Dr. Dobrivoje Stokic serves as Vice President of Research and Innovation at Methodist Rehabilitation Center (MRC), where he provides leadership to advance the organization’s research mission, foster clinical–research integration, and promote innovation aimed at improving rehabilitation outcomes and organizational excellence.

Dr. Stokic has 35 years of research experience, including 28 years at MRC, and holds an MD and a Doctor of Science (DSc). He is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Society for Neurorehabilitation, and the European Federation for Research in Rehabilitation, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Rehabilitation Research.

Throughout his career, Dr. Stokic has been instrumental in building MRC’s research mission into a nationally recognized center for translational rehabilitation science, advancing innovative approaches to restore movement after brain and spinal cord injury, and contributing to groundbreaking discoveries, including the link between the West Nile virus and paralysis.