Update Your ProfileAcademic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Neurology
Additional Title:
Director, Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute
Email:
Location:
UM Rehabilitation and Orthopedics Institute, Stroke Unit
Phone (Primary):
410-448-6383
Phone (Secondary):
(410) 448-6383 (appointments)
Fax:
(410) 448-6491
Education and Training
Loyola College of Maryland
Baltimore, MD
B.S., magna cum laude, 1980
Biology and Chemistry dual major
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN
M.D., 1984
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill, NC
Internship in Internal Medicine
1984-1985
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill, NC
Residency in Neurology
1985-1988
Braintree Hospital
Braintree, MA
Fellowship in Neurorehabilitation
1988-1989
Biosketch
I am medical director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute. The Stroke Rehabilitation Unit admits over 500 patients per year. My primary clinical interest is stroke rehabilitation, particularly aphasia and gait disorders. I am also involved in quality improvement management in rehabilitation.
Research/Clinical Keywords
stroke, Orthopedics, stroke rehabilitation, gait disorders
Highlighted Publications
Dobkin BH, Plummer-D’Amato P, Elashoff R, Lee J, SIRROWS Group. International Randomized Clinical Trial, Stroke Inpatient Rehabilitation With Reinforcement of Walking Speed (SIRROWS), Improves Outcomes. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2010; 24(3): 235-242.
Forrester LW, Roy A, Krywonis A, Kehs G, Krebs HI, Macko RF. Modular Ankle Robotics Training in Early Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2014, Vol. 28(7) 678-687