Dr. R. Samuel Mayer is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical interests include complications of critical illness, spine disorders, pain management, disorders of muscle tone and cancer rehabilitation. Dr. Mayer serves as the director of cancer rehabilitation, director of undergraduate medical education and residency program director for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He graduated from the honors program in medical education at Northwestern University School of Medicine and completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Rush Medical College. He was chair of the Committee on Medical Education for the American Medical Student Association while he was a medical student. After completing his residency, he remained on faculty at Rush Medical College, eventually becoming the residency program director and acting chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He joined the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins in 2001. Dr. Mayer serves as director of the Medical Student Summer Clinical Experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for the Association of Academic Physiatrists. He is Editor in Chief of Knowledge NOW, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation's online encyclopedia of the field. In 2014, he was named Distinguished Clinician by the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Mayer is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma (pLGG), Hemiplegia, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.

Preeti Raghavan, M.B.B.S., is a rehabilitation physician specializing in stroke rehabilitation. Dr. Raghavan is the director of the Center of Excellence in Stroke Treatment, Recovery and Rehabilitation at the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute, as well as the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Stroke Treatment, Recovery and Rehabilitation. She uses innovative approaches to rehabilitation from stroke and other brain injuries and holds several patents for new technologies to support stroke recovery. Dr. Raghavan is an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where she also serves as a vice chair for research. She completed a research fellowship in motor control and learning at Columbia University after a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research interests include the recovery of arm and hand function after brain injury, treatment of muscle stiffness, improving access to cost-effective stroke rehabilitation and investigating how emotional regulation interacts with recovery. Dr. Raghavan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Athetosis, Myotonia Congenita, and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease.

Dr. Tracy Friedlander is a clinical associate specializing in neurological rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Her focus is on helping patients manage spasticity (a muscle control disorder) through a variety of treatment approaches. Dr. Friedlander graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and earned her medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She interned at Mercy Medical Center and completed her residence in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Videos Dr. Tracy FriedlanderNeurological Rehabilitation Selected Publications Henrikson CA , Howell EE , Bush DE , Miles JS , Meininger GR , Friedlander T , Bushnell AC , Chandra-Strobos N. Prognostic usefulness of marginal troponin T elevation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 2004 Feb; 93(3): 275-279. Henrikson CA , Howell EE , Bush DE , Miles JS, Meininger GR , Friedlander T , Bushnell AC , Chandra-Strobos N. Chest pain relief by nitroglycerin does not predict active coronary artery disease. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2003 Dec; 139(12): 979-986 Courses & Syllabi Inpatient Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Friedlander is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Miller-Fisher Syndrome, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Spasticity.

Scott Brown is a Physiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Brown is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Athetosis, Phantom Limb Pain, and Cerebral Palsy. Dr. Brown is currently accepting new patients.

Mariam Keramati is a Physiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Keramati is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Hemiplegia, Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS), and Spasticity.

Robynne Braun is a Physiatrist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Braun is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Stroke, Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis, and Spastic Paraplegia Type 5A.

Dr. Felling is the director of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Stroke Program and specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with a wide range of cerebrovascular disorders. With combined training in child neurology and vascular neurology he offers expertise in both the acute diagnosis and treatment of stroke as well as longitudinal management of the neurological consequences of stroke in children. Dr. Felling earned both his M.D. and his Ph.D. in neuroscience at Penn State College of Medicine. He completed residency training in pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He also completed residency training in pediatric neurology and a fellowship in vascular neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Felling's goal is to improve the clinical care of patients through the development of efficient pathways for the rapid evaluation and treatment of children presenting with stroke. He is part of a multidisciplinary team of providers that care for children with cerebrovascular disorders. Clinical research efforts are aimed at improving neurological function in children following stroke and other brain injuries. Dr. Felling is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Concussion, Delirium, Thrombectomy, and Endovascular Embolization.

Ning Cao, M.D., is a rehabilitation physician specializing in stroke and brain injury rehabilitation. She has training and expertise using nerve block and botulinum toxin injections for spasticity management and robotic-assisted technology to help patients recover and regain independence after brain injury and other neurologic conditions. In addition, she is a musculoskeletal sonographer and performs acupuncture for stroke recovery and pain management. Dr. Cao obtained her medical degree from the Hebei Medical University in China. She completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Albert Einstein Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Cao has served as an attending physician and a director of stroke rehabilitation programs in several medical centers, most recently at MossRehab/Jefferson Health. She has held her academic appointment as clinical associate professor in rehabilitation medicine at Thomas Jefferson University since 2020. Dr. Cao’s research focuses on improving quality of care and outcomes for patients who experience stroke. She led several research projects, including investigation of the feasibility and efficacy of robotic-assisted gait training in inpatient rehabilitation setting and effectiveness of early rehabilitation program for COVID patients. Dr. Cao has co-authored numerous research papers and presented her findings at national and international rehabilitation conferences. Dr. Cao has served as a mentor and an educator helping train many medical students, residents and fellows across several programs. Dr. Cao is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Hemiplegia, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, and Alien Hand Syndrome.

Dr. Argye Hillis is a professor of Neurology, with joint faculty appointments in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in Cognitive Science. She is also the Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute Professor of Acute Stroke Diagnoses and Management. Prior to medical training and neurology residency, Dr. Hillis worked as a speech-language pathologist, and conducted clinical research focusing on understanding and treating aphasia and hemispatial neglect. She has brought these areas of experience to impact on her clinical research in neurology, which involves cognitive and neuroimaging studies of aphasia and hemispatial neglect due to acute stroke and focal dementias. She has published extensively on these topics in journals and textbooks. Dr. Hillis is Associate Editor of Stroke and has served as Associate editor of Brain, Annals of Neurology, Aphasiology, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Neurocase, Cognitive Neuropsychology, and Language and Cognitive Processes and served as co-Editor and Chief of Behavioral Neurology. Dr. Hillis serves as the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Neurology and the Director of the Cerebrovascular Division of Neurology at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Hillis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Primary Progressive Aphasia, Stroke, Frontotemporal Dementia, Thrombectomy, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Sun is an expert in both pediatric neurology and cerebrovascular neurology, with a special interest in pediatric and young adult stroke. She focuses on both acute care of stroke as well as longitudinal management of an array of neurologic conditions that affect children and young adults. Dr. Sun’s research focuses broadly on pediatric and young adult stroke, with emphasis on discovering the causes, treatments, and prevention of stroke in the young. More specifically, Dr. Sun is investigating novel monitoring and stroke prevention techniques in children with moyamoya disease, which is a rare disease that places affected children and young adults at high risk of stroke. The goal of Dr. Sun's research is to improve outcomes and quality of life of individuals affected by stroke and moyamoya disease. In addition to her clinical and research interests, Dr. Sun is the associate program director of the Child Neurology residency program at Johns Hopkins. After completing medical school at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Sun completed her pediatrics and neurology residency training at Johns Hopkins, and subsequently she completed a fellowship in Vascular Neurology/Stroke. Dr. Sun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Moyamoya Disease, Stroke, Stiff Person Syndrome, Thrombectomy, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

Jessica Engle, D.O., is a rehabilitation physician specializing in cancer rehabilitation, with clinic locations in the Baltimore metropolitan area and Washington. Dr. Engle uses a multidisciplinary approach to treat the whole patient throughout the cancer care continuum. Her focus is on addressing cancer and impairments related to cancer treatment. She aims to improve quality of life, and maintain and improve function whenever possible. Dr. Engle is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed a fellowship in cancer rehabilitation at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center after a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Stony Brook University. Videos Dr. Jessica Engle. Dr. Engle is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Lymphedema, and Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia.

Dr. Dorianne Feldman is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She focuses on critical care physical medicine and rehabilitation. She combines both her skills as a physical therapist and physiatrist when treating her patients. Dr. Feldman holds B.S. and M.S.P.T. degrees from Boston University, and received her M.D. from the George Washington University School of Medicine. Following medical school, she completed a preliminary year in internal medicine at Mercy Medical Center/University of Maryland and then a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She served as chief resident from 2008-2009 for the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and was subsequently appointed as a clinical associate. Dr. Feldman has published extensively, including five chapters in professional books. She has received numerous awards and honors, and was twice the recipient of the Hopkins Healer Award for excellence in patient care during residency. In April 2017, Dr. Feldman was inducted into the Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. Inductees are honored for their professionalism, communication skills, diagnostic prowess, depth of knowledge, ability to negotiate the health care system, passion for patient care and service as a role model to medical trainees. Recent News Articles and Media Coverage Dorianne Feldman, M.D., inducted into Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence. Dr. Feldman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Transverse Myelitis, Paraplegia, and Bursitis.

Marina Borodkina, M.D., is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician who provides acute and post-acute inpatient care at FutureCare skilled nursing centers, as well as at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She is also a wound care specialist. Dr. Borodkina earned her medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, and completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. She developed a strong interest in the rehabilitative aspect of medicine early in her training and enjoys practicing her specialty at various acute and post-acute rehabilitation facilities throughout the area. In addition to her medical career, Dr. Borodkina is a classically trained musician. In her free time, she plays the piano and organ frequently for liturgical services and other occasions. Dr. Borodkina is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Hemiplegia, Stroke, Necrotizing Myopathy (NM), and Dysarthria.

Mohammad Khoshnoodi is a Neurologist in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Khoshnoodi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Neuropathy, Chronic Polyradiculoneuritis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and Miller-Fisher Syndrome.

Dr. Nancy Yeh is a pediatric physiatrist and the medical director of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Yeh is also an assistant professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Yeh received a bachelor’s of science degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas and medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Northwell Health in New York. Following residency, she completed a fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation medicine at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2017 and later that year joined the faculty. Selected Publications Yeh, N., Slomine, B.S., Paasch, V. et al. Rehabilitation in Children with Disorder of Consciousness. Curr Phys Med Rehabil Rep 7, 94–103 (2019). Dr. Yeh is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Cerebral Palsy, Spastic Diplegia Infantile Type, Encephalitis, and Recessive Chondrodysplasia Punctata 1.

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. Videos Dr. Stacy SuskauerPediatric Rehabilitation Recent News Articles and Media Coverage CDC Updates Child Concussion GuidelinesCBS Baltimore (September 2018) On a Search for Markers to Assess the Subtle Signs of Brain InjuryRestore (February 2017) Stimulating Brain Can Speed up Concussion RecoveryWBALTV (February 2017) 4 Myths About Kids and ConcussionsThe Huffington Post (March 2016). Dr. Suskauer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Traumatic Brain Injury, Concussion, Hemiplegia, and Subdural Hematoma.

Dr. Comi graduated from SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine and received her training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Buffalo and her child neurology training at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Her clinical specialization is in the treatment of the neurological aspects of Sturge-Weber syndrome and other disorders related to capillary malformation. Dr. Comi's clinical research interests focus on improving the early diagnosis and treatment of brain involvement in Sturge-Weber syndrome in order to prevent ischemic brain injury in affected infants and young children, and on studies to understand what causes Sturge-Weber syndrome. Her laboratory research work deals with the pathogenesis of Sturge-Weber syndrome, recently shown to be caused by a somatic mutation, and on developing new drug targets, screening assays, models and therapeutic strategies for Sturge-Weber syndrome. Her lab group also works on developing better neuroprotective and neuroregenerative responses to brain injury resulting from impaired blood flow to the brain. Dr. Comi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Parkes Weber Syndrome, Stork Bite, Epilepsy in Children, and Endovascular Embolization.

Dr. Philippines Cabahug is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Cabahug completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins and got her clinical fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI), where she joined the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury as a full-time physician. Dr. Cabahug has worked on several publications regarding Lean Six Sigma Quality Improvement Project focused on improving discharge paperwork. She is also an online contributor to “PM&R Knowledge Now,” the online resource of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Cabahug is the director of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSK-US) at KKI. She runs two MSK-US clinics at KKI: a musculoskeletal diagnostic clinic and an ultrasound-guided intrathecal pump access clinic. Dr. Cabahug is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Spasticity, Opisthotonos, and Muscle Spasms.

Sarah Korth, M.D. is an instructor at the Johns Hopkins Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She serves as an attending physician at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Korth’s interests include neuroplasticity of the developing brain, maximizing mobility, spasticity management, neurogenic bowel and bladder management, and a whole-person approach to management of children and adults with congenital conditions, including cerebral palsy and spina bifida. Dr. Korth’s rehabilitation-focused care aims to help people with congenital and acquired disabilities reach their maximum function. Dr. Korth also has an ongoing interest in methods of decreasing health disparities in developing countries. While in medical school, Dr. Korth initiated and developed a sustainable-changes health program called The Paraiso Project in rural Dominican Republic that she actively continues to direct. Dr. Korth is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. Her top areas of expertise are Myelomeningocele, Hydrocele, Cerebral Palsy, and Neurogenic Bowel.

Dr. Albert Recio is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include spinal cord injury, spasticity management, wound healing, paralysis restoration and aquatics medicine. He is a physician in the paralysis restoration program at the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and medical director for the aquatics medicine program there. Dr. Recio received his medical degree from the Perpetual Help College of Medicine in the Philippines. He began internship training there and completed it at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Recio did his physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, which is associated with Harvard Medical School. He then performed a fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at University of Washington Medical Center. His research interests include functional electrical stimulation, activity-based restoration therapy and electrical stimulation for wound healing. For more than 15 years, Dr. Recio has been a volunteer physician for medical missions in the Republic of the Philippines. He is a member of the American Paraplegia Society, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Recio is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hemiplegia. His top areas of expertise are Paraplegia, Neurogenic Bowel, Transverse Myelitis, and Spasticity.