| Albert Recio, M.D., RPT, PTRP Research Scientist, Kennedy Krieger Institute Dr. Albert Recio is a Physician in the Paralysis Restoration Program at the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (ICSCI) and the Medical Director for the Aquatics Medicine Program at Kennedy Krieger Institute. He is also Faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. |
Biographical Sketch:
Born in the Philippines, Dr. Recio graduated Cum Laude-First Place with his Medical Degree in 1997 from the Perpetual Help College of Medicine in Biñan, Laguna. He undertook his internship training at the Perpetual Help Medical Center from 1997-1998. At Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 2002-2003 Dr. Recio completed his general internship. While at the Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts from 2003-2006 he completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. From there, he did a year-long clinical fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury Medicine at University of Washington/VA-Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Washington in 2007.
Before earning his Medical Degree, Dr. Recio worked as a licensed Physical Therapist from 1990-1993 at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Illinois. Since 1997 Dr. Albert Recio has been a Volunteer Physician for Medical Missions in the Republic of the Philippines. From 2003-2006 he was a Contributing Editor to Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Rehabilitation and Review monthly journal. For two years he was also a Contributing Editor to the Pain Rounds Website until 2007. Currently Dr. Recio is a member of the American Paraplegia Society, the Association of American Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
In 2005 he won the Best Paper Presentation at the 3rd World Congress of the International Society of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) in Sao Paolo, Brazil for his paper titled Post-Stroke Depression: Medication and Rehabilitation. Dr. Albert Recio has been the recipient of the Josefina Laperal Tamayo Award for Excellence, Community Service Award, the Perpetual Help Medical Center Loyalty Award, the Dean’s Gold Medal Award and Academic Scholarship Award. For his 2005 paper titled Fertilized Duck Egg (Balut) and Cholesterol he won Best Paper Presentation at the Asian Medical Students’ Conference in Hong Kong
Before earning his Medical Degree, Dr. Recio worked as a licensed Physical Therapist from 1990-1993 at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Illinois. Since 1997 Dr. Albert Recio has been a Volunteer Physician for Medical Missions in the Republic of the Philippines. From 2003-2006 he was a Contributing Editor to Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Rehabilitation and Review monthly journal. For two years he was also a Contributing Editor to the Pain Rounds Website until 2007. Currently Dr. Recio is a member of the American Paraplegia Society, the Association of American Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
In 2005 he won the Best Paper Presentation at the 3rd World Congress of the International Society of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) in Sao Paolo, Brazil for his paper titled Post-Stroke Depression: Medication and Rehabilitation. Dr. Albert Recio has been the recipient of the Josefina Laperal Tamayo Award for Excellence, Community Service Award, the Perpetual Help Medical Center Loyalty Award, the Dean’s Gold Medal Award and Academic Scholarship Award. For his 2005 paper titled Fertilized Duck Egg (Balut) and Cholesterol he won Best Paper Presentation at the Asian Medical Students’ Conference in Hong Kong
Research Summary:
Dr. Recio’s research interests center on activity-based restoration therapies (ABRT). In an effort to provide patients with long-term spinal cord injuries or paralysis greater independence, his research evaluates the ability of ABRT to help patients recover neurological sensation and physical movement. Dr. Recio’s field of interest also includes Electrical Stimulation in the treatment of recalcitrant pressure wounds and the use of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to activate nerves innervating extremities affected by paralysis resulting from spinal cord injury (SCI).
Recent Publications/Presentations:
Recio, AC , Mims, R, Becker, D, Sadowsky, CL, McDonald, JW. Use of Electrical Stimulation for the Management of Stage IV Pressure Ulcer Among Adult Spinal Cord Injury: Adjuvant Therapies for Recalcitrant Wounds Below the level of Injury. Data to be Presented at the 2009 AAP Annual Meeting. Abstract to be published in Am J Phys Med Rehabil. - Spring edition.
Recio, AC, Becker, D, Sadowsky, CL, McDonald, JW. Functional neurological recovery following out-patient Activity Based Restorative Therapies (ABRT) among adult traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Successful innovations in SCI rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008; 89(11):e128-9. Data presented at 2008 AAPM&R 69th Annual Assembly San Diego, California (for publication) November, 2008.
Charlton, LC, Recio, AC, Sadowsky, CL, McDonald, JW. Severe spasticity management using botulinum toxin A, serial casting and Activity based Restorative Therapies (ABRT): Successful innovations in SCI gait training. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008; 89(11):e132. Data Presented at 2008 American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 69th Annual Assembly San Diego, California (for publication) November, 2008.
O’Young, BJ, Young, MA, Stiens, SA, Recio, AC. “Neurologic Evaluation of the Rehabilitation Patient; Manual Muscle Testing and Range of Motion Measurement”. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets. 3rd Ed 2007; Hanley & Belfus, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
Recio, AC. Above Knee Amputation after SCI: A Prosthetic Solution for Improved Seating, Balance, Dynamic Function and Body Image. Data Presented at 2007 AAP Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Recio, AC, Crane, D, Stiens, SA. Use of Lower Extremity Prosthesis in Spinal Cord Injury. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 86(4): S134
Recio, AC, Bohart, Z, Havens, S, Stiens, SA. Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Infection With Resistant Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus-Baumannii Complex: Successful Innovations in Rehabilitation During Isolation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88: e90. Data Presented at 2007 American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 68th Annual Assembly Boston, Massachusetts
Recio, AC, Becker, D, Sadowsky, CL, McDonald, JW. Functional neurological recovery following out-patient Activity Based Restorative Therapies (ABRT) among adult traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Successful innovations in SCI rehabilitation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008; 89(11):e128-9. Data presented at 2008 AAPM&R 69th Annual Assembly San Diego, California (for publication) November, 2008.
Charlton, LC, Recio, AC, Sadowsky, CL, McDonald, JW. Severe spasticity management using botulinum toxin A, serial casting and Activity based Restorative Therapies (ABRT): Successful innovations in SCI gait training. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008; 89(11):e132. Data Presented at 2008 American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 69th Annual Assembly San Diego, California (for publication) November, 2008.
O’Young, BJ, Young, MA, Stiens, SA, Recio, AC. “Neurologic Evaluation of the Rehabilitation Patient; Manual Muscle Testing and Range of Motion Measurement”. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Secrets. 3rd Ed 2007; Hanley & Belfus, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
Recio, AC. Above Knee Amputation after SCI: A Prosthetic Solution for Improved Seating, Balance, Dynamic Function and Body Image. Data Presented at 2007 AAP Annual Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Recio, AC, Crane, D, Stiens, SA. Use of Lower Extremity Prosthesis in Spinal Cord Injury. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 86(4): S134
Recio, AC, Bohart, Z, Havens, S, Stiens, SA. Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Infection With Resistant Acinetobacter Calcoaceticus-Baumannii Complex: Successful Innovations in Rehabilitation During Isolation. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88: e90. Data Presented at 2007 American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 68th Annual Assembly Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Information:
Albert Recio, MD, RPT, PTRP
1750 E. Fairmount Avenue
ICSCI – 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD 21231
(map & directions)
Telephone: (443)923-7964
Facsimile: (443)923-9230
Email: Recio@kennedykrieger.org
1750 E. Fairmount Avenue
ICSCI – 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD 21231
(map & directions)
Telephone: (443)923-7964
Facsimile: (443)923-9230
Email: Recio@kennedykrieger.org