
Title(s):
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Appointment Phone:
410-502-5357
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
Adjustment to Chronic Illness, Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Brain Tumors, Cancer Rehabilitation, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Cognitive Testing, Disorders of Executive Function, Disorders of Social Cognition, Medical Psychology, Memory Disorders, Neurologic Rehabilitation, Neurology, Neuropsychology, Neurosurgery, Rehabilitation Psychology, Stroke, Stroke Rehabilitation, Traumatic Brain Injury
Education and Experience
Training
- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Carbondale IL) - Graduate Education (2000)
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore MD)/ Neuropsychology & Rehab Psychology (2002)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Phipps Room 174
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-502-5357
Appointment Phone: 410-502-5357
Fax: 443-769-1243
Location Map
Department / Division
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology
Centers/Institutes
Bio
Awards and Honors
Southern Illinois University Janet E. Rafferty Scientist-Practitioner Award 2007
The Johns Hopkins Leadership Program for Women Faculty 2009-2010
The Johns Hopkins Leadership Program for Women Faculty 2009-2010
Expertise
- Adjustment to Chronic Illness
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Brain Tumors
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Testing
- Disorders of Executive Function
- Disorders of Social Cognition
- Medical Psychology
- Memory Disorders
- Neurologic Rehabilitation
- Neurology
- Neuropsychology
- Neurosurgery
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- Stroke
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Research
Research and Publications
Kortte KB, Hillis, AE (in press). Recent trends in rehabilitation interventions for visual neglect and anosognosia for hemiplegia following right hemisphere stroke. Future Neurology.
Budd, MA, Kortte, KB, Cloutman L, Newhart M, Gottesman RF, Davis C, Heidler-Gary J, Seay, MW, Hillis AE. (2010). The nature of naming errors in primary progressive aphasia versus acute post-stroke aphasia. Neuropsychology, 24(5), 581-589.
Helmick K, Kortte, KB, et al (2010). Cognitive Rehabilitation for mild traumatic brain injury: Results of April 2009 Consensus Conference. NeuroRehabilitation, 26, 239-255
Lequerica AH, Kortte, KB (2010). Therapeutic engagement: A proposed model of engagement in medical rehabilitation. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89(5), 415-422.
Kortte, KB, Gilbert, M, Gorman, P, Wegener, ST (2010). Positive psychological variables in the prediction of life satisfaction following spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 55, 40-47.
Kortte, KB & Hillis, AE (2009). Recent advances in the understanding of neglect and anosognosia following right hemisphere stroke. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 9, 459-465. PMID: 19818233
Kortte, KB, Veiel, L., Batten, SV, Wegener, ST (2009). Measuring avoidance in medical rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Psychology, 54 (1), 91-98. PMID: 19618708
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. PMID: 17601468
Kortte, KB, & Wegener, ST (2004). Denial of illness in medical rehabilitation populations: Theory, research, and definition. Rehabilitation Psychology, 49(3), 187-199.
Kortte, KB, Wegener, ST, & Chwalisz, K (2003). Anosognosia and denial: Their relationship to coping and depression in acquired brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(3), 131-136.
Kortte, KB, Horner, M.D, & Windham, WK. (2002). The Trail Making Test Part B: Cognitive flexibility or ability to maintain set? Applied Neuropsychology, 9, 106-109. PMID: 12214820
Horner, MD, Teichner, G, Kortte, KB, Harvey, RT. (2002). Construct validity of the Babcock Story Recall Test. Applied Neuropsychology, 9, 114-116. PMID: 12214822
Johnson-Greene, D & Bechtold, KT. (2002). Ethical considerations for peer review in forensic neuropsychology. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 16 (1), 97-104.
Bailey, JM, Bechtold, KT, & Berenbaum, SA. (2002). Who are tomboys and why should we study them? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 31, 333-341.
Bechtold, KT, Horner, MD, Labbate, LA, & Windham, WK. (2001). The construct validity and clinical utility of the Frank Jones Story as a brief screen of cognitive dysfunction. Psychosomatics, 42, 146-149.
Budd, MA, Kortte, KB, Cloutman L, Newhart M, Gottesman RF, Davis C, Heidler-Gary J, Seay, MW, Hillis AE. (2010). The nature of naming errors in primary progressive aphasia versus acute post-stroke aphasia. Neuropsychology, 24(5), 581-589.
Helmick K, Kortte, KB, et al (2010). Cognitive Rehabilitation for mild traumatic brain injury: Results of April 2009 Consensus Conference. NeuroRehabilitation, 26, 239-255
Lequerica AH, Kortte, KB (2010). Therapeutic engagement: A proposed model of engagement in medical rehabilitation. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 89(5), 415-422.
Kortte, KB, Gilbert, M, Gorman, P, Wegener, ST (2010). Positive psychological variables in the prediction of life satisfaction following spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 55, 40-47.
Kortte, KB & Hillis, AE (2009). Recent advances in the understanding of neglect and anosognosia following right hemisphere stroke. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 9, 459-465. PMID: 19818233
Kortte, KB, Veiel, L., Batten, SV, Wegener, ST (2009). Measuring avoidance in medical rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Psychology, 54 (1), 91-98. PMID: 19618708
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. PMID: 17601468
Kortte, KB, & Wegener, ST (2004). Denial of illness in medical rehabilitation populations: Theory, research, and definition. Rehabilitation Psychology, 49(3), 187-199.
Kortte, KB, Wegener, ST, & Chwalisz, K (2003). Anosognosia and denial: Their relationship to coping and depression in acquired brain injury. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(3), 131-136.
Kortte, KB, Horner, M.D, & Windham, WK. (2002). The Trail Making Test Part B: Cognitive flexibility or ability to maintain set? Applied Neuropsychology, 9, 106-109. PMID: 12214820
Horner, MD, Teichner, G, Kortte, KB, Harvey, RT. (2002). Construct validity of the Babcock Story Recall Test. Applied Neuropsychology, 9, 114-116. PMID: 12214822
Johnson-Greene, D & Bechtold, KT. (2002). Ethical considerations for peer review in forensic neuropsychology. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 16 (1), 97-104.
Bailey, JM, Bechtold, KT, & Berenbaum, SA. (2002). Who are tomboys and why should we study them? Archives of Sexual Behavior, 31, 333-341.
Bechtold, KT, Horner, MD, Labbate, LA, & Windham, WK. (2001). The construct validity and clinical utility of the Frank Jones Story as a brief screen of cognitive dysfunction. Psychosomatics, 42, 146-149.
Research Interests
- Awareness Syndromes
- Anosognosia
- Rehabilitation Outcomes
- Fatigue
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Recovery after brain trauma
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Languages
- English
Memberships
American Psychological Association (APA): Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology), Division 40 (Neuropsychology)
International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
National Academy of Neuropsychology
Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
National Academy of Neuropsychology
Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
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