Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD
Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Peter Turkeltaub is a cognitive neurologist and neuroscientist focusing on aphasia neurorehabilitation. The mission of his lab is to improve the lives of people with language difficulties by understanding how the brain performs language and cognitive functions, how these brain systems change in the face of injury or dysfunction, and how we can improve recovery. He is the Director of an NIH-sponsored training program that supports predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars studying Neuroscience of Language, and the Aphasia Clinic at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. He is the principal investigator of the Stroke Capital Area Network for Research.