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Director of Early Career Physician Development
US Physiatry
Ekso Bionics (Products/Services: No) (Consultant, Speaker/Honoraria)PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital (Products/Services: No) (Consultant, Independent Contractor)
Craig DiTommaso, M.D. is the medical director of the Post Acute Medical Rehabilitation Hospital in Humble, Texas and the Director of Early Career Physician Development for US Physiatry. Dr. DiTommaso performs rehabilitation management and consultations for patients with neurological diagnoses including traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, and/or spinal cord injury. Procedural interventions include baclofen pump management, chemodenervation, and neurolysis. He has a passion for rehabilitation of individuals with disorders of consciousness. He is a father to Isabella and Lorenzo and enjoys scuba diving with his wife.
His medical career started at Tulane University and he completed an internship in Internal Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine and a Brain Injury Medicine fellowship at University of Washington.
Upon his return to Houston, Dr. DiTommaso ascended to the medical director of inpatient rehabilitation for Baylor College of Medicine and served as an assistant professor. Previous titles included medical director of Baylor St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Services, Baylor St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Center, and a primary attending on the TIRR Disorder of Consciousness program. Dr. DiTommaso also taught Brain Injury Medicine fellows, PM&R resident physicians, medical students, and physician assistant students.
Currently, Dr. DiTommaso is focused on practice growth and building continuity of care. He serves as an adjunct assistant professor of Neurology at UTMB. His research interest include prognosis after traumatic brain injury and spasticity treatment. He is an editor for both the PM&R journal and the CNS Rehabilitation section of the Knowledge NOW project.
