3s, creatine, magnesium, riboflavin and vitamin D.
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