Kathleen Kortte, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Neuropsychology

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.

Dr. Kortte’s clinical work focuses on assessment and treatment of individuals with neurological disorders, with particular expertise in working with individuals with traumatic brain injuries. 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.

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, 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.

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 2^nd Edition (pp. 342-346), Oxford University Press.

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, 3^rd Edition, London, Elsevier.

Address:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Meyer 1-164
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287

Phone: 410-614-4030
Fax: 410-614-4033

Email: kbechto1@jhmi.edu