Kathryn A. Stolp

Dr. Stolp is the current President of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. Her Presidential Address will touch on AAP's history, describe the changes that have occurred to date, and share AAP's vision for the future of academic physiatry.

Dr. Kathryn Stolp is Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and has been at Mayo Clinic Rochester since 1991 with joint appointments in the departments of PM&R and Neurology. She served as PM&R department chair for eight years, as the Director of the Mayo Clinic Spinal Cord Injury Program, Mayo PM&R residency program director, and as Associate Dean in the Mayo School for Graduate Medical Education. She is presently the Medical Director for the Doctorate in Physical Therapy Program, Mayo School of Health Systems. She is former president of the American Association of Neurolmuscular and Electrodiagnositc Medicine and is currently chair of the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Her research interests include healthcare costs for the disabled, spasticity management, and neuromuscular disease. Dr. Stolp received her MD degree from the University of Minnesota and trained in PM&R residency followed by a fellowship in Neuromuscular Disease and Electromyography at the University of Michigan. She also received a Masters of Science degree in Clinical Research Design and Experimental Analysis from the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.