CURRICULUM VITAE
MELITA MANJULA THEYAGARAJ, M.B.B.S
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic Institute
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, MD 21207
Tel : 410-448-6261 Fax: 410-448-6617
E-Mail: mtheyag@.umm.edu
Native Language: Tamil
EDUCATION
1986 M.B.B.S, Madras Medical College
University of Madras, India
1991-1993 Graduate Student in the Department of Microbiology
Clemson University, South Carolina
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Internship (Medical)
1986-1987 Madras Medical College and Government Hospital
Chennai, India
Residency (Transitional Surgery)
1998-1999 Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
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Residency (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
1999-2002 State University of New York at Stony Brook
School of Medicine
Long Island, New York
CERTIFICATIONS
2006 Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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Specialty Certification in Spinal Cord Injury
Medicine, American Board of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
MEDICAL LICENSURES
Maryland – active
New York- inactive
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2010- present Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
2002- 2010 Instructor, Department of Neurology
University of Maryland School of Medicine
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
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Co-researcher with faculty
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
University of Madras, India
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
2002 Member, American Board of Physical Medicine &
Rehabilitation
2002 Member, American Pain Society
HONORS AND AWARDS
2001 Recipient of the Aventis Educational Scholarship for
resident in Physiatry
2007 Hero Award at the Maryland Shock Trauma Gala
2014 Hero Award at the Maryland Shock Trauma Gala
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CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
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1990 House Physician
Christudas Hospital, India
1996- 1998 House Officer, (PGY0) Urology service
Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
2002- present Director, Multi trauma Unit
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
35 hours/week
13-15 inpatients at all times (12 months a year)
Weekend call every 4th week
Spinal Cord Injury, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation outpatient Clinic
including management of Spasticity with botulinum toxin injections, management of pain with trigger
point and intra-articular injections
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
5 hours/week, 6-8 outpatients.
2004-present Attending Physician , Physiatry Consult Service
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
12 months a year
2009- present Chief, Amputee Clinic
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
5 hours every week
6-8 patients every clinic
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE
Institutional Service
2002 – present Director, Multi-trauma Service
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
2008-present Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
2013- present Co-Chairperson, Ethics Committee
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
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2013- present Member , Falls Committee
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
Teaching Service
Student Teaching
1987-1989 Part-time Instructor
Department of Zoology , Madras Christian College, India
1992-1993 Teaching Assistant,
Department of Microbiology
Clemson University, South Carolina
2004-present Neurologic Examination small group session for 2nd year
medical students, done annually
2004-present Bedside teaching rounds with 4th year medical students
elective in rehabilitation medicine
University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopedic
Institute
2010-present Clerkship Director
Rehabilitation Medicine Elective for IVth year medical students
from University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residents/Fellow Teaching
2004 – 2007 Bedside teaching rounds on the SCI service on Friday
with the PM&R resident s
2006 – 2007 Bedside Teaching rounds with the SCI fellow on Friday
Afternoons
PUBLICATIONS
1. Gorman PH, Scott W, York H, Theyagaraj M, Price-Miller N, McQuaid J, Eyvazzadeh M, Ivey FM, Macko RF. Robotically Assisted Treadmill Exercise Training for Improving Peak Fitness in Chronic Motor Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Spinal Cord Medicine. 39(1):32-44 (2016). PMID: 25520035.
GRANT SUPPORT
Completed Contracts
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Co-Investigator, PI: Peter. H. Gorman, M.D.FAAN
A Phase II, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter
Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of HP184 at 100,
200, and 400mg Doses Administered Orally Once Daily
For Twenty Four Weeks in Adult Subjects with Chronic
Spinal Cord Injury (CSCI)
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
$114,560 total budget
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