Ellen Louise Kitts

Background

Kitts, Ellen Louise was born on November 9, 1947 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Robert Marion and Gertrude Elsie (Hensel) Kitts.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ball State University, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, Indiana U., 1976.

Career

Resident in pediatrics, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, 1976-1979; resident in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1979-1981; fellowship, D.T. Watson Rehabilitation Hospital, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 1981-1982; staff, D.T. Watson Rehabilitation Hospital, Sewickley, 1981-1988; medical director, Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center, Wheeling, West Virginia, since 1988. Consultant City Hospital, Bellaire, Ohio, since 1997, Harmarville Rehabilitation Center, Pittsburgh, 1982-1990, Canonsburg General Hospital, 1985-1989, Aliquippa (Pennsylvania) Hospital, 1984-1988, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1983-1990, Sewickley Valley Hospital, 1982-1988, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 1988-1990, St. Elizabeth's Med.Ctr., Dayton, 1990-1996. Rehabilitation consultant Medical Evaluations Superior vena cava syndrome, 1989-1992;co-director clinic Muscular Dystrophy Clinic, Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1987-1988.

Physician Wheeling Medical Park, Ohio Valley Medical Center.

Achievements

• Ellen Louise Kitts has been listed as a noteworthy Physical medicine and rehabilitation physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Head Injury Foundation, Inc., Framingham, Massachusetts, since 1982, GreaterPitts. of the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, 1983-1988. Committee elected chairman PMS Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Advisory committee, 1985-1988, Therapeutic Riding for the Handicapped, since 1991. Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Member American Medical Association, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, West Virginia Medical Association, Ohio County Medical Society, American Medical Women's Association (secretary-treasurer since 1996).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, equestiran activities, performing arts.

Connections

Father:

Robert Marion Kitts

Mother:

Gertrude Elsie (Hensel) Kitts