John-Ross Rizzo

John-Ross Rizzo
Rizzo pictured at NYU Langone Medical Center.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University
EmployerNYU Langone Medical Center
Known forAssistive technology, Eye–hand coordination
WebsiteJohnRoss Rizzo-NYU School of Medicine, RizzoLab

John-Ross (JR) Rizzo, M.D. is an American physician and scientist. He holds the Melamid Professorship in Rehabilitation (Disability) Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center.[1]

In 2023, Dr. Rizzo was appointed to the Board of Directors of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) by Governor Kathy Hochul.[2]

Early life and education

As a young boy Rizzo was diagnosed with Choroideremia — a congenital, X-linked, recessive disease of the retina and choroid, associated with nyctalopia and degenerative peripheral vision.

Rizzo completed his undergraduate degree at New York University with an honors thesis in neural science and a double minor in chemistry and psychology. He was a Dean's Scholar and received the Founders Day Award. He completed his medical school training on an academic scholarship at New York Medical College Alpha Omega Alpha (Iota Chapter) Honors and conducted medical student research in neuro-ophthalmology under the tutelage of Prof. Sansar Sharma. His residency was completed at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. At New York University School of Medicine, where he completed a Chief Year and was selected for leadership positions. His fellowship was completed in clinical research through the Physician Scientist Training Program at New York University School of Medicine’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) under a grant from the NIH (NCATS) in partnership with Rusk and the NYU Center for Neural Science / Dept. of Psychology under Prof. Michael S. Landy.

Career

He has been a faculty member at NYU Langone Medical Center since 2013. His research explores how eye control intersects with hand control during eye-hand coordination after acquired brain injury (ABI) and what role vision and eye movements play in hand-focused motor recovery. Additionally, he focuses on leveraging technology to objectify accepted clinical measures, to assist in instrumenting the medical ecosystem to improve medical science, and to create assistive technologies to help foster functional independence.

Rizzo also holds the position of Vice Chair of Innovation and Equity for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. He contributes to the Department of Biomedical & Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Within Tandon, he also contributes to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department as the associate director of Healthcare for the NYU Wireless Center.[3]

Dr. Rizzo is the founding director of the Visuomotor Integration Laboratory, which explores the dynamics of eye-hand coordination and its relevance to neurological conditions.[4] He also leads the REACTIV Laboratory (Rehabilitation Engineering Alliance and Center Transforming Low Vision), which seeks to address the challenges faced by individuals with visual impairments.[5] He and his team focus on developing low and high-tech assistive technologies, with a special emphasis on wearables.

Awards

He was awarded the Crain’s 40 under 40 award in New York Business for his wearable technology.[6] In 2016, he was named a “Healthcare Re-writer” by Forbes and KPMG.[7] In 2018, he was a speaker in NYU's TEDx “Re-Vision” Series.[8] In 2018, the ACRM recognized Rizzo for contributions to the field, and he received the Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award.[9] In 2019, he was inducted into the Susan Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame, which honors contributions to the lives of youth and adults with disabilities.[10] He is also a recipient of the Rusk Leadership & Innovation Award.[11]

Grants and research

Rizzo works in motor control and behavioral science in brain injury. He researches how eye control intersects with hand control during eye-hand coordination after acquired brain injury (ABI) and what role vision and eye movements play in motor recovery. He has helped to further research in characterized eye-hand discoordination in strokes.[12] The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, among other foundations and governmental sponsors.[12][13][14] Rizzo also works in assistive technologies such as visual aids. He has worked with others in order to develop visual aids designed to help with spacial perception. The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, among other foundations, corporate sponsors, and governmental agencies.[15][16][17]

Selected bibliography

  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "Post-stroke Oculomotor Abnormalities evident during Objective Eye Tracking but Not under Clinical Assessment." STROKE. Vol. 46. TWO COMMERCE SQ, 2001 MARKET ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 USA: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2015.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "Objectifying eye movements during rapid number naming: methodology for assessment of normative data for the King–Devick test." Journal of the neurological sciences 362 (2016): 232–239.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "Sensor fusion for ecologically valid obstacle identification: Building a comprehensive assistive technology platform for the visually impaired." 2017 7th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO). IEEE, 2017.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "The intersection between ocular and manual motor control: eye–hand coordination in acquired brain injury." Frontiers in neurology 8 (2017): 227.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "Disrupted saccade control in chronic cerebral injury: upper motor neuron-like disinhibition in the ocular motor system." Frontiers in neurology 8 (2017): 12.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "eye control Deficits coupled to hand control Deficits: eye–hand incoordination in chronic cerebral injury." Frontiers in neurology 8 (2017): 330.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "A new primary mobility tool for the visually impaired: A white cane—adaptive mobility device hybrid." Assistive technology 30.5 (2018): 219–225.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "The effect of linguistic background on rapid number naming: implications for native versus non-native English speakers on sideline-focused concussion assessments." Brain injury 32.13-14 (2018): 1690–1699.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "Eye-hand re-coordination: A pilot investigation of gaze and reach biofeedback in chronic stroke." Progress in brain research. Vol. 249. Elsevier, 2019. 361–374.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, Sabrina Paganoni, and Thiru M. Annaswamy. "The “Nuts and Bolts” of Evidence-Based Physiatry: Core Competencies for Trainees and Clinicians." American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation 98.10 (2019): 942-943.
  • Rizzo, John-Ross, et al. "Efficiently Recording the Eye-Hand Coordination to Incoordination Spectrum." Journal of Visualized Experiments 145 (2019): e58885.

References

  1. ^ "JohnRoss Rizzo". med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  2. ^ "John-Ross "JR" Rizzo Joins MTA Board as MTA Board Finance Committee Chair Neal Zuckerman Is Reconfirmed". MTA. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ^ "NYU WIRELESS | NYU Tandon School of Engineering". engineering.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  4. ^ "Eye–Hand Coordination Rehabilitation Research". NYU Langone Health. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  5. ^ "Assistive Technology Rehabilitation Research". NYU Langone Health. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  6. ^ "40 Under 40 - John Ross Rizzo". Crain's New York Business. 6 July 2018.
  7. ^ Melin, Anders. "Hope In Sight For Visually Impaired". Forbes.com.
  8. ^ "TEDxNYU: Re-Vision". Tedxnyu.com.
  9. ^ "EARLY CAREER OUTSTANDING MENTOR AWARD". Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  10. ^ "Partners for Youth with Disabilities". Partners for Youth with Disabilities.
  11. ^ "Rusk 75th Anniversary, Research Symposium" (PDF).
  12. ^ a b Rizzo, J. R.; Fung, J. K.; Hosseini, M.; Shafieesabet, A.; Ahdoot, E.; Pasculli, R. M.; Rucker, J. C.; Raghavan, P.; Landy, M. S.; Hudson, T. E. (2017). "Eye Control Deficits Coupled to Hand Control Deficits: Eye-Hand Incoordination in Chronic Cerebral Injury". Frontiers in Neurology. 8: 330. doi:10.3389/fneur.2017.00330. PMC 5512342. PMID 28769866.
  13. ^ Beheshti, M.; Hudson, T. E.; Rizzo, J. R. (2020). "What's the Deal with Eye-Hand Coordination Post-stroke?". American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 99 (10): 968–969. doi:10.1097/PHM.0000000000001497. PMID 32541349.
  14. ^ Rizzo, J. R.; Beheshti, M.; Shafieesabet, A.; Fung, J.; Hosseini, M.; Rucker, J. C.; Snyder, L. H.; Hudson, T. E. (2019). "Eye-hand re-coordination: A pilot investigation of gaze and reach biofeedback in chronic stroke". Mathematical Modelling in Motor Neuroscience: State of the Art and Translation to the Clinic. Gaze Orienting Mechanisms and Disease. Progress in Brain Research. Vol. 249. pp. 361–374. doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2019.04.013. ISBN 9780444642547. PMID 31325995. S2CID 198135621.
  15. ^ Boldini, Alain; Rizzo, Johnross; Porfiri, Maurizio (2020). "A piezoelectric-based advanced wearable: Obstacle avoidance for the visually impaired built into a backpack". In Kim, Jaehwan (ed.). Nano-, Bio-, Info-Tech Sensors, and 3D Systems IV. p. 5. doi:10.1117/12.2558306. ISBN 9781510635333. S2CID 218981869.
  16. ^ "An assistive low-vision platform that augments spatial cognition through proprioceptive guidance: Point-to-Tell-and-Touch" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-31.
  17. ^ Li, Xiang; Cui, Hanzhang; Rizzo, John-Ross; Wong, Edward; Fang, Yi (2020). "Cross-Safe: A Computer Vision-Based Approach to Make All Intersection-Related Pedestrian Signals Accessible for the Visually Impaired". Advances in Computer Vision. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Vol. 944. pp. 132–146. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-17798-0_13. ISBN 978-3-030-17797-3. S2CID 182681355.
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