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Sara Cuccurullo, MD

Professor, Chair, Residency Program Director-Rutgers RWJMS & HMSOM, Medical Director and VP
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute PM&R Program
Edison, New Jersey

Dr. Cuccurullo received her medical degree from SUNY Downstate in 1987 and completed her residency in PM&R at Rutgers-RWJ/JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JFK/JRI). She was board certified in 1992.
She joined the staff of JFK/JRI in 1991 and served as the Residency Program Director since 1998. She has taught the PM&R Board Review Course since 1991. Dr. Cuccurullo is Editor-in-Chief and published the fourth edition of The PM&R Board Review Textbook in 2019. The royalties are donated to the JFK Johnson PM&R Residency-Education-Fund. She has received the Teacher-of-the-Year Award six times and the RWJ Faculty Award multiple times. In addition, she received multiple awards including: the Distinguished Alumni Award, the 2018 AAP Outstanding Service Award, the 2019 AAPM&R Distinguished Member Award and has been named as a NJ Top Health Care Influencer in 2019 and 2023. She has served as Past President of the National Residency and Fellowship Program Director Council and is currently Past President of the National Chair Council. She serves as a Board member of the AAP from 2014 to the present and was appointed AAP Co-Chair of the Women in Academic Physiatry Task Force. She authored 40 book chapters, over 30 peer reviewed articles and over 130 abstracts. She developed a residency competency model and published seven peer reviewed papers on this model. She was appointed Chair of Rutgers-RWJ Medical School and the Medical Director/VP for JFK/JRI in February 2014. Her research is focused on Rehabilitation of Stroke patients utilizing cardiovascular conditioning. The research includes the JFK Johnson Stroke-HEARTTM Trials and the upcoming CROSS (Cardiac Rehabilitation of Stroke Survivors) trials. Dr. Cuccurullo is PI on these projects and presents this published research both nationally and internationally. In 2018 Dr. Cuccurullo was appointed Chair at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of Rehabilitation Care Transformation Services.

No financial relationships to disclose.

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