-  Faculty Experts   -  News by Topic   -  News by School Search News & Info WUSTL in the News   - Powered by Google WUSTL Home Public Affairs Home University News Medical News Sports News Radio Service Business, Law & Econ Culture & Living Science & Technology Contact Information TV/Radio Studio Visiting Our Campuses Campus Images Sports photography Commercial Filming    and Photography Commercial Use of    Names and Symbols Domain Name policy Record (newspaper) Campus Calendars WUSTL News Summary Publications Online Facts, Guides & Maps		Washington University in St. Louis News & Information > Faculty Experts at Washington University in St. Louis > Alexander Dromerick Associate Professor of Neurology and Occupational Therapy Expertise: stroke, neurology, brain injury, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, constraint-induced movement therapy, brain imaging, vascular dementia Bio: Dromerick Dromerick is known for his clinical and laboratory research on rehabilitation methods for stroke patients, including a new technique called constraint-induced movement therapy. Education: B.A. in Biology at University of Virginia M.D. at University of Maryland Additional Background: Dromerick's research focuses on physical and cognitive rehabilitation after brain injury. He is the co-prinicipal investigator of the Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Group (CRRG), an interdisciplinary group dedicated to identifying, characterizing and tracking patients who participate in cognitive studies, including research into deficits and preserved function in learning and memory after brain injury. Dromerick also is investigating a relatively new rehabilitation technique called constraint-induced movement therapy, which appears to help patients recover function in limbs affected by stroke by encouraging the to use affected limbs in therapy. He is involved in a multi-center study of amphetamines for one-sided paralysis after stroke and a prospective study of urinary tract infection after stroke. He also is a member of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, and is studying the effect of stroke on dementia.			Related Information Media Assistance: Gila Reckess Senior Medical Sciences Writer reckessg@wustl.edu (314) 286-0109 Related Links: • School of Medicine Web site • Department of Occupational Therapy Web site • Department of Neurology Web site • Dromerick's Web page Related Groups: Departments: • Neurological Surgery Programs: • Occupational Therapy - View All Groups Related Topics: • Aging • Alzheimer's Disease / Memory • Caregiving for Older Americans • Heart / Stroke • Medical Science • Stroke Recovery • Trauma / Neuro / Rehab - View All Topics Revised: Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004   Email this page   Print ready page Subscribe WUSTL News by E-mail
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