SCoBIRC FACULTY

Patrick Kitzman, Ph.D., MSPT

Associate Professor,
Division of Physical Therapy

Patrick Kitzman, Ph.D., PT has been an assistant professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at the University of Kentucky since early 2000. He received a MS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Ohio State University in 1994. In 1999, Dr. Kitzman received a BS and MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Kentucky.

Research Interests

Dr. Kitzman has clinical experience in inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and home health. He has an active basic science laboratory in which his research focuses on the long-term impairments following spinal cord injury. Specifically, he is interested in determining the anatomical basis of spinal cord injury induced spasticity and hyperreflexia and developing novel pharmacological interventions for these impairments.

Recent Publication

Kitzman P. VGLUT1 and GLYT2 labeling of Sacrocaudal Motoneurons in the Spinal Cord Injured Spastic Rat Exp. Neurology (Article in Press).

Kitzman P. Changes in Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2, Vesicular GABA transporter and Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Labeling of Sacrocaudal Motoneurons in the Spastic Rat. Exp. Neurology. 197: 407-418 (2006).

Kitzman PH. Alterations in Axial Motoneuronal Morphology in the Spinal Cord Injury Induced Spastic Rat. Experimental Neurology 192:100-108 (2005).