Kennedy Krieger Institute promoted
Melissa Trovato, M.D., to the position of director of rehabilitation.
In this role, Trovato will oversee all medical operations related to pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as serve as a liaison with the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine while also working closely with the Institute’s future vice president of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
With more than 20 years of experience at the Institute, Trovato began her career as a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation fellow and then became a faculty member in 2001. Throughout her time at Kennedy Krieger, she has taken several leadership roles, serving as the director of inpatient rehabilitation, director of the Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellowship, and chair of the Medical Staff Health Information Management Committee. Most recently, in the fall of 2019, Trovato was named th
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Houston: Dronamraju Krishna Rao (14 January 1937 – 3 December 2020) was an Indian-born geneticist and president of the Foundation for Genetic Research in Houston, Texas. He was born in Pithapuram, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. One focus of his work has been the research of his mentor J. B. S. Haldane. He died in Houston at age 83.
Dronamraju went to M.R. College in Vizianagaram, Andhra University to study botany and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1955. He received a master’s degree from Agra University in 1957; he studied plant breeding and genetics. When J.B.S. Haldane moved to India in 1957, Dronamraju wrote to Haldane for an opportunity to pursue a research career under his direction at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta.
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