Peter H. Gorman, Md, Ms

Biography

Dr. Gorman is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the Chief of the Division of Rehabilitation Medicine within the Department of Neurology and at the University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute (UM Rehab). Dr. Gorman's main research interests are in the field of spinal cord injury medicine. He is currently a co-PI on a multicenter study on the use of an exoskeleton for restoration of walking in persons with spinal cord injury. He recently was the principal investigator in a Department of Defense funded study comparing the use of robotic treadmill training to aquatic therapy in persons with motor incomplete spinal cord injury. He was also co-investigator in a trial of auricular acupuncture in spinal cord injury related pain. Previously he was a co-investigator in a pivotal study that led to the approval of a neuroprosthetic functional electrical stimulation device to restore hand function in persons with tetraplegia. Clinically, Dr. Gorman specializes in taking care of persons with spinal cord injury and/or disease. His practice includes inpatient acute rehabilitation and outpatient longitudinal care, and management of spasticity with botulinum toxin injections and implanted baclofen pumps, He sees patients both at UM Rehab (formerly Kernan Hospital) and at the Baltimore Division of the VA Maryland Healthcare System.

Research Interest

Neurologic Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, Exercise and Robotic Rehabilitation.