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Melissa K. Trovato

Melissa K. Trovato, MD

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationPediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Highlights

Languages

  • English

Gender

Female

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Melissa K. Trovato

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Independent Clinician

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Background

Dr. Melissa K. Trovato is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also is the director of inpatient rehabilitation for the Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit of the Kennedy Krieger Institute.

The unit serves children and adolescents with decreased function due to issues that include brain and spinal-cord injuries, complex medical conditions, orthopedic surgery and chronic pain.

She earned her undergraduate degree from Salem College and her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital, as well as a two-year pediatric rehabilitation fellowship at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. She joined the Johns Hopkins and Kennedy Krieger Institute faculties in 2001.

Dr. Trovato is a member of the American Association of Physiatrists, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

Contact for Research Inquiries

707 North Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205

Phone: (443) 923-9440
trovato@kennedykrieger.org

Selected Publications

    1. Kramer ME, Suskauer SJ, Christensen JR, DeMatt EJ, Trovato MK, Salorio CF, Slomine BS. “Examining acute rehabilitation outcomes for children with total functional dependence after traumatic brain injury: a pilot study.” J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2013 Sep-Oct;28(5):361-70. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31824da031.
    2. Trovato MK, Bradley E, Slomine BS, Salorio CF, Christensen JR, Suskauer SJ. “Physical Abilities and Mobility Scale: reliability and validity in children receiving inpatient rehabilitation for acquired brain injury.” Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Jul;94(7):1335-41. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.004. Epub 2012 Dec 16.
    3. Suskauer SJ, Trovato MK. "Update on pharmaceutical intervention for disorders of consciousness and agitation after traumatic brain injury in children." PM&R. 2013 Feb;5(2):142-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.08.021.
    4. Tailor YI, Suskauer SJ, Sepeta LN, Ewen JB, Dematt EJ, Trovato MK, Salorio CF, Slomine BS. “Functional status of children with encephalitis in an inpatient rehabilitation setting: a case series.” J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2013;6(3):163-73. doi: 10.3233/PRM-130248.
    5. Suskauer SJ, Trovato MK, Zabel TA, Comi AM. “Physiatric findings in individuals with Sturge-Weber syndrome.” Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Apr;89(4):323-30. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181ca23a8.

Memberships

  • American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
  • American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Association of Physiatrists

Additional Training

Sinai Hospital-Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1999, Physical medicine and rehabilitation; Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2001, Pediatric rehabilitation

Locations

  1. Kennedy Krieger Institute

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2001
  • Residency: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1999
  • Medical Education: University of Texas HSC San Antonio, MD, 1994

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2004
  • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2001