Dr. Richard D. Zorowitz M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
102 Irving St NW Washington District of Columbia, 20010About
Dr. Richard Zorowitz is a physiatrist practicing in Washington, District of Columbia. Dr. Zorowitz is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Zorowitz focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Zorowitz can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Tulane University School of Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Returning to life. Stroke survivor community and Internet resources.
- Issues in establishing primary stroke centers.
- There's no place like home...for some.
- The stroke survivor.
- Designing prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trials of physical rehabilitation treatment modalities.
- Recovery patterns of shoulder subluxation after stroke: a six-month follow-up study.
- Intramuscular neuromuscular electric stimulation for poststroke shoulder pain: a multicenter randomized clinical trial.
- Road to recovery: drugs used in stroke rehabilitation.
- Intramuscular electrical stimulation for hemiplegic shoulder pain: a 12-month follow-up of a multiple-center, randomized clinical trial.
- Ambulation in a wheelchair-bound stroke survivor using a walker with body weight support: a case report.
- Prophylaxis for and treatment of deep venous thrombosis after stroke: the Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project (PSROP).
- Antiplatelet and anticoagulant medication usage during stroke rehabilitation: the Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project (PSROP).
- Antihypertensive medication usage during stroke rehabilitation: the Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project (PSROP).
- Neurostimulant medication usage during stroke rehabilitation: the Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project (PSROP).
- Usage of pain medications during stroke rehabilitation: the Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Outcomes Project (PSROP).
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Local, Regional, National and International Public Speaking -
- Outpatient Staff Physician MedStar National Rehabilitation Network 2015 - 2017
- Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine 2017 - 2017
Awards
- Multiple Teaching Awards
Professional Memberships
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Association of Academic Physiatrists
- American Heart Association
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Areas of research
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