Director of SCI Research
Richmond VA Medical Center
Ashraf S. Gorgey is currently the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Research at Richmond VA Medical Center and Professor at Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR), Virginia Commonwealth University. He has bachelor and master degrees in physical therapy. He acquired his PhD in exercise physiology in 2005 from the University of Georgia. He completed a PMR a fellowship training at the University of Michigan. In 2010 and 2018, he was awarded the fellowship status from the America College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM), respectively. Dr. Gorgey’s research has received national recognition by different organizations including the Department of Veteran Affairs, Department of Defense and Spinal Cord Injury Model System. Dr. Gorgey has published more than 150 peer-reviewed articles and presented nationally as well as internationally in different scientific meetings.