Sci. Adv. Council

Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation-

Scientific Advisory Council

Murray Goldstein D.O., MPH,
FAAN – Chairman
Bethesda, MD

Mark F. Abel, M.D.
Medical Director, Motion Analysis & Motor Performance Laboratory
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery/Pediatrics
Kluge Children’s Rehab. & Research Institute
Charlottesville, VA

William W. Andrews, M.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Ziyyad Ayyoub, M.D.

Director of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation Medical Education
Chief Spasticity Service
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Martin Bax, M.D.
Emeritus Reader in Child Health at
Imperial College School of Medicine
London
United Kingdom

Clifford Brubaker, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean
University of Pittsburgh
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Pittsburgh, PA

Thomas N. Byrne, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Neurology
and Health Sciences and Technology
Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT
Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Boston, MA

Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D., PT
Director of Biomechanics
The Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Biomechanics Laboratory
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD

Edward Dabrowski, M.D.
Division Chief Pediatric PM&R
Motion Analysis Laboratory
Detroit Medical Center
Novi, MI

Stephen A. Fausti, Ph.D.

Director of National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research

Portland VA Medical Center
Portland, OR

Deborah Gaebler-Spira, M.D.
Associate Professor
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Pediatric Rehabilitation Program
Chicago, IL

Michael Greenberg, Ph.D.
Director, Neurobiology Program
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

Michel Kliot, M.D.
Professor, Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Alan Leviton, M.D.
Children’s Hospital
Department of Neurology
Director, Neuroepidemiology Unit
Professor of Neurology
Boston, MA

Phillip Nelson, M.D.
The National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Nigel Paneth, M.D., MPH
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Roberto Romero, M.D.
Chief, Perinatology Research Branch
Intramural Division, NICHD
Hutzel Hospital
Detroit, MI

Peter L. Rosenbaum, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Co-Director
Centre for Childhood Disability Research (CanChild)
Institute for Applied Health Sciences
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON

Robert Ruff, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief of Neurology
Dept of Veterans Affairs
Cleveland VA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH

Amytis Towfighi, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Southern California

George F. Wittenberg, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Neurology

University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

We are pleased to announce a new feature to our website that will provide information and updates from CPI Research Foundation Medical Director Dr. James A. Blackman on cerebral palsy research topics of interest. Please read the first of Dr. Blackman’s articles which describes current thinking related to use of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT).

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