Kathleen Kortte, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology
Director, Outpatient NeuroRehabilitation Program (ONRP)
Dr. Kathleen Kortte joined the PM&R Department faculty in December of 2003. She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University. Both her internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and her postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University were specialized in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology. She is board certified in Rehabilitation Psychology.
Dr. Kortte’s clinical work focuses on assessment and treatment of adults with neurological disorders, with particular expertise in working with individuals with traumatic brain injuries. She is the Director of the Outpatient NeuroRehabilitation Program (ONRP), which is an interdisciplinary program focused on community integration and active life participation for individuals with brain dysfunction. Her research interests include unawareness syndromes (anosognosia and denial of illness) and psychological factors that facilitate adaptive functioning and positive outcomes following onset of neuropathology. She currently has NIH funding to study unawareness syndromes in the early phases of recovery following stroke.
Education:
• 1991 B.A. University of Delaware
• 1996 M.A. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 2000 Ph.D. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Faculty Appointment:
• Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University
Representative Publications:
Kortte, KB, Falk, LD, Castillo, RC, Johnson-Greene, D. & Wegener, ST (2007). The Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale: Development and Psychometric Properties, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 88(7), 877.
Wegener, S.T., Kortte, K.B., Hill-Briggs, F., Johnson-Greene, D., Palmer, S., & Salorio, C. (2005) .Rehabilitation Psychology Assessment and Intervention. In R. Braddom (Ed.) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition, London, Elsevier.
Kortte, K.B., & Wegener, S.T. (2004). Denial of illness in medical rehabilitation populations: Theory, research, and definition. Rehabilitation Psychology, 49(3), 187-199.
Kortte, K.B., Briggs, F & Wegener, S.T. (2004). Psychotherapy with Cognitively Impaired Adults. In G P. Koocher, J. C. Norcross, & S. S. Hill, III (Eds.) The Psychologist’s Desk Reference 2nd Edition (pp. 342-346), Oxford University Press.
Kortte, K.B., Wegener, S. T., & Chwalisz K. (2003). Anosognosia and denial: Their relationship to coping and depression in acquired brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(3), 131-136.
Address:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Phipps 174
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-5357
Fax: 410-614-4033
Email: kbechto1@jhmi.edu
Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology
Director, Outpatient NeuroRehabilitation Program (ONRP)
Dr. Kathleen Kortte joined the PM&R Department faculty in December of 2003. She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Southern Illinois University. Both her internship at the Medical University of South Carolina and her postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University were specialized in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology. She is board certified in Rehabilitation Psychology.
Dr. Kortte’s clinical work focuses on assessment and treatment of adults with neurological disorders, with particular expertise in working with individuals with traumatic brain injuries. She is the Director of the Outpatient NeuroRehabilitation Program (ONRP), which is an interdisciplinary program focused on community integration and active life participation for individuals with brain dysfunction. Her research interests include unawareness syndromes (anosognosia and denial of illness) and psychological factors that facilitate adaptive functioning and positive outcomes following onset of neuropathology. She currently has NIH funding to study unawareness syndromes in the early phases of recovery following stroke.
Education:
• 1991 B.A. University of Delaware
• 1996 M.A. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 2000 Ph.D. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Faculty Appointment:
• Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University
Representative Publications:
Kortte, KB, Falk, LD, Castillo, RC, Johnson-Greene, D. & Wegener, ST (2007). The Hopkins Rehabilitation Engagement Rating Scale: Development and Psychometric Properties, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 88(7), 877.
Wegener, S.T., Kortte, K.B., Hill-Briggs, F., Johnson-Greene, D., Palmer, S., & Salorio, C. (2005) .Rehabilitation Psychology Assessment and Intervention. In R. Braddom (Ed.) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition, London, Elsevier.
Kortte, K.B., & Wegener, S.T. (2004). Denial of illness in medical rehabilitation populations: Theory, research, and definition. Rehabilitation Psychology, 49(3), 187-199.
Kortte, K.B., Briggs, F & Wegener, S.T. (2004). Psychotherapy with Cognitively Impaired Adults. In G P. Koocher, J. C. Norcross, & S. S. Hill, III (Eds.) The Psychologist’s Desk Reference 2nd Edition (pp. 342-346), Oxford University Press.
Kortte, K.B., Wegener, S. T., & Chwalisz K. (2003). Anosognosia and denial: Their relationship to coping and depression in acquired brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(3), 131-136.
Address:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Phipps 174
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-5357
Fax: 410-614-4033
Email: kbechto1@jhmi.edu
