Erika L. Trovato

Erika L. Trovato, DO, is Associate Chief Medical Officer, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Director, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program. She is also Program Director, Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship and Associate Program Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program. Dr. Trovato is Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on clinical care and advocacy for patients who have sustained a brain injury.

After obtaining her Master of Science in biological sciences from American University in 2008, Dr. Trovato earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012. She then completed her internship year at Nassau University Medical Center in 2013. Following this, Dr. Trovato completed her physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at New York University in 2016, where she was Chief Resident in her final year. Dr. Trovato completed a brain injury medicine fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center in 2017.

Building on her clinical focus, Dr. Trovato’s research interests include sleep dysfunction after brain injury and the development of quality-improvement projects to enhance and improve the patient experience while completing their rehabilitation course. Her work has been published in multiple peer-reviewed publications and she has given numerous poster presentations and lectures nationwide. Dr. Trovato is also interested in promoting women in medicine and bringing attention to the unique situations affecting female physicians. Dr. Trovato has also worked as part of a COVID-19 consortium focusing on rehabilitation outcomes and the future direction of rehabilitation in the recovery of patients who have acquired COVID-19.

Dr. Trovato is board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is a member of several professional societies, including the North American Brain Injury Society, the Association of Academic Physiatrists and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 2019 she received the Rising Stars – 40 Under 40 Award from The Business Council of Westchester, and in 2022 she was named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor. In 2023, Dr. Trovato completed the 3-year Program for Academic Leadership through the Association of Academic Physiatrists.