Amy Houtrow, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is a professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation and pediatrics and the Endowed Chair for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where she also serves as the Vice Chair for Quality and the Vice Chair of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. In 2021 she assumed the directorship of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program (LEND-Pitt) at the University of Pittsburgh. At the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dr. Houtrow serves as the Chief of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and Neuropsychology.

Dr. Houtrow graduated from Kalamazoo College, earned her medical degree at Michigan State University in 2000, and completed a combined residency program in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.  She completed an MPH in Health Policy and Management at the University of Michigan in 2004 and in 2012 earned her Ph.D. in Medical Sociology at the University of California San Francisco while also serving as faculty there. Her dissertation won an international award for research on childhood disability.

Her research has focused on health care access and outcomes for children and youth with disabilities with special emphasis on health equity. She has authored over 130 manuscripts for high-impact medical journals, written and edited textbooks, developed training programs for physicians and other health care professionals, is an internationally respected expert speaker, and serves as a leader for numerous foundations and academic societies. Her work has repeatedly garnered national media attention and informed public health policy. In 2018 she was elected into the National Academy of Medicine.