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First Name: Michael MI: A Last Name: Alexander
Present Position: Chief of Rehabilitation Alfred I du Pont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware and Chief of Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation for Departments of
Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Thomas Jefferson University
School Name: George Mason University
University of Virginia
Primary Degree
Awarded: BA
Specialty
Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
Year
Completed: 1969
Secondary Degree
Awarded: MD
Year
Completed: 1972
Certification and Re-Certification Information Current Licensure Data
Subspecialty in Pediatric
Rehabilitation Medicine
Original
Certification
Year
1977
2003
Pediatrics 1977
Most Recent
Certification Year State
Not time limited
Expires 2013
Not time limited
Date of
Expiration
Pa Dec 2010
De Dec 2009
Academic Appointments - List the past ten years, beginning with your current position.
Start End
Date1989 DatePresent
Description of Position(s) Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation till 2007 at which time became Professor
without prefix
Concise Summary of Role/Responsibilities in Program: Chief of Division of Pediatric
Rehabilitation evaluate residents and monitor faculty which consists on another 2 double boarded
and subspecialty boarded doctors. We teach straight PMR residents as well as PedPMR residents
and we now have a one year fellowship in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine.
Current Professional Activities / Committees (Limit of 10):
1. Board Trustee DIMER
2. Past President Medical Society of Delaware
3. Co editor on 4 th edition of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Selected Bibliography - Most representative Peer Reviewed Publications / Journal Articles from the
last 5 years (Limit of 10):
Rahman, T., Ramanathan, R., Stroud, S., Sample, W., Seliktar, R., Harwin, W., Alexander, M.,
Scavina, M: Towards the control of a powered orthosis for people with muscular dystrophy. Proc
Instn Mech Engrs. Volume 215, Part H. Pages 267-274. 2001
Rahman, T., Sample, W,. Jaykumar, S., King, M., Wee, J., Seliktar, R., Alexander, M., Scavina,