Ralph J. Marino, MD
Professor
Director, Research
Director, Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of Delaware Valley
Contact
25 South 9th Street
Edison Building, Suite 2300
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-606-4888
215-955-5152 fax
Ralph J. Marino, MD
Professor
Director, Research
Director, Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of Delaware Valley
Education
Medical School
MD, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA - 1982
MS, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA - 1998
Residency
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Soluble Nogo-Receptor-Fc decoy (AXER-204) in patients with chronic cervical spinal cord injury in the USA: a first-in-human and randomised clinical trial
- Assessing functional recovery for individuals with spinal cord injury post-discharge from inpatient rehabilitation
- Developing guiding principles for technology-based rehabilitation program by engaging people with motor incomplete tetraplegia
- Characterizing Natural Recovery of People With Initial Motor Complete Tetraplegia
- Characterizing the Experience of Spasticity after Spinal Cord Injury: A National Survey Project of the Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Centers
Board Certification
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Expertise & Research Interests
My research interests are neurological and functional recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury, including predicting outcome based on early clinical findings. My focus is on tetraplegia and upper extremity functional assessment.
Awards & Honors
Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs: 2012, 2011, 2010