Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science

Gregory T. Carter

Gregory T. Carter
Professor
University of California, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, USA

Biography

Dr. Carter is a UW professor of rehabilitation medicine. He codirects the Muscular Dystrophy Association/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Center. He is a founding member of the neuromuscular medicine subspecialty board of the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry. He also serves on the editorial boards of the journals Muscle and Nerve, the Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease and the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Patient Care Philosophy. His goal is to take care of the whole person, not simply the disease symptoms. This might include making lifestyle and nutritional recommendations as well as rehabilitation modalities and medicines. He aims to improve the quality of life for those with disabilities. He sees patients with all forms of neuromuscular disorders. He has an interest in the management of neuropathic pain in the population of patients with hereditary neuropathies. His clinical practice is focused on the rehabilitation and palliative care of people with severe neuromuscular disease, particularly amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy DMD, with the goal of trying to improve the quality of life and lessening the burden of disease for these patients. Dr. Carter is also an electrodiagnostician with special expertise in diagnoses of hereditary neuromuscular disorders, including peripheral neuropathies, muscular dystrophies, and motor neuron disease.

Research Interest

Neuromuscular Diseases, Rehabilitation Medicine