MarciaAileenBockbraderMDPhD

Physical Medicine/Rehab • Columbus, OH

Physiatrist, Neuromodulation and Brain Injury Specialist

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Office
2929 Kenny Rd
Ste 100
Columbus, OH 43221
Phone+1 614-670-4000

Fax+1 614-482-4938

Summary

Dr. Marcia Bockbrader is a physiatrist in Columbus, OH. She is board certified in brain injury medicine & PMR. She will sit for addiction medicine boards in Fall 2021. She practiced at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center from 2009-2021. She completed her medical degree and PM&R residency at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She also has a PhD from Indiana University (2003) in Psychological and Brain Science. She specializes in neurorehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine and is experienced in neuromodulation, brain-computer interface clinical trials, msk ultrasound, noninvasive brain stimulation, recovery from acquired brain injury, and resident and medical student education.

Scarlet Scoop: Wexner brain implant allows paralyzed man to move hand

This episode of Scarlet Scoop features Dr Bockbrader describing a Wexner Medical Center technology development that allows a paralyzed man to move his hand

Education & Training

Ohio State University HospitalResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2010 - 2013
Ohio State University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2009 - 2010
Ohio State University College of MedicineClass of 2009
Indiana University School of MedicinePost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2003 - 2004
Indiana UniversityPhD, Psychology and Brain Sciences, 1996 - 2003
John Carroll UniversityBA, Philosophy, Logic/Computer Science, Magna Cum Laude with Honors, 1991 - 1996

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2024 - 2027
OH State Medical License 2012 - 2025
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Brain Injury Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Program for Academic Leadership (Graduate), Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program (Funded Fellow) Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2013-2021
Best Doctors Columbus Business First, 2015-2020
Best Paper Award, Faculty: Returning fine motor control to a patient's paralyzed upper limb after spinal cord injury. Association of Academic Physiatrists, 2018
Annual BCI Research 1st Place Award Winner International Brain-Computer Interface Meeting & G-tec, International, 2016
Faculty Teaching Scholar Program The Ohio State University College of Medicine
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship DoD, American Society for Engineering Education
Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Clinical Trials

Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Post-Stroke Shoulder Pain Using the Smartpatch System Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Reanimation in Tetraplegia Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Niche Trial: Navigated Inhibitory rTMS to Contralesional Hemisphere Trial Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable
A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Two Dose Strengths of Dalfampridine Extended Release Tablets. Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 3
Study to Evaluate the Long-Term Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Dalfampridine. Start of enrollment: 2015 Apr 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Pivotal Study of VNS During Rehab After Stroke (VNS-REHAB) Start of enrollment: 2017 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
High Definition Neuromuscular Stimulation in Tetraplegia Start of enrollment: 2013 Apr 25
Completed
Not Applicable
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Human primary motor cortex indexes the onset of subjective intention in brain-machine-interface mediated actions.
Jean-Paul Noel, Marcia Bockbrader, Sam Colachis, Marco Solca, Pavo Orepic
Biorxiv. 2023-07-25
13 citations
Sense of agency for intracortical brain-machine interfaces.
Andrea Serino, Marcia Bockbrader, Tommaso Bertoni, Sam Colachis Iv, Marco Solcà
Nature Human Behaviour. 2022-04-01
26 citations
Long-term intracortical microelectrode array performance in a human: a 5 year retrospective analysis.
Samuel C. Colachis, Collin F. Dunlap, Nicholas V. Annetta, Sanjay M. Tamrakar, Marcia A. Bockbrader
Journal of Neural Engineering. 2021-08-23

Journal Articles

Meeting Brain–Computer Interface User Performance Expectations Using a Deep Neural Network Decoding Framework
Marcia Bockbrader, MD, Nature
Extracting chronically stable features from intracortical recordings for robust BCI applications in a paralyzed human
Mingming Zhang, Michael A, Schwemmer, Jordyn E. Ting, Connor E. Majstorovic, David A. Friedenberg, Marcia A. Bockbrader, W. Jerry Mysiw, Ali R. Rezai, Nicholas V. Anne..., Bioelectronic Medicine, 7/31/2018

Press Mentions

Quadriplegic Columbus Man Finds Movement AgainJuly 15th, 2016
Big Data in Healthcare Goes Far Beyond EHRJuly 14th, 2016
Hacking the Brain to Treat ParalysisMarch 12th, 2016
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Grant Support

Neurotechnology Innovation for Individuals with Spinal Cord InjuryOhio Department of Higher Education2020–2022
We’re ready to try this at home—A Portable Neuroprosthetic for IndependenceCraig H. Neilsen Foundation2020–2022
Veterans Neuromodulation – Operation Wellness (NOW) Pilot ProgramOhio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services2020–2021
BMI Enabled DrivingFord Motor Company2019–2021
Intelligent Neural Interfaces (INI): Robust Self-Updating End-to-End Neural DecodersDARPA2019–2021

Committees

Member, OSU College of Medicine Alumni Board 2019 - Present
Member, OSU College of Medicine, Technical Standards Task Force Committee 2020 - 2021
Member, OSU Discovery Themes, Chronic Brain Injury Faculty Advisory Board 2019 - 2021
Member, OSU College of Medicine, Executive Curriculum Committee 2019 - 2020
Chair (2020), Member (2018-2019), OSU College of Medicine, Academic Review Board 2017 - 2020
Member, Question Author, AAPMR Self-Assessment Exam (SAE) Committee 2015 - 2021
Member, AAP Education Committee 2015 - 2019