VCU Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

David X. Cifu, M.D.

Chair and professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Medical Director
VCU Rehabilitation and Research Center

Contact information

Phone: (804) 828-4231
Fax: (804) 828-6755
E-mail: dcifu@vcu.edu

Address

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1223 East Marshall Street
Egyptian Building, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 980677
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0677

Patient office: North Hospital, Ambulatory Care Center

Description

Cifu is chair and professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and is medical director of the Rehabilitation and Research Center. He graduated from Boston University Medical School, and received his residency training and served on the teaching faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. His areas of expertise in PM&R include geriatrics, stroke, brain injury and multitrauma. He was chair of the AAPM&R Self-Directed Medical Knowledge Program Study Guide in geriatric rehabilitation and a contributing author to the Stroke Rehabilitation Study Guide. He is co-director of the Comprehensive Model of Research and Rehabilitation for the Traumatically Brain Injured and has lectured extensively at the local, regional and national level on all areas of PM&R.

Clinical specialties

• Geriatrics, Stroke
• Brain Injury
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Education

• Medical school: Boston University
• Residency: Baylor Department of PM&R

Additional info

Curriculum vitae [PDF]

Articles available at the National Rehabilitation Information Center
Articles available at PubMed

Articles and publications

Median-Radial Latency Difference: Its Use in Screening for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in 20 Patients with Demyelinating Peripheral Neuropathy
David X. Cifu, M.D., Department of PM&R, VCU, Shahzadi Saleem, M.D., Dept of PM&R, Baylor College of Medicine



Rehabilitation Following Hip Fracture
David X. Cifu, M.D.