Elliot J Roth

Elliot J Roth is the Paul B. Magnuson Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University. His research focuses on stroke rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, motor control, and neurophysiology, with recent work exploring transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation, acute intermittent hypoxia, and synergy-based functional electrical stimulation for gait recovery in chronic stroke. He has published extensively on telerehabilitation implementation and electromagnetic stimulation to reduce post-ischemic disability. Roth has led major initiatives, including a Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Enhancing Quality of Life of Stroke Survivors, and collaborates internationally with institutions in Germany, South Korea, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, Switzerland, China, the United Kingdom, and Norway.