David Cifu:
CLASS OF 1980
Syosset High SchoolClass of 1980
Syosset, NY
Boston UniversityClass of 1986
Boston, MA
Boston University - MedicineClass of 1986
Boston, MA
Thompson Middle SchoolClass of 1977
Syosset, NY
Willits Elementary SchoolClass of 1974
Syosset, NY
David's Story
Life
David X. Cifu, M.D. is a Board-Certified academic physiatrist with areas of interest in neurologic rehabilitation (brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, ParkinsonÂs disease), geriatrics, arthritis and hip fracture, function and outcome assessment, and evidence-based medicine. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the 6-Year Combined B.A./M.D. Program at Boston University in 1986. He then completed a Transitional Medicine internship and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) in 1990. He joined the Department of PM&R at Baylor as an Assistant Professor for one year, and then relocated to VCU/MCV in 1991 as the Director of Rehabilitation Consultation Services within the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. He became Medical Director of VCU/MCVHÂs Rehabilitation and Research Center and the Director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Services in 1992. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996 and then Interim Chairman i...Expand for more
n 1998.
He became The Herman J. Flax, M.D. Professor with Tenure and Chairman of the Department of PM&R in 1999 and Chief of PM&R Services for the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in 2002. He is responsible for the fiscal and administrative operations of the 25-person, $5 million/year Department of PM&R. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the American Academy of PM&R as a member-at-large since 2001, and as Treasurer 2003. He was a member of the AAPM&R Study Guide sub-committee from 1993 to the present and chair from 1998-2001. He has more than $14 million in grant funding and is the co-Principal Investigator on two NIDRR grants, one NIH grant, one VHS grant and has funding on 3 others. He has published more than 165 articles and abstracts, produced 11 book chapters, and presented more than 300 presentations in all areas of PM&R. He serves on a variety of regional and national committees promoting academic PM&R and advocacy for individuals with disabilities.
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