Ileana Howard, MD, currently serves as a Professor and Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington since July 2008. In addition, Ileana Howard holds the position of Associate Director for ALS at the National Program Office of Neurology within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and has been a Staff Physiatrist since the same year. Since 2013, Ileana Howard has also been the Outpatient Medical Director at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System. Ileana Howard earned a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Harvard Medical School and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Smith College.