Biography

Education:

• Dr. DeMayo graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston College and received his M.D. degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1986.

• He completed his internship at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh and then returned to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City for three years of residency training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Experience:

• Board certifications include:

  • The American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Subspecialty Board Certification-Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

• Academically, Dr. DeMayo has been a past clinical instructor for the Yale School of Medicine and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

• In his early years of practice, he managed bracing clinics that cared for many polio survivors.

• He served as Medical Director for a busy Spinal Cord Injury Program in Connecticut for six years before being recruited to Johnstown to open up the Crichton Center for Advanced Rehabilitation.

• After moving to Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1996, he managed a comprehensive post-polio clinic at the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute.

• He transitioned into private practice in 2002 and continued to do part-time work with the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute.

• In September 2017 Dr. DeMayo accepted a unique opportunity with Capital Health, as the Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Abu Dhabi, developing their first purpose-built inpatient rehabilitation hospital. This Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital (www.srh.ae) is a model of care for the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf region.

• He has served on the Board of Directors of Post-Polio Health International. ​

His collection of articles and videos are available in the Articles/Resources section titled: DeMayo’s Q&A Clinic

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