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Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD

Physician Scientist Director, Strength and Endurance Lab
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab/Northwestern University

Dr. Prakash Jayabalan is Physician Scientist Director of the Nancy W. Knowles Strength and Endurance Lab at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Associate Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA. He received his medical degree from King’s College London and PhD from the University of Missouri in Pathobiology. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty in Sports Medicine, having completed residency training at the University of Pittsburgh (during which he was awarded the Mclean Outstanding Resident Award from the AAP and was Chair of the Resident Fellow Council) and subsequently fellowship training in Sports Medicine at Northwestern University. His lab’s work focusses on using biological markers to develop novel, individualized rehabilitation, and exercise strategies for individuals with knee osteoarthritis. At the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab he has been awarded the Medical Education Innovator of the Year Award, and for the past six consecutive years, the ‘Resident Mentor of The Year’ award from the Northwestern PM&R residency program. In the past 3 years alone, his mentees have presented over 30 research abstracts at the AAP Annual meeting winning 3 Best Paper or Top Poster Awards. Nationally, he is currently AAP’s representative to the AMA, and is the Chair of the Health Care Policy and Legislative Committee of the AAPM&R. Internationally he serves on the global consensus and research task force to develop classification criteria for the sport of disability golf and to improve the sports inclusiveness. He is a proud graduate of both the RMSTP and PAL Programs All his accomplishments were recognized as he was chosen as the Early Career Academician Award from the AAP and the Early PM&R Career Award from the AAPM&R.

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