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Office
2020 Peachtree Rd NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Summary
- James “Woody” Morgan, M.D. is a staff physiatrist at Shepherd Center. He is triple board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury medicine, and brain injury medicine, specializing in the rehabilitation care of patients with neurologic illness/injury.
Before joining Shepherd Center in 2023, Dr. Morgan served as the medical program director of the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he also received the Teacher of the Year Award in 2023 from the Vanderbilt Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Morgan received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and graduated with honors from Tulane University School of Medicine, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He completed residency training at Harvard Medical School and a Fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at Craig Hospital/University of Colorado.
Dr. Morgan has a wealth of personal and professional spinal cord injury experience, having lived with a spinal cord injury since 2008. His primary focus is caring for patients recovering from traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, and other catastrophic illnesses/injuries. In addition to providing clinical care to patients, he hopes to instill inspiration that life continues after injury.
Education & Training
- University of Colorado School of MedicineFellowship, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, 2019 - 2020
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2016 - 2019
- Ochsner Clinic FoundationInternship, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2016
- Tulane University School of MedicineClass of 2015
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 2020 - 2025
- GA State Medical License 2023 - 2024
- CO State Medical License 2019 - 2022
- MA State Medical License 2016 - 2019
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Brain Injury Medicine
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Teacher of the Year Vanderbilt University Medical Center Department of PM&R, 2023
- Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsFunctional status predicts acute care readmission in the traumatic spinal cord injury population.Donna Huang, Chloe Slocum, Julie K. Silver, James W. Morgan, Richard Goldstein
The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 2019-01-01 - 2 citationsBuspirone for functional improvement after acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a propensity score-matched cohort study.James W Morgan, Ryan Solinsky
Spinal Cord. 2021-01-25 - 5 citationsAugmenting exercise capacity with noninvasive ventilation in high-level spinal cord injury.James W. Morgan, Eric Ferrazzani, J. Andrew Taylor, Isabelle Vivodtzev
Journal of Applied Physiology. 2018-05-01
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