Chief Clinical Officer / Medical Director
USPhysiatry / PAM Rehab
Craig DiTommaso, M.D., is the medical director of inpatient rehabilitation for the Baylor College of Medicine, the medical director of rehabilitation services at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and a medical staff member at TIRR. 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. He received his medical degree in 2009 from Tulane University and completed an internship in Internal Medicine in New Orleans.
Dr. DiTommaso is an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine, a member of the TIRR Disorder of Consciousness Team, and he is a co-director of the Baylor Comprehensive Review Course. His primary focus is the rehabilitation of individuals who have experienced strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and other neurological disorders. His research interest include prognosis after traumatic brain injury, headache management after brain injuries including concussions, and spasticity treatment. He also performs inpatient and outpatient consultations, intrathecal baclofen pump management, and chemodenervation for patients with spasticity, neurotrauma, stroke, cerebral palsy, or spinal cord injury. His hospital affiliations include TIRR Memorial Hermann, Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Ben Taub Hospital, and Quentin Mease Rehabilitation Hospital. He is an active member of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Academy of Physiatrists. Dr. DiTommaso also teaches Brain Injury Medicine fellows, PM&R resident physicians, and medical students. He is an active member of the Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project - Texas and enjoys scuba-diving with his wife.
