Rocco Ortenzio Chair and Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physical Medicine/Rehab
Dr. David R. Gater Jr., MD
David R. Gater Jr. practices Physical Medicine/Rehab. He graduated from University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson has a rank of 67 in research and a 42 in primary care He received awards:"25th Annual William A. Spencer, MD, Memorial Lectureship", "Americas Top Doctors", "PM&R Faculty Teaching Excellence Award", "Partner of the year award", "Academy of Mentors", "Margaret Weber, Provider of Choice Award", "Best Poster by Career Development Awardee, 3rd National Rehabilitation R&D Meeting", "Young Academician", "Career Development Award", "Research Career Development Award, Rehabilitation Research & Development Service", "Scholar Award", "Abraham Flexner Master Educator Award: Educational Leadership & Administration", "Physician Scientist Award", "Master Educator Award: Teaching, Contribution & Participation", "Selected Participant for Veterans Affairs Medical Center Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Mentoring Workshop", "Teacher of the Year", "Zenas B. Noon Award for Excellence in Cardiology", "Honors and Awards Committee Excellence in Research Award", "Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship", "Phi Kappa Phi" and "Baird Academic Scholarship". David R. Gater Jr., MD is a published MD as well. He has 32 publications published. The latest was: Body composition changes after 12 months of FES cycling: case report of a 60-year-old female with paraplegia.
Publications
- Body composition changes after 12 months of FES cycling: case report of a 60-year-old female with paraplegia.
- Hip abscess due to Aerococcus urinae in a man with paraplegia: case report.
- Intra-Rater Reliability of Ultrasound Imaging of Wrist Extensor Muscles in Humans with Tetraplegia.
- Differences in current amplitude evoking leg extension in individuals with spinal cord injury.
- Femoral Bone Marrow Adiposity and Cortical Bone Cross-sectional Areas in Men with Motor Complete Spinal Cord Injury.
- Neuromuscular electrical stimulation attenuates thigh skeletal muscles atrophy but not trunk muscles after spinal cord injury.
- The role of nutrition in health status after spinal cord injury.
- Exercise adherence during home-based functional electrical stimulation cycling by individuals with spinal cord injury.
- Ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy for urolithiasis in the spinal cord injury population.
- A model of prediction and cross-validation of fat-free mass in men with motor complete spinal cord injury.
- Effects of Resistance Training on Adiposity and Metabolism after Spinal Cord Injury.
- Central adiposity associations to carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in individuals with complete motor spinal cord injury.
- A preliminary report on the effects of the level of spinal cord injury on the association between central adiposity and metabolic profile.
- Relationship of spasticity to soft tissue body composition and the metabolic profile in persons with chronic motor complete spinal cord injury.
- Obesity after spinal cord injury.
- Perceptions of people with tetraplegia regarding surgery to improve upper-extremity function.
- Opinions on the treatment of people with tetraplegia: contrasting perceptions of physiatrists and hand surgeons.
- Prophylactic radical cystectomy for the management of keratinizing squamous metaplasia of the bladder in a man with tetraplegia.
- Diabetes mellitus in individuals with spinal cord injury or disorder.
- A comparison of hydrostatic weighing and air displacement plethysmography in adults with spinal cord injury.
- The relationship of blood alcohol concentration to impairment severity in spinal cord injury.
- Upper extremity reconstruction in the tetraplegic population, a national epidemiologic study.
- Physician perceptions of upper extremity reconstruction for the person with tetraplegia.
- Reconsidering the motor recovery plateau in stroke rehabilitation.
- Effects of deep heat as a preventative mechanism on delayed onset muscle soreness.
- Relationship between regional bone density measurements and the time since injury in adults with spinal cord injuries.
- Clinical applications of electrical stimulation after spinal cord injury.
- Autonomic dysreflexia: a plastic surgery primer.
- The initial effects of low-volume strength training on balance in untrained older men and women.
- Seat pressure changes after eight weeks of functional electrical stimulation cycling: a pilot study.
- Home-based functional electrical stimulation cycling enhances quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury.
Schools
University Of Arizona College Of Medicine
University Ariz and Affil Hosps
University Calif Davis
Doctors Specialties
- Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
- Physical Medicine/Rehab
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- 25th Annual William A. Spencer, MD, Memorial Lectureship
- America’s Top Doctors
- PM&R Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
- Partner of the year award
- Academy of Mentors
- Margaret Weber, Provider of Choice Award
- Best Poster by Career Development Awardee, 3rd National Rehabilitation R&D Meeting
- Young Academician
- Career Development Award
- Research Career Development Award, Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
- Scholar Award
- Abraham Flexner Master Educator Award: Educational Leadership & Administration
- Physician Scientist Award
- Master Educator Award: Teaching, Contribution & Participation
- Selected Participant for Veterans Affairs Medical Center Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Mentoring Workshop
- Teacher of the Year
- Zenas B. Noon Award for Excellence in Cardiology
- Honors and Awards Committee Excellence in Research Award
- Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Scholarship
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Baird Academic Scholarship
Education
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University of California Davis -
University of Arizona -
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson
Hospital
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
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