Chief Quality Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Brain Injury Medicine Attending Physician
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Erika L. Trovato, D.O., M.S., is Chief Quality Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, and Director of the Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship at Burke. Dr. Trovato is Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Dr. Trovato is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Brain Injury Medicine and PM&R. She is a member of several professional societies, including the Association of Academic Physiatrists and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Trovato is a member of the North American Brain Injury Society, Brain Injury Association of New York State, Association of Academic Physiatrists and American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Her research interests include sleep dysfunction after brain injury as well as the development of quality-improvement projects to enhance and improve the patient experience while completing their rehabilitation course. In 2019 she received the Rising Stars – 40 Under 40 award from The Business Council of Westchester and in 2023 she completed the 3-year Program for Academic Leadership through the Association of Academic Physiatrists. She has been awarded "Top Doctors" by Castle Connolly since 2023.
Dr. Trovato received her medical degree at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, NY and completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU School of Medicine in New York, NY. She completed her brain injury medicine fellowship at Rusk Rehabilitation as well.
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