Dr. Groah has been with the hospital since 2002 and has extensive experience in spinal cord injury management and research. She is the Director of the Spinal Cord Consultation and Liaison Service, Director of Spinal Cord Research, and the Project Director of the National Capital Spinal Cord Injury Model System and the NRH Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Secondary Conditions after Spinal Cord Injury.

Prior to joining the NRH team, Dr. Groah was Director of the Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury Program and Spinal Cord Injury Research at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a Stanford University-affiliated hospital in northern California.

Dr. Groah completed her medical training and residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Commonwealth University-Medical College of Virginia. She then went on to complete two fellowships at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado. During this time, she was extensively involved in the care and treatment of individuals with spinal cord injury and other neurological trauma. Additionally, she completed her Masters of Science in Public Health at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Her Masters work involved the study of bladder cancer in individuals with spinal cord injury.

Through the NCSCIMS and RRTC on SCI, research has focused on secondary conditions such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, exercise, pressure ulcers in people with SCI. Researchers are also examining the beneficial effects of an SCI Navigator for people with SCI in the first year of injury. In addition to providing leadership to the SCI research centers above, Dr. Groah has several funded research projects ongoing, including pilot studies examining the impact of an activity-based rehabilitation program, the medical consequences of acute SCI, and pulmonary function and body composition in individuals with spinal cord injury after being treated with an oral steroid medication.

Dr. Groah is a Fellow of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Additionally, she the Chair of the Research Committee for the American Spinal Injury Association and is a member of the American Paraplegia Society. She has written numerous articles and book chapters and has presented lectures on a variety of topics.