Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Interim Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Managing Director, Outpatient Operations, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Medical Director, Musculoskeletal Center at Greenspring Station
• Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Background

Centers and Institutes

Rehabilitation for Swallowing Disorders

Videos

• Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, M.D., Ph.D. | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Rehabilitation after Below the Knee Amputation | Clinical Case Presentation (Winter 2018)

  10 Exercises to Start Your Day | Johns Hopkins Health Review (Fall 2017)

Additional Academic Titles

Professor of Art as Applied to Medicine, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Interests

Epidemiology of Swallowing Disorders (dysphagia), Neural Control of Swallowing and Communication, Swallowing disorders (Dysphagia) after stroke

Lab Website

Swallowing Investigation in Physiology (SIP) Lab - Lab Website

• The SIP Lab studies the mechanisms of normal and disordered swallowing. The team conducts research in the areas of swallowing rehabilitation after stroke, effects of aging on swallowing and measurement of swallowing physiology.

Research Summary

Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez’s research focuses on the epidemiology of swallowing disorders, swallowing disorders after stroke, and neural control of swallowing and communication.

Google Scholar - Publications

http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_2Sm8qoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

PubMed - Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/41150423/?sort=date&direction=descending

Research Gate - Research Profile

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marlis_Gonzalez-Fernandez

Selected Publications

• Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Brodsky MB, Palmer JB. Poststroke Communication Disorders and Dysphagia. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2015 Nov;26(4):657-70. PMID: 26522904

• Brodsky MB, Suiter DM, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Michtalik HJ, Frymark TB, Venediktov R, Schooling T. Screening Accuracy for Aspiration Using Bedside Water Swallow Tests: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Chest. 2016 Jul;150(1):148-63. PMID: 27102184

• Herzer KR, Chen Y, Heinemann AW, Gonzalez-Fernandez M. Association Between Time to Rehabilitation and Outcomes After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2016 Oct;97(10):1620-1627.e4. PMID: 27269706

• Inokuchi H, Gonzalez-Fernandez M, Matsuo K, Brodsky MB, Yoda M, Taniguchi H, Okazaki H, Hiraoka T, Palmer JB. Electromyography of Swallowing with Fine Wire Intramuscular Electrodes in Healthy Human: Amplitude Difference of Selected Hyoid Muscles. Dysphagia. 2016 Feb;31(1):33-40. PMID: 26487062

• Yonter SJ, Alter K, Bartels MN, Bean JF, Brodsky MB, González-Fernández M, Henderson DK, Hoenig H, Russell H, Needham DM, Kumble S, Chan L. What Now for Rehabilitation Specialists? Coronavirus Disease 2019 Questions and Answers. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Sep 20;101(12):2233–42. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2020.09.368. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32966809; PMCID: PMC7502167.

Honors

• Passano Physician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1/1/10
• Member, Alzheimers Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer Research and Treatment (ISTAART), 1/1/08

Memberships

• American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Association of Academic Physiatrists
• Dysphagia Research Society
• International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM)