Stacy Suskauer, MD
Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Stacy Suskauer
Professional Titles
- Director, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Department of PM&R
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Independent Clinician
Background
Dr. Stacy Suskauer is a professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She serves as the director of the Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Suskauer attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina for her undergraduate and medical education. She completed a combined residency program in pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. She came to Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins for a pediatric rehabilitation research fellowship and subsequently joined the faculty of these institutions in 2007. Dr. Suskauer is also the Vice President for Rehabilitation at Kennedy Krieger Institute where she also serves as co-director of the Center for Brain Injury Recovery and the Brain Injury Clinical Research Center.
Her research interests include understanding and optimizing outcomes after childhood brain injury and evaluating functional outcomes in individuals with Sturge-Weber Syndrome. As Division Director for Pediatric Rehabilitation, she brings together providers and programs across the four sites of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Rehabilitation Network: Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, and Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
CDC Updates Child Concussion Guidelines | CBS Baltimore (September 2018)
On a Search for Markers to Assess the Subtle Signs of Brain Injury | Restore (February 2017)
Stimulating Brain Can Speed up Concussion Recovery | WBALTV (February 2017)
4 Myths About Kids and Concussions | The Huffington Post (March 2016)
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Pediatrics
Contact for Research Inquiries
707 N. Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21205
Phone: (443) 923-9440
suskauer@kennedykrieger.org
Research Interests
Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Pediatric Concussion, Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury, Sturge-Weber Syndrome
Lab Website
Research Summary
Dr. Suskauer’s primary research focus is understanding and optimizing outcomes after childhood brain injury. Her projects include: investigating the use of neuroimaging and neurobehavioral assessments to improve understanding of brain-behavior relationships after traumatic brain injury, identifying the relationship between early physiological and functional variables and long-term outcome after brain injury and optimizing evaluation and treatment of children with disorders of consciousness after brain injury.
Dr. Suskauer’s additional research and clinical interests include evaluating functional outcomes in individuals with Sturge-Weber Syndrome.
Research Gate
Selected Publications
- Davis KC, Slomine BS, Salorio CF, Suskauer SJ. "Time to Follow Commands and Duration of Posttraumatic Amnesia Predict GOS-E Peds Scores 1 to 2 Years After TBI in Children Requiring Inpatient Rehabilitation." J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2016 Mar-Apr;31(2):E39-47.
- McLaughlin MJ, Caliendo E, Lowder R, Watson WD, Kurowski B, Baum KT, Blackwell LS, Koterba CH, Hoskinson KR, Tlustos SJ, Zimmerman KO, Shah SA, Suskauer SJ. Prescribing patterns of amantadine during inpatient pediatric rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury: a multicentered retrospective review from the pediatric brain injury consortium. J Head Trauma Rehab. 2022; 37(4):240-248.
- Crasta JE, Nebel MB, Svingos A, Tucker R, Chen HW, Busch T, Caffo B, Stephens J, Suskauer S. Rethinking Recovery in Adolescent Concussions: Network-Level Functional Connectivity Alterations Associated with Motor Deficits. Hum Brain Mapp. 2023: 44(8): 3271-3282.
- Svingos AM, McLean HB, Slomine BS, Suskauer SJ. Head Control Contributes to Prediction of Emergence from the Minimally Conscious State in Children Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehab. 2023: 104(7):1026-1034.
- Amin NR, Nebel MB, Chen HW, Busch TA, Rosenthal ED, Mostofsky S, Suskauer SJ*, Svingos A.*. Patterns of change in functional connectivity and motor performance are different in youth recently recovered from concussion. Neurotrauma Reports, in press. *co-senior authors.
Honors
- 2020 Mitchell Rosenthal Mid-Career Award, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2017 Pediatric Rehabilitation Award, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- 2016 Joshua B. Canton Scholar Award, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Locations
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- 801 North Broadway, Pediatric Physical Med and Rehab, Baltimore, MD 21205
- phone: 443-923-9440
- fax: 443-923-9445
Expertise
Education
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Fellowship, 2007Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Residency, 2005Duke University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2000Board Certifications
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2006Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2006Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 2004Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)