Victor William Mark MD

Neurorehabilitation

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

1717 6th Ave SBirmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 800-822-8816
Fax+1 205-975-5952

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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 Med Health SystemInternship, Internal Medicine, 1982 - 1983
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1982
Cornell UniversityA.B, 1978

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1986 - Present
AL State Medical License 1999 - 2026
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)
COMPLETED
PHASE1
Improving Hand Use in Multiple Sclerosis
UNKNOWN
PHASE2

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Cognitive Rehabilitation After Stroke: A Case Series Testing a New Method to Transfer Gains to Daily Life.
Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub, Staci McKay, Brandon S Mitchell, Jason A Blake
Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 2026-08-01
Evidence-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation for Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: An Updated Systematic Review 2016 to 2024.
Yael Goverover, Silvana L Costa, Victor W Mark, Nancy D Chiaravalloti, John DeLuca
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2026-05-25
3 citations
Long COVID brain fog treatment: An early-phase randomized controlled trial of constraint-induced cognitive therapy signals go.
Gitendra Uswatte, Edward Taub, Karlene Ball, Brandon S Mitchell, Jason A Blake
Rehabilitation Psychology. 2026-02-01

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

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

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

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