PABI Plan - The Sarah Jane Brain Project

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle):
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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NAME
James R. Christensen, M.D.
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
ChristensenJR
POSITION TITLE
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation, and Pediatrics
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska B.S. 1972 Science
Univ. of Nebraska Medical School, Omaha, Nebraska M.D. 1975 Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland Residency 1975-77 Pediatrics
Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children & Johns
Hopkins University SOM
Fellowship 1984-86 Developmental Pediatrics
Sinai-Johns Hopkins University SOM Residency 1989-92 Physical Med. & Rehab
A. POSITIONS AND HONORS
Positions and Employment
1978-1980 Staff Physician, Lafene Student Health Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
1982-1983 Medical Director and Staff Pediatrician, Indian Health Service Clinic, Holton, Kansas
1986-1989 Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
1992-2002 Assistant Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland
1992- Vice President of Rehabilitation, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
2002- Associate Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore Maryland
2005- Director of the Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
1989 Clinical and programmatic consultations for the Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates
1987-1989 The Johns Hopkins University Injury Prevention Center Advisory Board
1994-1995 Task Force of the Maternal and Child Health Bureaus, focusing on pediatric rehabilitation and
children with special health needs
1995 Programmatic consultations and education of professionals on the Habilitation of the Child with
Cerebral Palsy for the Ministry of Health, Vietnam.
1996 National Steering Committee for the Traumatic Brain Injury State Demonstration Grant Program,
Department of Health and Human Services
1999 Programmatic consultation for the Ministry of Health of Qatar, August 1999.
2000 Pediatric Injury and Trauma Data Meeting for HRSA/Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s EMSC
Program
2002-present Professional Advisory Board, Chesapeake Applied Research Network (PECARN)
2006-present President, Medical Staff, Kennedy Krieger Institute
2007 EMSC/AHRQ NASCOT for Kids Meeting: Pediatric Trauma Care: A workshop to develop a
national study on costs and outcome from pediatric trauma. Washington DC.
Honors
1974 Alpha Omega Alpha
1988 & 1997 The “Golden Goniometer: Award, 1988 and 1997.
(Outstanding Teacher Award from the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residents)
2001 “Parents’ Choice Award” for The Special-Needs Collection: Children with Traumatic Brain
Injury.
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