Overview
Dr. R. Samuel Mayer is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical interests include complications of critical illness, spine disorders, pain management, disorders of muscle tone and cancer rehabilitation. Dr. Mayer serves as the director of cancer rehabilitation, director of undergraduate medical education and residency program director for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He graduated from the honors program in medical education at Northwestern University School of Medicine and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Rush Medical College. He was chair of the Committee on Medical Education for the American Medical Student Association while he was a medical student. After completing his residency, he remained on faculty at Rush Medical College, eventually becoming the residency program director and acting chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He joined the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins in 2001. Dr. Mayer serves as director of the Medical Student Summer Clinical Experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for the Association of Academic Physiatrists. He is Editor in Chief of Knowledge NOW, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation's online encyclopedia of the field. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Clinician by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Mayer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), Hemiplegia, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 16 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1800 Orleans Street, Meyer 1-163, Meyer 1-163, Baltimore, MD 21287
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Cerebral PalsyDr. Mayer isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebral Palsy.
- Guillain-Barre SyndromeDr. Mayer isAdvanced. Learn about Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
- HemiplegiaDr. Mayer isAdvanced. Learn about Hemiplegia.
- Miller-Fisher SyndromeDr. Mayer isAdvanced. Learn about Miller-Fisher Syndrome.
- Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG)
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- Alien Hand SyndromeDr. Mayer isExperienced. Learn about Alien Hand Syndrome.
- BursitisDr. Mayer isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Chiari Malformation Type 2Dr. Mayer isExperienced. Learn about Chiari Malformation Type 2.
- Chronic PainDr. Mayer isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Pain.
- Chronic Subdural HematomaDr. Mayer isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
- Complex Regional Pain SyndromeDr. Mayer isExperienced. Learn about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.