MUSC researcher wins inaugural award at International Stroke Conference

Wuwei (Wayne) Feng, M.D., honored for work on stroke rehabilitation

CHARLESTON, SC – Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) clinical researcher Wuwei (Wayne) Feng, M.D., Neurology assistant professor, received the first Stroke Rehabilitation Award at the International Stroke Conference Feb. 11 in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference and award are sponsored annually by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
The Stroke Rehabilitation Award encourages investigators to undertake or continue research and/or clinical work in the field of stroke rehabilitation. Feng was recognized for his work entitled, “Dose Response Relationship in Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Stroke Motor Recovery Studies,” which he also presented to conference attendees. Feng and his group studied dose and current response of transcranial direct current stimulation in post-stroke motor recovery, and recently filed record of invention through MUSC Foundation for Research Development (FRD) to invent a new transcranial direct current stimulation system for stroke recovery.

Feng was recruited to MUSC in 2011 after he completed a Vascular Neurology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. His clinical practice focuses on tele-stroke, stroke recovery and rehabilitation, and post-stroke spasticity management. He directs a first-of-its-kind, multidisciplinary post-stroke spasticity clinic in South Carolina. Feng is the director of the international stroke fellowship program and will be the associate director for the vascular neurology stroke fellowship program this July. He is a fellow of American Neurological Association, and was also elected a fellow of the American Heart Association at the recent international stroke conference. He is active with American Heart Association/International American stroke association conference and serves as a committee member for the stroke recovery and rehabilitation section, as well as abstract review member.

Feng’s research focuses on: 1) stroke outcomes research; 2) developing an imaging marker for post-stroke motor outcomes, and 3) use of transcranial direct current as an adjunctive tool to enhance post-stroke motor recovery. He has active funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and private industry.
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