Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States
Dr. Pinto is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, USA. She completed her medical education at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School as part of the Physician Scientist Training Program. She completed residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in 2016, where she received the Excellence in Brain Injury Medicine award, followed by fellowship in Brain Injury Medicine at UPMC in 2017. She has presented at numerous national conferences and received the Best Paper Award for current fellows at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in 2017 for her presentation entitled “Cost-Efficacy Analysis of Routine Venous Doppler Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis at Admission to Inpatient Rehabilitation” and in 2020 for faculty physicians for the presentation “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Associated with Increased Dual Task Cost During Ambulation.” In October 2020, she was awarded the inaugural Atrium Health Excellence in Research Award for Early Career Scientists. She serves as a co-investigator for the North Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems site, and her current research interests focus on autonomic dysfunction after traumatic brain injury.
Sunday, October 29, 2023
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Monday, October 30, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM
Making Connections: The Importance of Enablement Models in Rehabilitation
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM