Nemunaitis, Gregory, M.D.

Research Statement

• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
• Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
• Engineering applications for individuals with spinal cord injury
• Gene therapy in inclusion body myopathy

Professional Affiliations

• Investigator, Cleveland FES Center
• Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Fellowship, and  Director of Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation,  Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Medical Center,
  Cleveland, OH
• Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University,
  Cleveland, OH

Publications (Select)

• Jay CM, Levonyak N, Nemunaitis G, Maples PB, Nemunaitis J. Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM2). Gene Regul Syst Bio. 2009 Oct 21;3:181-90. PubMed PMID: 20054407; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2796972.
• Phadke AP, Jay C, Chen SJ, Haddock C, Wang Z, Yu Y, Nemunaitis D, Nemunaitis G, Templeton NS, Senzer N, Maples PB, Tong AW, Nemunaitis J. Safety and in vivo Expression of a GNE-Transgene: A Novel Treatment Approach for Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy-2. Gene Regul Syst Bio. 2009 May 8;3:89-101. PubMed PMID: 19838336; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2758285.
• DiMarco AF, Kowalski KE, Geertman RT, Hromyak DR, Frost FS, Creasey GH, Nemunaitis GA. Lower thoracic spinal cord stimulation to restore cough in patients with spinal cord injury: results of a National Institutes of Health-Sponsored clinical trial. Part II: clinical outcomes. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 May;90(5):726-32. PubMed PMID: 19406290; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2809374.
• Triolo RJ, Boggs L, Miller ME, Nemunaitis G, Nagy J, Bailey SN. Implanted electrical stimulation of the trunk for seated postural stability and function after cervical spinal cord injury: a single case study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009 Feb;90(2):340-7. PubMed PMID: 19236990; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2648134.
• Jay C, Nemunaitis G, Nemunaitis J, Senzer N, Hinderlich S, Darvish D, Ogden J, Eager J, Tong A, Maples PB. Preclinical Assessment of wt GNE Gene Plasmid for Management of Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy 2 (HIBM2). Gene Regul Syst Bio.  2008 Jun 20;2:243-52. PubMed PMID: 19787087; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2733101. 
  

Research Programs

Spinal Cord Injury Model System Grant.  Natiional Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research.  PI:  Greg Nemunaitis.  2006-2011

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