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10 Center Drive, Room 1-1429
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892Phone+1 301-451-7584- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Katharine Alter is a physiatrist and Senior Research Clinician at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. She has affiliations with multiple hospitals in the area, including Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, University of Maryland Capital Region Health Prince George's Hospital Center, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center,and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. She received her medical degree from University of Toledo College of Medicine and has been in practice 34 years. She specializes in pediatric rehabilitation medicine and is experienced in pediatric and adult rehabilitation including stroke, movement disorders, cerebral palsy, neurologic gait disorders and neuromuscular ultrasound.
Education & Training
- University of ToledoResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1986 - 1989
- University of ToledoResidency, Pediatrics, 1983 - 1986
- The University of Toledo College of MedicineClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 1998 - 2024
- DC State Medical License 1989 - 2024
- OH State Medical License 1986 - 1990
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- American Board of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic MedicineElectrodiagnostic Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Washingtonian Magazine, Top Doctors Washingtonian Magazine, 2012
- Top Doctors:Baltimore Area Castle Connolly, 2012
- Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsEarly-Onset and Severe Complex Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Caused by De Novo Variants in SPAST.Alisa Mo, Afshin Saffari, Melanie Kellner, Marion Döbler-Neumann, Catherine Jordan, Siddharth Srivastava, Bo Zhang, Mustafa Sahin, John K Fink, Linsley Smith, Jennifer...> ;Movement Disorders. 2022 Dec 1
- 1 citationsComparison of Ultrasound and Electrical Stimulation Guidance for Onabotulinum Toxin-A Injections: A Randomized Crossover Study.Codrin Lungu, Alexandra Nmashie, Mary Catherine George, Barbara I Karp, Katharine Alter, Susan Shin, Winona Tse, Steven J Frucht, Tianxia Wu, Vivian Koo, Elaine Consid...> ;Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2022 Nov 1
- 10 citationsA scoping review of methods used in musculoskeletal soft tissue and nerve shear wave elastography studies.Kevin J Cipriano, Jordan Wickstrom, Lauren Hirth, Michael Farrell, Alicia A Livinski, Sogol Attaripour Esfahani, Robert J Maldonado, Jared Astrow, William A Berrigan, ...> ;Clinical Neurophysiology. 2022 Aug 1
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Hospital Affiliations
- University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown CampusBaltimore, Maryland
- University of Maryland Capital Region Medical CenterHyattsville, Maryland
- NIH Clinical CenterBethesda, Maryland
- Mt. Washington Pediatric HospitalBaltimore, Maryland
- MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, District of Columbia
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