Craig DiTommaso, MD (he/him/his)

Medical Director / Director of Early Career Physician Development
PAM Health / US Physiatry
Houston, Texas

Craig DiTommaso, MD, is the medical director of the Post Acute Rehabilitation Hospital in Humble, Texas and the Director of Early Career Physician Development for US Physiatry. Dr. DiTommaso performs rehabilitation management, consultations, intrathecal baclofen pump management, and chemodenervation for patients with spasticity. He typically addresses rehab needs after traumatic neurological injury including traumatic brain injury but also sees stroke, cerebral palsy, or spinal cord injury. He enjoys scuba-diving with his wife. He is a father to two children: Isabella and Lorenzo.
His medical career started at Tulane University and he completed an internship in Internal Medicine in New Orleans. He completed his residency at the Baylor College of Medicine. He then completed a Brain Injury Medicine fellowship at University of Washington. He remained at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle as a neuro-trauma consultant until returning to Houston.
In Houston, Dr. DiTommaso ascended to the medical director of inpatient rehabilitation for Baylor College of Medicine and served as an assistant professor. During his tenure with BCM, he was the medical director of Baylor St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Services, Baylor St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Center, and a primary attending on the TIRR Disorder of Consciousness program. Dr. DiTommaso also taught Brain Injury Medicine fellows, PM&R resident physicians, medical students, and physician assistant students.
Currently, Dr. DiTommaso is growing his rehabilitation practice in north Houston and developing early career physicians within US Physiatry. His areas of focus include practice growth, building continuity of care, and billing and coding. His research interest include prognosis after traumatic brain injury, headache management after brain injuries including concussions, and spasticity treatment. He is an editor for both the PM&R journal and the CNS Rehabilitation section of the Knowledge NOW project.

Presentation(s):

• Inpatient Rehabilitation: Medical Complexity: Finding the Sweet Spot

  Thursday, October 13, 2022
  7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

• Thank You, Next: Practice Considerations for Early Career Physiatrists and Physiatrists Transitioning Practices

  Friday, October 21, 2022
  3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

• 1 - Thank You, Next: Practice Considerations for Early Career Physiatrists and Physiatrists Transitioning Practices - Private Practice

  Friday, October 21, 2022
  3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

• Switching up Transitions for You: Helping Patients Navigate Healthcare Transitions

  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

• 1 - Switching up Transitions: Case Study

  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:15 AM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.