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Ashraf S. Gorgey is currently the Director of Spinal Cord Injury Research at the Richmond VA Medical Center and Professor at Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University. He has a bachelor and master degrees in physical therapy. He acquired his PhD in Exercise Physiology in 2005 with special emphasis on electrical stimulation, muscle activation and fatigue from the University of Georgia. In 2007, he completed a fellowship training at the University of Michigan with special focus on studying the adaptations in body composition and metabolic profile after SCI. His research background is in Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology with special interest in individuals with SCI. Dr. Gorgey is primarily interested in applications of electrical simulation and the capability of utilizing exercise intervention to evoke skeletal muscle hypertrophy and induce favorable cardio-metabolic profile in persons with chronic SCI.  He is also interested in understanding the cellular and molecular adaptations to unloading and hypertrophy as well as mitochondrial adaptations. He is also interested in applications of robotic exoskeleton, trans-spinal stimulation and epidural stimulation for enhancing motor recovery and locomotion after SCI. His research has received a national recognition by different organizations, including the Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense. Dr. Gorgey has published more than 160 peer-reviewed articles and presented nationally as well as internationally in different scientific meetings.