Dr. Robert Teasell MD, FRCP(C)
Professor
Area of Focus
Stroke Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Chronic Pain
Biosketch
I obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Western Ontario 1977, Doctor of Medicine, University of Western Ontario 1981, Rotating Internship, St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario, 1982, and Residency Training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa, 1986. I was Staff Physician and Chief, University Hospital, London 1986-2002, Chair-Chief, PMR 2001-2012, and I have been a Staff Physican Parkwood Institute, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, 2002 to present. I have been Acting Chair from 1997-1999 and 2020-2024. Stroke Rehabilitation and Chronic Pain are my primary clinical specialties. I have also been a member of the Ontario and Canadian Stroke Strategies and lead of the 2015 and 2019 Canadian Stroke Rehabilitation Best Practice Guidelines.
Research
I have authored over 400 peer-reviewed articles, 22 book chapters, 65 monographs, and almost 400 published abstracts. I have presented over 1650, including 750 national and international, presentations and posters. I have been involved in over $35 million of grant funding. My research interests center largely around the implementation of best research evidence into clinical practice in Neurorehabilitation. I am the primary investigator and editor of the Stroke Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review (www.ebrsr.com) now in its 20th edition, the Acquired Brain Injury Evidence-Based Review (www.abiebr.com), and the Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence-Based Review (www.scireproject.com) not in its 17th edition. All three of the evidence-based reviews have been used for the development of Best Practice Guidelines. My most recent project has been neurorehabilitation databases. The “5000 Stroke Rehab RCTs by 2024” which is a comprehensive database of all stroke rehab RCTs published in English up to the end of 2024 in a programable database. This has been complemented by a similar database for traumatic brain injury and we are beginning another database for spinal cord injury rehabilitation. Other research interests include the rehabilitation of severe and chronic strokes and the management of chronic pain disability.
Past Awards
I and my work has won 60 awards which include:
- 2005-2006 USC Teaching Honor Role, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.
- 2008 Physician Staff Organization Recognition Award, St. Joseph's Health Care London.
- 2009 Arthur Shears Lecture, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- 2010 Merit Award, Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- 2012 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada McLaughlin-Gallie Visiting Professor
- 2013 Dr. Belarmino Rodriquez Arias Lecture, Spanish Neurology Society
- 2014 Sandra Letton Award, St. Joseph’s Health Care London.
- 2016 Hnatyshyn Lecture, Canadian Stroke Congress, Quebec City.
- 2018 Lawson Impact Awards, Scientist of the Year, Lawson Research Institute
- 2018 Post-Acute Stroke Excellence Award, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and National Stroke Association (United States), Dallas, Texas
- 2019 Glen E. Gresham Visiting Lecture in Rehabilitation Science, University of Buffalo
- 2019 Singapore Ministry of Health, Visiting Expert in Integrating Stroke Rehabilitation
- 2023 Dean’s Award of Excellence, Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine
- Research.com, 2023 and 2024 Ranking of Best Scientists in the field of Medicine.
- Three members of my research team have become Vanier Scholars.
- Three members of my research team have won the Lawson Impact Leadership Awards 2015, 2016 and 2018.
Publications
Contact
Phone: 519.685.4292 x44559
