Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D.
- Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor
- Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Physiatrist-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Director, Oral Functional and Swallowing Laboratory
Dr. Palmer came to Hopkins in 1983 after completing a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Washington.
Dr. Palmer earned his M.D. with Honors from the New York University School of Medicine in 1980. He received a B.A. magna cum laude in music from the NYU College of Arts and Sciences and studied as a piano major at The Juilliard School.
His research focuses on neural control of mastication and swallowing and has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, beginning with a Clinical Investigator Development Award from 1987 to 1992, and continuing with a series of research project grants.
Dr. Palmer is a on the editorial boards of the journal Dysphagia (founding member) and the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and is on the board of directors of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. Dr. Palmer directs the department’s Swallowing Disorders Program, and was formerly the medical director of the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program. He is an honorary member of the Japanese Society for Dysphagia Rehabilitation and a Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
For more information about Dr Palmer and his laboratory, please visit the Oral Functional and Swallowing Laboratory website.
Education:
- 1976 B.A. magna cum laude, New York University
- 1980 M.D. with Honors, New York University
Faculty Appointments:
- Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University
- Professor of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University
- Professor of Functional Anatomy and Evolution, Johns Hopkins University
Hospital and Administrative Appointments:
- Director and Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Physiatrist-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Chairman, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
Specialty Certifications:
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
Honors:
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Young Investigator Award, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Foundation
- Invited Member, Society of Oral Physiology
- Honorary member, Japanese Society for Dysphagia Rehabilitation
- Fellow, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Visiting Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujita Health University, Aliichi, Japan
- Visiting Professor, Xuanwu Hospital of the Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Representative Publications:
Palmer JB, Rudin NJ, Lara G, Crompton AW: Coordination of mastication and swallowing. Dysphagia 7:187-200, 1992.
Current Address:
Johns Hopkins Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
600 N. Wolfe Street, Phipps 160
Baltimore, MD 21287 USA
Phone: 410-502-2446
Toll-free: 1-888-JHU-REHAB (1-888-548-7342)
Fax: 410-502-2420
Email: jpalmer@jhmi.edu
