James Carollo

Background

About James Carollo

Dr. Carollo is the original designer and program director of the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis (CGMA), the first and only accredited clinical motion analysis laboratory in Colorado. Opened in July the Center’s mission is to comprehensively analyze movement disorders associated with neuromuscular and musculoskeletal conditions using advanced measurement tools and a unique multidisciplinary approach to care. For more than two decades, he has led the ongoing development and operation of CGMA, including the complete redesign following Children’s Hospital's move to the Anschutz Medical Campus in 2007, and the recent program expansions into adult assessment and adolescent sports medicine. In 2017, Dr. Carollo was named the inaugural chairholder of the J. T. Tai Endowed Chair for the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis, to continue his work applying novel technologies and approaches to unravel the complexities of human motion, and study the impact of independent ambulation on the health and wellbeing of individuals with pediatric onset conditions, such as cerebral palsy, as they grow older. In 2006, Dr. Carollo and orthopedist Dr. Nancy Miller developed the Musculoskeletal Research Center (MRC), a multidisciplinary research group established to conduct advanced clinical outcomes research in the Pediatric Orthopedics. The MRC serves as the clinical research infrastructure that supports faculty research in spinal deformity, cerebral palsy, sports medicine, prosthetics, tumor, trauma, and other musculoskeletal disorders in children. Dr. Carollo is an Associate Professor at University of Colorado (CU Denver) Anschutz Medical Campus, in the departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Orthopedics, and Bioengineering. In that role, he leads internal and extramurally funded research teams, and provides mentorship to students from undergraduate to clinical residents and fellows, across a diverse spectrum of disciplines in medicine and engineering.