For 30 years, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute has been conducting research spanning basic neuroscience to clinical neuroscience and neurorehabilitation with an eye toward improving the lives of individuals with neurological disabilities. In this episode, MRRI Founding Director John Whyte, MD, PhD, current MRRI Director Dylan Edwards, PhD, and Associate Director Laurel Buxbaum, PsyD, look back at what the institute has accomplished and ahead at the work that is still to be done ..read more

Alberto Esquenazi, MD, MossRehab Chief Medical Officer and the John Otto Haas Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Thomas J. Smith, MBA, Chief Operating Officer at MossRehab, discuss the upcoming changes to the PM&R landscape ..read more

MossRehab leaders discuss how collaboration among clinicians and researches improves patient care and outcomes ..read more

In this episode of MossRehab Conversations, Amanda Rabinowitz, PhD, of the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute talks with Mike Jones, PhD, of the Shepherd Center in Atlanta talk about the relatively new field of mRehab ..read more

The pandemic raised many questions for the rehabilitation community. Most notably, how do you provide for the rehabilitation needs of those who currently have or are recovering from such an easily transmitted disease, while keeping the rest of your patient population safe? Learning from the experiences of rehab experts from around the globe, Alberto Esquenazi, MD, Chief Medical Officer at MossRehab discusses the approach he took in creating the first of its kind rehabilitation unit.   ..read more

What role do technology and robotics play in gait rehabilitation? How can adopting the use of these devices improve the quality of care in clinical practice? In this episode of MossRehab Conversations: Therapy Edition, Trish Crane, PT, clinical manager at MossRehab Plymouth Meeting, and Andrew Packel, PT, locomotor coordinator, discuss the approach that Moss takes when using technology to help patients improve their walking ability.  ..read more

Research has shown that robotics and non-invasive brain stimulation both can improve recovery from central nervous system damage. Can that recovery be enhanced by combining the two techniques? In this MossRehab Conversation, Dylan Edwards, PhD, discusses his research into both areas and what he is learning from using them together. Dr. Edwards recently joined the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute as director. Previously, he worked at Burke Neurological Institute, where he was the director of the Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Laboratory and director of the Restorative Neurology Clini ..read more

Can we, by reading electrical signals in the brain, control a robotic arm? That is the question that has driven cutting-edge research into advanced prosthetics by Michael Boninger, MD. Dr Boninger sat down recently with MossRehab for a wide-ranging conversation about his many areas of research.  Dr. Boninger is vice chair for research, physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh and senior medical director post acute care UPMC. He is the author of five U.S. patents, and is also recognized for extensive research on spinal cord injury, assistive technology ..read more

In a recent article in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Michael Creamer, DO, and colleagues shared results showing the effectiveness of intrathecal baclofen therapy in treating patients with severe, post-stroke spasticity. Dr. Creamer shared the findings and their implications for physiatrists in a conversation with Michael Saulino, MD, clinical director of intrathecal therapy services at MossRehab. Dr. Creamer is a spinal cord injury and pain specialist at Central Florida Pain Relief Centers.  ..read more

In this first of a two-part MossRehab Conversation, John Whyte, MD, PhD, discusses his body of research, including seminal work on disorders of consciousness and more recent exploration into how to define and measure progress in rehabilitation more effectively. Dr. Whyte is retiring as director of the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute later this year.  ..read more