Marlis Gonzalez-fernandez MD, PhD

Dr. Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in physical rehabilitation after amputation, neurorehabilitation, prosthetics, orthotics, and the treatment of swallowing disorders and speech and language disorders after stroke. She serves as the medical director of Outpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Gonzalez-Fernandez received her medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1999. She completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore in 2004 and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

She is a member of numerous scientific societies, including the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Dysphagia Research Society. She has won several awards for her research, including the Passano Physician Scientists Award, the New Investigator Award of the Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a Traveling Fellowship Award from the Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine. She is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation.