Jeffrey B. Palmer, M.D.
- Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor
- Director, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Physiatrist-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
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 an uninterrupted series of research grants to the present day.
Dr. Palmer is a founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Dysphagia and is an associate editor of The Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is a member of 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 was elected the first honorary member of the Japanese Society for Dysphagia Rehabilitation.
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
- Visiting Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Fujita Health University, Aliichi, Japan
Hospital and Administrative Appointments:
- Director, 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
Representative Publications:
Palmer JB, Tanaka E, Ensrud E: Motions of the posterior pharyngeal wall in swallowing: A quantitative videofluorographic study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 81:1520-1526, 2000.
Hiiemae KM, Palmer JB: Food transport and bolus formation during complete feeding sequences on foods of different initial consistency. Dysphagia 14:31-42, 1999.
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
Fax: 410-502-2420
Email: jpalmer@jhmi.edu
