Shanti M. Pinto, MD

Assistant Professor
Carolinas Rehabilitation
Charlotte, North Carolina

Dr. Pinto is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, specializing in Brain Injury Medicine, at Carolinas Rehabilitation in Charlotte, NC. 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. Dr. Pinto then completed 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.” She is principal investigator of the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems follow-up site at Carolinas Rehabilitation. Her research interests include functional mobility following TBI, and she received the Richard S. Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grant Application from the Foundation for PM&R to validate the Electronically Augmented Timed Up and Go Test (EATUG) in adults with TBI.

Presentation(s):

• Introduction to the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System: Defining Rehab Treatments Systematically (825124)

  Wednesday, October 21, 2020
  2:15 PM – 3:30 PM EST