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Office
1708 W Rogers Ave
Baltimore, MD 21209Phone+1 410-578-8600Fax+1 202-444-3095
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 - 2026
- 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
- 33 citationsOnabotulinumtoxinA muscle injection patterns in adult spasticity: a systematic literature reviewLuba Nalysnyk, Spyridon Papapetropoulos, Philip Rotella, Jason C Simeone, Katharine E. Alter
BMC Neurology. 2013-09-08 - 215 citationsEvidence‐based guideline: Neuromuscular ultrasound for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndromeCatherine French, Michael S. Cartwright, Lisa D. Hobson-Webb, Andrea J. Boon, Katharine E. Alter
Muscle & Nerve. 2012-08-01 - 3 citationsClinical Response to IncobotulinumtoxinA, after Demonstrated Loss of Clinical Response to OnabotulinumtoxinA and RimabotulininumtoxinB in a Patient with Musician's Dys...Vesper Fe Marie Llaneza Ramos, Barbara I. Karp, Codrin Lungu, Katharine E. Alter, Mark Hallett
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2014-12-01
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