About Me
I’m a board-certified specialist in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at MetroHealth, where I’ve been caring for patients since 2006. I help people recover from neurologic injuries—especially stroke, but also traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other conditions affecting the brain and nerves. I treat patients of all ages, working to improve movement, reduce pain, and restore independence.
I earned my medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio and completed my internship, residency, and fellowship training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation right here at MetroHealth. I also serve as a Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Whether you’re recovering from a stroke or managing a complex neurologic condition, my goal is to help you get back to the life you want to live—with care that’s personalized, compassionate, and focused on your goals.
Beyond hands-on patient care, Dr. Wilson actively directs clinical trials and studies to test new rehabilitation methods. His work emphasizes both finding what actually works—and making sure it delivers real value. He evaluates not just improvement in function, but also how rehab care affects costs and long-term outcomes. He is well known for his work studying the effects of electrical stimulation on the treatment of chronic pain and for stroke recovery.
Castle and Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors: 2017 - 2025
Cleveland Magazine: Cleveland's Top Docs
PubMed Publications
- The New SOGC Clinical Practice Guidance Development Framework: Enhancing Collaboration and Engagement Abstract: No abstract
- Duration of EMG-triggered electrical stimulation treatment is not associated with upper extremity motor outcomes in subacute stroke Abstract: CONCLUSIONS: Electrical stimulation duration does not significantly affect movement outcomes, highlighting the need for prioritizing individualized treatment approaches over standardizing stimulation dose.
- Correction: The protocol for a multisite, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of axillary nerve stimulation for chronic shoulder pain Abstract: No abstract
- Generalized tonic-clonic seizure following single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation to the ipsilesional primary motor cortex in a participant with chronic stroke Abstract: No abstract
- Enhanced Recovery after Fetal Sequencing: A Perinatal Genomic Scoping Review of Exome/Genome Testing for Reproductive/Obstetric-MFM Providers to Initiate Knowledge Translation following a Screening Ultrasound Identifying Fetal Anomalies Abstract: BACKGROUND: This review of genomic perinatal opportunities and uses will provide counseling and personal genetic knowledge for improved patient care.
- Identifying the Relative Contributions of Shoulder Dysfunction in Patients with Subacromial Pain Syndrome Abstract: CONCLUSIONS: Six variables were associated with shoulder function in univariate analyses and three associated in a multivariable analysis. Future research is necessary to determine if these variables are appropriate targets for clinical intervention to improve shoulder function, and to identify the other factors explaining the remaining outcome measure variability.
- Guidelines for intraoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society recommendations (part 2)-2025 update Abstract: Enhanced recovery after cesarean delivery protocols include evidence-based interventions which are designed to improve patient experience and maternal and neonatal outcomes, whilst reducing healthcare related costs. This is the first update to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society guidelines for intraoperative care in cesarean delivery published in 2018. Interventions were selected based on expert consensus. An updated literature search was conducted in September 2024 involving the Embase,...
- Guidelines for postoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society recommendations (part 3)-2025 update Abstract: Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean Delivery (ERAC) protocols include evidence-based interventions designed to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes and patient experiences while reducing healthcare-related costs. This is the first update to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society guidelines for postoperative care in cesarean delivery published in 2019. Interventions were selected based on expert consensus. An updated literature search was performed in September 2024 using Embase, PubMed,...
- Guidelines for antenatal and preoperative care in cesarean delivery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society recommendations (part 1)-2025 update Abstract: CONCLUSION: The first 3 recommendations are for use in the antenatal period (10-38 weeks of gestation), which allow for the optimization of patient comorbidities, whereas the remaining 3 recommendations are for preoperative interventions (skin preparation, preoperative fasting directives, and preoperative carbohydrate supplementation). Educational tools for cesarean delivery with well-designed shared decision-making focus on comorbidity management should be developed. These management tasks are...
- Reply to Guideline No. 456: Prenatal Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Anomalies Abstract: No abstract
- Enhanced Recovery Canada Clinical Pathway for Cesarean Delivery Abstract: Enhanced recovery after surgery is a process to promote optimal recovery after a variety of operations utilized by many surgical specialties. This evidence-based series of interventions was developed to decrease the physiological stress and risks associated with surgery. In April of 2023, Enhanced Recovery Canada released its new Clinical Pathway for Cesarean Delivery. This has been endorsed by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. This manuscript will introduce the Clinical...
- Guideline No. 456: Prenatal Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Anomalies Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To review the available prenatal aneuploidy screening options and to provide updated clinical guidelines for reproductive care providers.
- Prenatal Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Anomalies Abstract: No abstract
- Analysis of invasive group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis in Calgary, Alberta: clinical consequences and policy implications Abstract: We analyzed invasive group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis cases in a large health zone in Alberta, Canada between 2013 and 2022. Of the 21 cases, 85.7% were adjudicated as hospital/delivery-acquired, with 2 clusters having identical isolates found through whole genome sequencing. We implemented policy interventions across Alberta aimed at preventing future infections.
- Antenatal reproductive screening for pregnant people including preconception: Provides the best reproductive opportunity for informed consent, quality, and safety Abstract: CONCLUSION: Antenatal reproductive screening has multiple elements, is complex, is time-consuming, and requires the use of pre- and post-testing counselling for most screening elements. The use of preconception and trimesters 'one to three' requires clear patient understanding and buy-in. Informed consent and knowledge transfer is a main goal for antenatal reproductive screening approaches.
Education & Training
Education
Internship
MetroHealth Medical Center (Ohio) – Physical Med & RehabFellowship
MetroHealth Medical Center (Ohio) – Physical Med & RehabResidency
MetroHealth Medical Center (Ohio) – Physical Med & RehabMedical Education
Medical College of Ohio (Toledo) MD