JohnRoss Rizzo

JohnRoss Rizzo, MD

Ilse Melamid Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Keywords
Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury, Eye-Hand Coordination, Eye Movements, Ocular Motor Control, Manual Motor Control, Concussion, Biomechanics, Gait, Assistive Technology, Wearable Technology, Blindness and Visual Impairment (BVI), Sensory Augmentation, Electronic Travel Aids (ETAs) for BVI, Mobility in Low Vision

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Ilse Melamid Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Director, Disability Inclusion

Vice Chair, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Graduate Education

MD from New York Medical College

Residency And Fellowship Training

Fellowship, NYU Langone Medical Center, Rusk Rehabilitation, Clinical Research Fellowship

Residency, NYU Langone Medical Center, Rusk Rehabilitation (with Chief Year)

A pilot proof of concept study the contribution of eye-hand coordination impairment to functional deficits in stroke

Guidelines for Building Disability Inclusion and Accessibility into Healthcare Emergency Management

Addressing Ableism through Accommodations for Blindness and Low vision to achieve Equity (AAABLE) in healthcare

Use of Gerikit to Phenotype Older Adults with Ischemic Heart Disease

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Evaluating OCR performance for assistive technology: effects of walking speed, camera placement, and camera type

Feng, Junchi; Ballem, Nikhil; Beheshti, Mahya; Hamilton-Fletcher, Giles; Hudson, Todd; Porfiri, Maurizio; Seiple, William H; Rizzo, John-Ross

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology. 2026 May 19; 1-25

Patient-scientists: Lived experience combined with academic rigor in rehabilitation research

Kim, Sonya; Rizzo, JohnRoss; Heyn, Patricia C

Archives of physical medicine & rehabilitation. 2026 Apr 04;

Three-Dimensional Mapping-Aided Global Navigation Satellite System in Global Navigation Satellite System-Accessible Indoor Areas

Ng, Hoi-Wah; Ng, Hoi-Fung; Hsu, Li-Ta; Rizzo, John-Ross

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2026 Feb 06; 26(3):

Sensory maps 2.0: New approaches and visualizations in support of sensory processing disorders

Celestin, Nadia Merve; Beheshti, Mahya; Feng, Junchi; Clark, Stella; Eidlisz, Jordan; Hudson, Todd E; Williams, Lauren Hough; Rizzo, John-Ross

Disability & health journal. 2026 Feb 05; 102033

Robust computer-vision based construction site detection for assistive-technology applications

Feng, Junchi; Hamilton-Fletcher, Giles; Ballem, Nikhil; Batavia, Michael; Wang, Yifei; Zhong, Jiuling; Beheshti, Mahya; Porfiri, Maurizio; Rizzo, John-Ross

Disability & rehabilitation. Assistive technology. 2026 Feb 01; 1-24

Residual gaze behaviour during navigation in blindness and low vision

Feng, Junchi; Garcia-Piña, Fernanda; Beheshti, Mahya; Hudson, Todd E; Seiple, William; Rizzo, John-Ross

Disability & rehabilitation. Assistive technology. 2026 Jan 09; 1-26

Re-imagining sensory substitution through gestural control: Point-To-Tell 2

Ruan, Ligao; Hamilton-Fletcher, Giles; Beheshti, Mahya; Hudson, Todd E; Porfiri, Maurizio; Rizzo, John-Ross

Disability & rehabilitation. Assistive technology. 2025 Nov 20; 1-19

Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Mobility, Safety, and Equity for Persons with Vision Loss in Urban Environments

Ricci, Fabiana Sofia; Ukegbu, Charles K; Krassner, Anne; Hazarika, Sanjukta; White, Jade; Porfiri, Maurizio; Rizzo, John-Ross

Journal of urban health. 2025 Jun; 102(3):655-669

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