VictorWilliamMarkMD

Neurology • Birmingham, AL

Neurorehabilitation

Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816

Fax+1 205-975-5952

Summary

Victor Mark, MD, is a neurologist specializing in neurorehabilitation based in Birmingham, AL. He completed a fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at the University of Florida and held various academic and clinical roles, including Associate Professor with Tenure at UAB Heersink School of Medicine and Scientist at UAB Health System, Department of Neurology, and Department of Psychology. His research experience includes treatment studies for Long COVID brain fog, multiple sclerosis visual attention, and motor function rehabilitation, with publications in journals such as Neurology and Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He has been the Medical Director for the Functional Neurological Disorder Clinic at Spain Rehabilitation Center since 2017. As a clinician, Dr. Mark is experienced in general physical medicine and rehabilitation and has led clinical trials focusing on multiple sclerosis. He received the Samuel Stover, MD, Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002.

Education & Training

University of FloridaFellowship, Behavioral Neurology, 1986 - 1987
New York University Medical Center1983 - 1986
Albany Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1982
Cornell UniversityA.B, 1978

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1986 - Present
AL State Medical License 1999 - 2025
ND State Medical License 1993 - 1999
MD State Medical License 1987 - 1993
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Samuel Stover, MD, Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2002

Clinical Trials

Constraint-Induced (CI) Movement Therapy for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 1
Improving Hand Use in Multiple Sclerosis Start of enrollment: 2010 Feb 01
Unknown status
Phase 2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Long COVID Brain Fog Treatment: Findings from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Constraint-Induced Cognitive Therapy.
Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub, Karlene Ball, Brandon S Mitchell, Jason A Blake
Medrxiv. 2024-08-12
4 citations
Consistency of inclusion criteria for functional movement disorder clinical research studies: A systematic review.
Brian Kirkwood, Victor W Mark
Neurorehabilitation. 2022-01-01
Perspectives from Persons with Multiple Sclerosis for a Comprehensive Real-World Change Therapy for Mobility
Victor W. Mark, Ritalinda D'Andrea Lee, Edward Taub, Gitendra Uswatte
Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation. 2021-11-12

Journal Articles

Ballism following stroke responds to simple therapeutic interventions.
Mark VW, Oberheu AM, Henderson C, Woods AJ, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005;86:1226-1233
Method for enhancing real-world use of a more-affected arm in chronic stroke: the transfer package of CI therapy.
Taub E, Uswatte G, Mark VW, Morris DM, Barman J, Bowman MH, Bryson C, Delgado A, Bishop-McKay S, Stroke 2013;44:1383-1388
Constraint-Induced Therapy combined with conventional neurorehabilitation techniques in chronic stroke patients: a case series.
Taub E, Uswatte G, Bowman MH, Mark VW, Delgado A, Bryson C, Morris D, Bishop-McKay S, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013;94:86-94
Brain parenchymal fraction predicts motor improvement following intensive task-oriented motor rehabilitation for chronic stroke.
Rickards T, Taub E, Sterling C, Graham MJ, Barghi A, Uswatte G, Mark VW, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2012;30:355-362
Atrophy of spared grey matter tissue predicts poorer motor recovery and rehabilitation response in chronic stroke.
Gauthier LV, Taub E, Mark VW, Barghi, A, Uswatte, G, Stroke 2012;43:453-457
Neural principles and rehabilitation of action disorders: rehabilitation interventions.
Pomeroy V, Aglioti SM, Mark VW, McFarland D, Stinear C, Wolf SL, Corbetta M, Fitzpatrick SM, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2011;25(Suppl): 33S-43S
Pervasive cognitive impairment in hospitalized patients without brain injury.
Woods AJ, Mark VW, Pitts AC, Mennemeier M, PM&R 2011;3:426-432
Constraint-Induced Movement therapy benefits hemiparetic multiple sclerosis.
Mark VW, Bashir K, Taub E, Uswatte G, Delgado A, Bowman MH, Bryson CC, McKay S, Cutter GR, Multiple Sclerosis 2008; 14: 992-994
Post-stroke cerebral peduncular atrophy correlates with a measure of corticospinal tract injury in the cerebral hemisphere.
Mark VW, Taub E, Perkins C, Gauthier LV, Uswatte G, Ogorek J, AJNR American Journal of Neuroradiology 2008; 29:354–358
The learned nonuse phenomenon: implications for rehabilitation.
Taub E, Uswatte G, Mark VW, Morris DM, Europa Medicophysica 2006;42:241-255
Constraint-Induced Movement therapy (CI Therapy): characterizing the intervention protocol.
Morris DM, Taub E, Mark VW, Europa Medicophysica 2006;42:257-268
Neuroplasticity and Constraint-Induced Movement therapy.
Mark VW, Taub E, Morris DM, Europa Medicophysica 2006;42:269-284
A tele-rehabilitation approach to delivery of Constraint-Induced Movement therapy.
Lum PS, Uswatte G, Taub E, Hardin P, Mark VW, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development 2006; 43: 391-400
Biases in attentional orientation and magnitude estimation explain crossover: neglect is a disorder of both.
Mennemeier M, Pierce CA, Chatterjee A, Anderson B, Jewell G, Dowler R, Woods, AJ, Glenn T, Mark VW, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2005;17:1194-1211
Hemispatial neglect affected by non-neglected stimuli.
Mark VW, Kooistra CA, Heilman KM, Neurology 1988;38:1207-1211
AutoCITE: Automated delivery of CI therapy with reduced effort by therapists.
E, Lum PS, Hardin P, Mark VW, Uswatte G, Stroke 2005;36:1301-1304
Constraint-induced movement therapy for chronic stroke hemiparesis and other disabilities.
Mark VW, Taub E, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2004;22: 317-336
Disorganized search on cancellation is not a consequence of neglect.
Mark VW, Woods AJ, Ball KK, Roth DL, Mennemeier M, Neurology 2004;63:78-84
Acute versus chronic aspects of functional unilateral spatial neglect.
Mark VW, Frontiers of Bioscience 2003;8:E172-E189
Diagonal spatial neglect.
Mark VW, Heilman KM, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 1998;65:348-352
The effects of gender, menstrual phase and practice on the perceived location of the midsagittal plane.
McCourt ME, Mark VW, Radonovich KJ, Willison SK, Freeman P, Neuropsychologia 1997;35:717-724
Diagonal neglect on cancellation.
Mark VW, Heilman KM, Neuropsychologia 1997;35:1425-1436
Two-dimensional neglect. A review and suggested method of analysis.
Mark VW, Monson N, Cortex 1997;33:553-562
Factors associated with recovery from global aphasia.
Mark VW, Thomas BE, Berndt RS, Aphasiology 1992;6:121-134
Bodily neglect and orientational biases in unilateral neglect syndrome and normal subjects.
Mark VW, Heilman KM, Neurology 1990;40:640-643
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Books/Book Chapters

Toward a Science of Consciousness: The First Tucson Discussions and Debates.
Chapter: Conflicting communicative behavior in a split-brain patient: support for dual consciousness
Page 189 - 196Mark VWEditors: Hameroff SR, Kaszniak AW, and Scott AC.MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
MedLink Neurology.
Chapter: Alien hand syndrome
Mark VWEditors: Greenamyre T.MedLink Corporation, San Diego
MedLink Neurology.
Chapter: Perisylvian aphasias
Mark VWEditors: Greenamyre T.MedLink Corporation, San Diego
MedLink Neurology.
Chapter: Unilateral neglect syndrome
Mark VWEditors: Greenamyre T.MedLink Corporation, San Diego
MedLink Neurology.
Chapter: Psychogenic neurologic disorders
Mark VWEditors: Greenamyre T.MedLink Corporation, San Diego
Filling-in: From Perceptual Completion to Skill Learning.
Chapter: Cortical reorganization and the rehabilitation of movement by CI therapy after neurologic injury
Page 281 - 294Mark VW, Taub EEditors: Pessoa L, de Weerd P.Oxford University Press, Oxford
58th Annual Meeting American Academy of Neurology (CD-ROM).
Chapter: Clinical methods, outcomes, and practice guidelines of CI therapy
Mark VWAmerican Academy of Neurology, St. Paul
Neuropsychology within the Inpatient Rehabilitation Environment.
Chapter: Neurological complications in rehabilitation
Page 193 - 220Mark VWEditors: Gontkovsky S, Golden CJ.Nova Science, New York
International Handbook of Occupational Therapy Interventions.
Chapter: Constraint-Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) for the rehabilitation of movement after damage to the central nervous system
Page 301 - 308Bowman MH, Mark VW, Taub EEditors: Söderback, I.Springer, Heidelberg
Neurovascular Cognition.
Chapter: Ischemic and intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke
Page 19 - 48Kirshner H, Mark VEditors: Festa JR, Lazar RM.Springer, New York
Handbook of Rehabilitation Psychology.
Chapter: Central nervous system plasticity and rehabilitation
Page 391 - 406Uswatte G, Taub E, Mark VW, Perkins C, Gauthier LEditors: Frank RG, Caplan B.American Psychological Association, Washington DC
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Abstracts/Posters

Neglect vs. aphasia: differences in visuospatial problem solving skills.
Mark VW, Chasan L, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2012;18(Suppl 1):284
Directional cancellation biases in subacute hemispheric stroke.
Mark VW, International Neuropsychological Society, Brussels, Belgium
Validity of the Verbal Activity Log (VAL) for assessment of spontaneous real-world speech in aphasia.
Haddad MM, Taub E, Uswatte G, Mark VW, Johnson ML, Wade J, Harper E, Wesson E, Wang L, Barghi A, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2013;19(Suppl S1):18
Touchscreen vs. paper cancellation testing in brain injury.
Mark VW, Collins ME, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2013;19(Suppl S1):33
Movement improves more than MRI in children vs. adults after CI therapy.
Sterling C, Taub E, Davis D, Rickards T, Uswatte G, Gauthier L, Griffin A, Barghi A, Haddad M, Mark VW, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2013;19(Suppl S1):17-18
White matter hyperintensity load in adults with chronic stroke relates to motor function, not response to CI therapy.
Rickards T, Sterling C, Hicks J, Barghi A, Uswatte G, Mark VW, Taub E, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2013;19(Suppl S1):87
Structural brain integrity is associated with spontaneous real-world arm use in chronic hemiparetic multiple sclerosis.
Barghi A, Mark VW, Rickards T, Sterling C, Haddad M, Uswatte G, Taub E, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2013;19(Suppl S1):80-81
Hands-free executive assessment in patients with tetraplegia following acute traumatic spinal cord injury.
Donovan KJ, Mark V, Neurology 2012;78(Meeting Abstracts 1):P02.002
Automated video tracking to assess executive aspects of cancellation in stroke.
Mark VW, Chasan LE, Neurology 2012;78(Meeting Abstracts 1):P02.031
Motor functioning in children with cerebral palsy: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
Rickards T, Sterling C, Graham M, Mark VW, Uswatte G, Taub E, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2012;18(Suppl 1):226
Lesions in the centrum semiovale related to poorer retention of motor improvement after CI Therapy.
Sterling C, Rickards T, Graham M, Vaugh L, Mark VW, Uswatte G, Taub E, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2012;18(Suppl 1):283
Neglect vs. disorganization on cancellation following stroke.
Mark VW, International Neuropsychological Society 2001
Constraint-Induced therapy causes structural reorganization in a pediatric population with cerebral palsy.
Sterling C, Taub E, Davis D, Rickards T, Uswatte G, Gauthier L, Griffin A, Chandler A, Barghi A, Mark VW, Program No 70610/UU10. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Washington, DC
Disorganized visuomanual search after stroke: excess exploration between cancellation targets reflects executive dysfunction.
Mark VW, Chasan LE, Program No. 91.04/UU36. Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Washington, DC
Corpus callosum size predicts paretic arm spontaneous use and maximal movement ability in chronic stroke.
Sterling C, Mark V, Taub E, Rickards T, Uswatte G, Barghi A, Graham M, Chandler A, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011;92:1714
Non-infarcted brain volume predicts CI therapy outcomes in chronic stroke.
Rickards T, Mark V, Taub E, Sterling C, Uswatte G, Barghi A, Graham M, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2011;92:1714
Hands-free executive assessment in acute quadriplegia following spinal cord illness.
Mark VW, Grove AY, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2011;17(Suppl 1):49
The NIH Toolbox’s sensitivity to cognitive illness in acute brain rehabilitation.
Mark VW, Woods AJ, Philbeck JW, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2011;17(Suppl 1)233
Decreased grey matter volume distant from an infarct predicts magnitude of motor deficit and response to neurorehabilitation.
Taub E, Gauthier L, Mark VW, Barghi A, Uswatte G, Program No. 760.16. 2010 Neuroscience Meeting Planner, San Diego, CA
The measurement of learned nonuse in multiple sclerosis.
Mark VW, Taub E, Cutter GC, Bashir K, Uswatte G, Bowman MH, McKay S, International Journal of MS Care 2010;12(Suppl 1):49
Constraint-induced Movement Therapy for impaired gait in progressive MS: 1-year follow-up.
Mark V, Taub E, Bashir K, Uswatte G, Bryson C, McKay S, Cutter G, Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2010; 16(Suppl 1):S83
Home-based intervention on weight control of persons with spinal cord injury.
Chen Y, Cao Y, Klebine P, Hubbert KA, Mark VW, Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2009;32:485
Comprehension ability does not predict executive test compliance following stroke.
Mark V, Abbas S, Woods A, Ball K, Mennemeier M, Second Congress for the International Society of Vascular Behaviour and Cognitive Disorders(VAS-COG), Florence, Italy
Touchscreen vs. paper cancellation testing in brain injury.
Mark VW, Collins ME, International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, Waikoloa, HI
Structural brain integrity is associated with spontaneous real-world arm use in chronic hemiparetic multiple sclerosis.
Barghi A, Mark VW, Rickards T, Sterling C, Haddad M, Uswatte G, Taub E, International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, Waikoloa, HI
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Lectures

Hemispatial neglect affected by non-neglected stimuli.
American Academy of Neurology, New York, NY
Hemispheric dissociation of writing praxis from praxis for fingerspelling and nongraphic transitive movements.
Academy of Aphasia, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The alien hand syndrome: a survey of dissociated action following brain injury.
Heron Island, Queensland, Australia
Dynamic cancellation assessment.
Pre-INS satellite symposium, Winter Park, Colorado
Neglect vs. disorganization on cancellation following stroke.
International Neuropsychological Society annual meeting, Chicago
Constraint-induced therapy following stroke.
The 5th Annual Stroke Study Day, Irish Heart Association. Dublin, Ireland
Computerized evaluation of visual spatial search in aging.
The 3rd Annual Center for Aging Reception, UAB Alys Stephens Center
Evaluation of multiple cognitive functions with computerized cancellation assessment.
Univ Florida Pre-INS 5th Annual Neuroscience Conference, Welches, Oregon
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy.
Österreichisches Gesellschaft für Neurorehabilitation, Vienna, Austria
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy: Lower Extremity Training.
Toronto, Canada
Validation of the Index of Motor Recovery in spinal cord injury.
Denver, Colorado
Outsider/insider perspectives on the NIH Toolbox in rehabilitation research.
Montréal, Québec, Canada
CI therapy for multiple sclerosis.
Atlanta, GA
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy for multiple sclerosis: up to 5-year follow-up.
San Diego, CA
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy and a multimodal CAM therapy program in MS.
San Diego, CA
NIH Toolbox: acute neurorehabilitation.
Unveiling the NIH Toolbox Conference, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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