Shawn Marshall

Biography

Titles:

Full Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa

Division Head, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa

 

Biography:

Dr. Shawn Marshall is a physician specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatrist). He is the Division Head of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital where he manages both in-patients and out-patient clinics for patients with concussion to severe traumatic brain injury. Dr. Marshall has a Master's degree in Clinical Epidemiology and is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa in the Department of Medicine.

Driving and disability, specifically older driver research, is one of the main areas of clinical research interest for Dr. Marshall. His driving research interests have focused on conditional licensing as well as assessing medical fitness to drive. The Candrive Team led by Dr. Marshall has completed a national longitudinal study that has generated knowledge to improve the safety and quality-of-life of older drivers in Canada and abroad.

Dr. Marshall's other main focus of research relates to his clinical interest in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation. He is a co-investigator for the Evidence Based Reviews in Acquired Brain Injury Team (https://erabi.ca/) where he is a co-investigator for the project. This has led to the development of Practice Guidelines for rehabilitation of moderate and severe acquired brain injury (https://braininjuryguidelines.org/modtosevere/). Dr. Marshall continues to lead the development of Clinical Guidelines for the Care of Persisting Symptoms after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/ Concussion which involves national and international experts in mild TBI (https://braininjuryguidelines.org/concussion/).

 

Research Interests:

• Driving and Disability
• Brain Injury Rehabilitation