Tim Doherty, MD; PhD

Professor, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry

Key Areas of Focus:

Neuromuscular Function

Phone:
519-685-4292, ext. 45062
Email:
Accepting Grad Students:
Yes
About:

Dr. Tim Doherty is a physiatrist and is the Chair/Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department at Parkwood Institute and a Professor in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. Dr. Doherty completed a PhD in kinesiology at Western University in 1993 and residency training in in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at McMaster in 2000. 

Dr. Doherty is a past President of the Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, examiner for the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, Associate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute and is a member of the Editorial Boards of Muscle and Nerve, and the Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. Dr. Doherty is a renowned expert in the study of mobility and pioneered the development of quantitative electromyography (EMG) techniques that have been employed to study aging, motor neuron disease and peripheral neuropathies.
 

portrait of Dr. Tim Doherty
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