James Lawrence Chinarian, MD

Dr. Chinarian specializes in pediatric rehabilitation medicine in the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hough Family Institute for Brain Protection Sciences. He joined the hospital in 2015.

His focus is on the care of children with congenital or acquired disabilities. He is the medical director of the Spina Bifida Clinic and the co-director of the MDA Care Center and the Spasticity Clinic. He also participates in other multidisciplinary clinics including the Skeletal Dysplasia Clinic, Stroke Clinic and Torticollis Clinic, in addition to his general physiatry clinics with a focus on children with cerebral palsy, developmental disorders and genetic conditions.

After graduating from Wayne State University School of Medicine, Dr. Chinarian completed a combined residency in pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Wayne State University.