Senior Scientist
Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health
Charlotte, North Carolina
– United States
Mark A. Hirsch, PhD, FACRM is Senior Scientist, Carolinas Rehabilitation, Department of PM&R, Director, Dept. of PM&R Residency Research Education Program, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte campus. He completed NIH-T32 fellowship training in neurorehabilitation research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, PMR (Professor Barbara J deLateur, mentor) (96-99). He received advanced training in movement disorders in the Department of Neurology at Heinrich-Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany (2000). He conducted pioneering NIH funded research in the area of political participation (voting) and traumatic brain injury. His current research is in gait and balance, mostly in Parkinson’s disease. Hirsch has made seminal scientific contributions in the area of exercise and Parkinson’s disease. He also pioneered the study of Parkinson patient/provider /scientist collaboration. He works with doctors and therapists who want to give patients a more active role in their health care, and he promotes cooperation in the health care system. He calls the system he envisions “participatory healthcare”. His work on physical activity promotion and brain neurotrophins has been critical in the field of neurorehabilitation. His experience with developing regionalized professional collaborative networks to improve the quality of care in PD is one of the largest in the world. Together with Dr. Sanjay Iyer, he established the Parkinson Network at Carolinas Medical Center in 2007, which received funding from the Park Foundation in 2012, and became known as RENEW Carolinas Parkinson Initiative. RENEW has received awards for its innovation and patient care, including the Ray of Hope Award in 2016. Dr. Hirsch is active on boards internationally including the International Association of Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, IAPRD Scientific Program Committee and ACRM (Neurodegenerative Diseases Networking Group Chair 2018-2020.
Tuesday, November 5
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Wednesday, November 6
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Wednesday, November 6
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Wednesday, November 6
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Wednesday, November 6
4:45 PM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday, November 6
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Thursday, November 7
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Thursday, November 7
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Thursday, November 7
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Thursday, November 7
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM