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Stacy J. Suskauer

Stacy J. Suskauer, MD

Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

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Gender

Female

About Stacy J. Suskauer

Professional Titles

  • Director, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation in Dept. of PM&R

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Background

Dr. Stacy Suskauer is an associate 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 also serves as the medical director of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs at Kennedy Krieger Institute.

Her research interests include understanding and optimizing outcomes after childhood brain injury and evaluating functional outcomes in individuals with Sturge-Weber Syndrome and caring for children with limb deficiencies.

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

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, Sturge-Weber Syndrome

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 and caring for children with limb deficiencies.

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.

  • Risen SR, Barber AD, Mostofsky SH, Suskauer SJ. "Altered functional connectivity in children with mild to moderate TBI relates to motor control." J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2015;8(4):309-19. doi: 10.3233/PRM-150349.

     

  • Slomine BS, Grasmick PH, Suskauer SJ, Salorio CF. "Psychometric properties of the Cognitive and Linguistic Scale: A follow-up study." Rehabil Psychol. 2016 Aug;61(3):328-35. doi: 10.1037/rep0000096. Epub 2016 May 19.

  • Stephens J, Salorio C, Denckla M, Mostofsky S, Suskauer S. "Subtle Motor Findings During Recovery from Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Preliminary Report." J Mot Behav. 2016 Sep 16:1-7. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Suskauer S. "Emerging Data in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury." J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2015;8(4):269. doi: 10.3233/PRM-150353. PMID: 26684067

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

  1. Kennedy Krieger Institute
    • 801 North Broadway, Pediatric Physical Med and Rehab, Baltimore, MD 21205

    Expertise

    Education

    Kennedy Krieger Institute

    Fellowship, 2007

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Residency, 2005

    Duke University School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 2000

    Board Certifications

    Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine

    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2006

    Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2006

    Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2004

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