Title

Russell K Gore

(he/him)
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Dr Gore in photo in his lab at the Shepherd Center
Title/Position
M.D., Associate Professor
Areas of Research

Areas of Research

Neuroengineering, Biomedical Imaging & Instrumentation
Contact

Contact

2020 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, 30309Georgia Tech
russell.gore@bme.gatech.edu
404.603.4980
mTBI Brain Health & Recovery Lab - Shepherd Center
Education

Education

  • Fellowship in Traumatic Brain Injury, 2014 - Emory University
  • Residency in Neurology, 2013 - Emory University
  • Medical Degree, 2001 - Emory University School of Medicine
  • BE in Biomedical Engineering, 1997 - Vanderbilt University
Affiliated Centers & Institutes

Affiliated Centers & Institutes

Research Interests

Research Interests

Dr. Russell Gore is a neurologist specialized in traumatic brain injury and the vestibular, oculomotor, and balance systems with specific interest in the assessment and rehabilitation of athletes, service members, and veterans with protracted recovery after mild TBI. He directs Shepherd Center’s mTBI Brain Health and Recovery Laboratory.  He leads an interdisciplinary research team developing methods to assess, quantify, and treat brain injury for military and sports applications with funded studies including neurorehabilitation clinical trials, quantitative assessments of balance and oculomotor function, and functional MRI studies correlating objective clinical outcomes with measures of brain connectivity.  His research has been supported by numerous foundations, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Defense.  Dr. Gore serves as a concussion consultant and advisor for US Major League Rugby and other national athletics organizations, college and professional sports teams, the Veterans Administration, and the Department of Defense.   

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests

Dr. Russell Gore lectures on a variety of neurological and neuroengineering related topics including traumatic brain injury, vestibular and balance function, oculomotor measurements and function, and neurorehabilitation methods to treat brain injury in athlete and military populations.
Publications

Publications

Hashida K, Drattell J, Devos H, Love K, Gore RK, Lyndall R, Schmidt J (2026). Driving After Concussion: The Influence of Days Since Concussion on Simulated Driving Performance Recovery. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
McCauley KL, Wallace T, Moran TP, Palacios J, Forehand D, Breitenstein J, Miller SC, Gore RK (2025). Exploring Integration of Support for Co-Occurring Substance Use-Related Needs in Interdisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment for Military Service Members and Veterans. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, p.100468
Hashida K, Drattell J, Lyndall R, Devos H, Gore RK, Schmidt J (2025). Examination of naturalistic driving behavior and risk events across concussion recovery. Trans Research: Traffic Psych and Behavior, 111, 211-216.
Zuleger TM, Slutsky-Ganesh AB, Kim H, Anand M, Warren SM, Grooms DR, Yuan W, Riley MA, Gore RK, Myer GD and Diekfuss JA (2024). Differential neural mechanisms for movement adaptations following neuromuscular training in young female athletes with a history of sports-related concussion. Neuroscience, 558, pp.70-80.
Behnke JA, Ahluwalia V, Smith JL, Risk BB, Lin J, Gore RK, Allen JW. (2024). Assessment of white matter microstructure integrity in subacute postconcussive vestibular dysfunction using NODDI. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1-15.
Conklin J, Johnstone B, Wallace TD, McCauley KL, Gore RK (2023). Implementation of Telehealth and Hybrid Service Delivery of Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for Military Populations with Traumatic Brain Injury. NeuroRehabilitation, 53(4), 535-545.
Smith JL, Diekfuss JA, Dudley JA, Ahluwalia V, Zuleger TM, Slutsky-Ganesh AB, Yuan W, Barber Foss KD, Gore RK, Myer GD, Allen JW (2023). Visuo-vestibular and cognitive connections of the vestibular neuromatrix are conserved across age and injury populations. J Neuroimaging, 33(6), 1003-1014.
Schmidt J, Miller LS, Lyndall R, Lempke L, Gore RK, Devos H (2023). Longitudinal Assessment of Post-Concussion Driving: Evidence of Acute
Driving Impairment. Am J Sports Medicine, 51(10), 2732-2739.
Zuleger TM, Slutsky‐Ganesh AB, Anand M, Kim H, Warren SM, Grooms DR, Barber Foss KD, Riley MA, Yuan W, Gore RK, Myer GD, Diekfuss JA (2023). The effects of sports‐related concussion history on female adolescent brain activity and connectivity for bilateral lower extremity knee motor control. Psychophysiology, e14314.
Smith JL, Ahluwalia V, Gore RK, Allen JW (2023). Eagle-449: A volumetric, whole-brain compilation of brain atlases for vestibular functional MRI research. Nature Data Science, 10(1), 29.
Wallace T, Morris J, Glickstein R, Anderson RK, Gore RK (2022). Effects of Mobile Technology Supported Diaphragmatic Breathing Intervention in Military mTBI with PTSD. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 37(3), 152-161.
Wallace TD, McCauley KL, Hodge AT, Moran TP, Porter ST, Whaley MC, Gore RK (2022). Use of Person-Centered Goals to Direct Interdisciplinary Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Chronic mTBI and Co-Occurring Psychological Conditions. Frontiers in Neurology, 13.
Smith JL, Trofimova A, Ahluwalia V, Casado Garrido JJ, Hurtado J, Frank R, Hodge A, Gore RK, Allen JW (2021). The ‘vestibular neuromatrix’: a proposed, expanded vestibular network from graph theory in post-concussive vestibular dysfunction. Human Brain Mapping, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25737
Espinoza T, Gore R, Jacobs B, Hendershot K, Lui B, Bazarian J, Guskiewicz K, Phelps S, Wright D, LaPlaca M (2021). A Novel Neuropsychological Tool for Immersive Assessment of Concussion and Correlation with Subclinical Head Impacts. Neurotrauma Reports 2(1), 232-234.
Trofimova A, Smith JL, Ahluwalia V, Hurtado J, Gore RK and JW Allen (2021). Alterations in resting state functional brain connectivity and correlations with vestibular/ocular-motor screening measures in post-concussion vestibular dysfunction. J Neuroimaging, Vol. 31, 277-286 doi: 10.1111/jon.12834
Allen JW, Trofimova A, Ahluwalia V, Smith J, Hurtado JE, Gore RK (2021). Altered processing of complex visual stimuli in patients with post-concussive visual motion sensitivity. American Journal of Neuroradiology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7007
Murray NG, Szekely B, Islas A, Munkasy BA, Gore RK, Berryhill ME, Reed-Jones RJ (2020). Smooth Pursuit and Saccades after Sport-Related Concussion. J. Neurotrauma, Vol. 37, 340-46.