Megan Hosey Mastalerz, PhD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Psychology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Megan Hosey Mastalerz
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Background
Dr. Megan Hosey is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology.
She specializes in psychological adaptation to critical illness, critical illness survivorship, acute and chronic pain management, neuropsychological assessment, and health psychology intervention.
Dr. Hosey's clinical work and research centers on the care of patients and families in the intensive care unit. She partners with patients to identify meaningful life goals, manage medical and psychological symptoms, and engage with their medical providers.
Dr. Hosey also supervises graduate students and post-doctoral fellows,and participates in the Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) research group.
Dr. Hosey received her doctorate degree at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and completed a clinical internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She also completed a Master's Degree in Health Science via the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Centers and Institutes
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Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Post-illness symptoms like long Covid are probably more common than we think | The Guardian (September 2021)
How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges. | National Geographic (August 2021)
COVID ‘Long Haulers’: Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 | Johns Hopkins Medicine (April 2021)
Long Covid isn’t as unique as we thought | Vox (March 2021)
One-Third of COVID Survivors May Have PTSD | MedPage Today (February 2021)
You Can Get through This Dark Pandemic Winter Using Tips from Disaster Psychology | Scientific American (December 21, 2020)
Additional Academic Titles
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests
Adaptation to Inpatient Hospitalization, Anxiety Management in Hospitalized Patients, Critical Illness Survivorship
Research Summary
At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Hosey participates in clinical research designed to support the long-term functional outcomes of survivors of critical illness.
Selected Publications
Hosey, M. M., & Needham, D. M. (2020). Survivorship after COVID-19 ICU stay. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 6(1), 1-2
Hosey, M. M., Ali, M. K., Mantheiy, E. C., Albert, K., Wegener, S. T., & Needham, D. M. (2019). Psychology consultation patterns in a medical intensive care unit: A brief report. Rehabilitation psychology
Hosey, M. M., Leoutsakos, J. M. S., Li, X., Dinglas, V. D., Bienvenu, O. J., Parker, A. M., ... & Neufeld, K. J. (2019). Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder in ARDS survivors: validation of the Impact of Event Scale-6 (IES-6). Critical Care, 23(1), 276
Hosey, M., McWhorter, J. W., & Wegener, S. T. (2018). Psychologic interventions for chronic pain. In Essentials of pain medicine (pp. 539-544). Elsevier.
Tingey, J. L., Bentley, J. A., & Hosey, M. M. (2020). COVID-19: Understanding and mitigating trauma in ICU survivors. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(S1), S100
Honors
- Parker B. Francis Foundation Fellow
- Johns Hopkins ICTR Team Science Award
- Chief Psychology Resident, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1/1/13
- Lawrence Lennon Award for Contributions in Psychology, The University of Scranton, 1/2/05
Memberships
- American Psychological Association,
Division 20 – Adult Development and Aging; Division 22 – Rehabilitation Psychology; Division 38 – Health Psychology.
- Society of Behavioral Medicine
- American Thoracic Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224
- phone: 410-550-0100
- fax: 410-550-0101
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Psychology, 2014University of Maryland Baltimore County
Graduate School, PhD, 2012Insurance
- 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)