Physician · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Meet Dr. Morgan Drake
Founder & Physiatrist, NWA Physiatry
Dr. Morgan Drake is a board-certified Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physician and the physician behind NWA Physiatry. Her practice focuses on helping individuals improve function, regain independence, and navigate recovery after injury, illness, or disability.
Background & Training
Arkansas roots and medical education
Dr. Drake is an Arkansas native, originally from Star City. Her path in medicine is deeply connected to the state, beginning with her undergraduate education at the University of Arkansas.
She earned her medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock before completing residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Kentucky.
Following residency, Dr. Drake returned to Northwest Arkansas to practice Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
Clinical Experience
Experience across the spectrum of rehabilitation
Dr. Drake has cared for patients across key phases of the rehabilitation journey, providing a broad clinical perspective on recovery, function, and long-term adaptation.
Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation
Caring for individuals immediately following major neurologic, orthopedic, or traumatic events during intensive hospital-based rehabilitation stays.
Acute Consultations
Providing physiatry consultation for hospitalized patients with rehabilitation needs, including functional decline, neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions, mobility limitations, and post-acute rehabilitation planning.
Outpatient Clinic Settings
Managing ongoing functional needs, spasticity, musculoskeletal conditions, mobility assessments, and post-rehabilitation follow-up in the clinic setting.
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Expanding physiatry consultation into skilled nursing facilities to support resident mobility, function, and interdisciplinary care collaboration.
This breadth of experience across hospital, outpatient, and skilled nursing environments reinforces a continuity of care perspective—recognizing that rehabilitation is an ongoing process that extends well beyond any single encounter.
Practice Philosophy
A patient-centered approach to restoring function
“Our goal is to help people restore function to the highest capacity possible while recognizing the pain and emotional impact that can accompany serious injury, illness, disability, and life-changing diagnoses.”
Focusing on the whole person
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation looks beyond a diagnostic label to understand how an illness, injury, or neurologic condition alters daily life. Care evaluates how medical issues impact mobility, comfort, independence, and the ability to participate in work, family, and community activities.
Physician-led collaboration
Dr. Drake works collaboratively alongside primary care physicians, specialists, physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and family members. Together, care is aligned around practical, individualized goals that support meaningful daily function.
Home in Northwest Arkansas
Arkansas has always been home.
Originally from Star City, Dr. Drake attended the University of Arkansas, where she met her college sweetheart. After medical school at UAMS and residency at the University of Kentucky, she returned to Northwest Arkansas to practice and raise her family. She and her husband have three children and a chocolate lab.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Drake enjoys spending time with her family, skiing, gardening, sports, and traveling.
Explore care with NWA Physiatry
Learn more about our clinical focus areas and services, or reach out to the practice with general questions.