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Dobrivoje S. Stokic, MD

Vice-President, Research & Innovation
Methodist Rehabilitation Center

Dr. Stokic earned a medical degree (1987) from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia, where he also completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (1991) and earned a doctoral degree (2005). From 1991 until 1997, he was a postdoctoral fellow and research associate in the Division of Restorative Neurology & Human Neurobiology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Dr. Stokic joined the Methodist Rehabilitation Center, in Jackson, MS in 1997 to establish a human research program. Currently, he is a Vice-President of Research and Innovation, a senior scientist at the Center for Neuroscience and Neurological Recovery, the research arm of Methodist Rehab, and an affiliate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery and faculty in the Program in Neuroscience at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
His research interest is in human motor control as it applies to neurorehabilitation, focusing on translational neuroscience and neurophysiological assessment of sensorimotor functions and interventions after stroke, spinal cord injury, and brain injury. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and was awarded federal, state, and private grants. Dr. Stokic regularly serves as a journal and grant reviewer and, as of January 1st, 2024, serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Rehabilitation Research.

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