Robert S. Gailey Jr.

Robert S. Gailey Jr. (born 1957) is an American physical therapist, professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Physical Therapy, and the Director of the Neil Spielholz Functional Outcomes Research & Evaluation Center. His research efforts include amputee rehabilitation, prosthetic gait, and functional assessment.

He developed the Amputee Mobility Predictor (AMP), an outcome measure designed to evaluate the ambulatory potential of lower-limb amputees with and without the use of a prosthesis.

In 2002, he was appointed as a Special Advisor to the United States Department of Defense for amputee rehabilitation. In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he served as the rehabilitation coordinator for Project Medishare.

Career In 1986, Gailey joined the University of Miami Division of Physical Therapy as an associate professor. He received tenure in 2007.

He has also developed or modified several outcome measures of amputee mobility. In 2002, he published the Amputee Mobility Predictor (AMP), designed to determine the mobility of lower-limb amputees. In 2013, he published the Comprehensive High-level Activity Mobility Predictor (CHAMP), a measure developed for the United States military to evaluate high-level mobility of people with lower limb amputations.

According to Scopus, as of August 2020, he has authored 57 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. His works have been cited 1389 times in 1044 documents.

Peer-reviewed publications

Selected honors and awards 2019 Catherine Worthingham Fellow American Physical Therapy Association. 2015 American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics Researcher Award. 2011 American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics Honorary Member. 2007 American Orthotic and Prosthetics Association Thranhardt Lecture winner. 2003 Ernest Burgess Award Given to “outstanding clinicians, researchers, advocates and professionals who serve the limb loss community.”