Medical College of Wisconsin
CTSICores SearchResearch InformaticsREDCap

CURRICULUM VITAE

David R. Del Toro MD
Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Froedtert Hospital
9200 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
1979 - 1983 Undergraduate, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
1983 - 1984 Undergraduate, Purdue University - Calumet, Hammond, IN
1984 - 1988 M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
1988 - 1989 Internship, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
1989 - 1992 Residency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation(chief resident, 1/1991-6/1991), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
01/1991 - 06/1994 Instructor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/1994 - 06/2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2000 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin's, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
03/2001 - Present Leader, Inpatient Rehab Work Group, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
03/2001 - Present Medical Director, Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
01/1991 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53226
2000 - Present Lakeview NeuroRehab Center, 1701 Sharp Road, Waterford, WI 53185

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Physical Med. and Rehab.
07/01/2003
06/30/2013
American Board of Electrodiagnostic Med
2004
2014
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
DEA
06/27/2007
06/30/2010
Wisconsin License
10/31/2010
10/31/2011
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
1979 - 1983 Inland Steel-Ryerson Foundation Scholarship, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
1981 - 1983 General Motors Corp. Scholarship, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
1982 - 1983 Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Society), Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
1986 - Present Graves Hardiman Research Scholarship, Indiana University School of Medicine
1995 - Present Golseth Young Investigator of the Year - Honorable Mention Award
2001 - Present Froedtert Hospital's Top 20 Physicians, Press Ganey patient survey
2005 - Present Froedtert Hospital's Top 20 Physicians, Press Ganey patient survey
2006 - Present Froedtert Hospital's Top 20 Physicians, Press Ganey patient survey
2007 - 2008 Best Doctors in America
2009 - 2010 Best Doctors in America
2009 - Present Outstanding Faculty Service, Medical College of Wisconsin

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Bionic Trans-Tibial Prostheses
Source:
NIH
Role & Effort:
Principal Investigator
Dates:
08/04/2009 - 07/31/2011
Direct Funds:
$14,506 (total for all years)
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Del Toro DR, Entrapment Neuropathies in the Lower Extremity, Clinical Workshop: NCS, AAEM Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 10/2002 - Present
 
National
Del Toro, DR, Uncommon NCV Techniques, AAPM&R 1996 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/1996 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Focal Neuropathies of the Foot/Breakfast with the Expert, AAEM 2000 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 09/2000 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Phantom Limb Pain and Its Management: A Comprehensive Review, AAPM&R 2000 Annual Assembly, San Francisco, CA, 11/2000 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Focal Neuropathies of the Foot/Breakfast with the Expert, AAEM 2001 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 10/2001 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Entrapment Neuropathies in the Lower Extremity/Clinical Workshop, AAEM 2001 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, 10/2001 - Present
Del Toro DR, Motion Analysis in Rehabilitation, CME course, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine/American Society of Neurorehabilitation 2002 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 10/2002 - Present
Del Toro, DR, W35A & 35B Needle EMG Exam of the Foot, AANEM 2006 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 11/2006 - Present
Del Toro, DR, EMG: Clinical Pearls and Scientific Paper Presentations, AAPM&R 2006 Annual Meeting, Hawaii, 11/2006 - Present
 
Regional
Del Toro, DR, Neurogenic Heel Pain and Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome/Novacare Outpatient Rehabilitation Lecture Series, Milwaukee, WI, 01/1997 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Amputee Rehabilitation: Preprosthetic Management/In the future of Prosthetics Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 09/1997 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Phantom Limb Pain and Its Management: A Comprehensive Review/Midwest Chapter-American Academy or Orthotists and Prosthetists, Delavan, WI, 06/1999 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome and Related Foal Tibial Neuropathies in the Foot, Wisconsin Society of PM&R: 4th Annual Education Symposium, Elkhart Lake, WI, 04/2002 - Present
 
Local
Del Toro, DR, Development of a Model of the Premotor Potential, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/1992 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Posterior Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 04/1992 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Anatomy and Nerve Conduction Study of the Medial Calcaneal Nerve, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 07/1992 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Rehabilitation Issues for the Trauma Patient, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 12/1993 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Deep Vein Thrombosis Prophylaxis in Rehabilitation Patients, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/1994 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Unilateral Neglect, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 10/1996 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Amputee Rehabilitation: Preprosthetic Management, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 06/1997 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Amputee Rehabilitation: Preprosthetic Management, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 06/1998 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Preprosthetic Management of Early Amputees, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 07/1998 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Prosthetic Feet: Functional Similarities and Differences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 08/1998 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of the Foot, St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 10/1998 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Amputee Rehabilitation: Preprosthetic Management, Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, 03/1999 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Y2K Update on Prosthetic Feet, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2000 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Neurologic Entrapment Syndromes of the Foot and Ankle/12th Annual Sports Medicine Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2000 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Tibial Nerve Conduction Techniques/Clinical Workshop, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2000 - Present
Del Toro, DR, Baxter's Nerve/Anatomic Perspectives In EMG, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2000 - Present
Del Toro DR, Baxter's Nerve Entrapment/Anatomic and Technical Issues in EMG, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2001 - Present
Del Toro DR, Tibial Nerve Conduction Studies/Workshop, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2001 - Present
Del Toro DR, An Overview of Early Prosthetic Rehabilitation, Vascular Surgery Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 05/2002 - Present
Del Toro DR, Focal Neuropathies in the Foot: Case Reports, Podiatry Lecture for Professional Resource Management, Elm Grove, WI, 02/2003 - Present
Del Toro DR, Early Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation: Just the Beginning ....., Vascular Surgery Conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 06/2003 - Present
Del Toro DR, Amputee and Preprosthetic Rehab, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI, 11/2006 - Present
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
1991 - 2001 Clinical Practice Committee, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/1992 - 2002 Graduate Medical Education Committee, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1997 - 2002 Chairman, Task Force Committee for PM&R Weekend Call Scheduled, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin
1999 - Present Graduate Medical Education Committee, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
1999 - Present Research Committee, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
08/2003 - Present Member, Medical School Admissions Committee, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Hospital
12/2000 - Present Co-Chairperson, Performance Improvement Team, General Rehab Unit (5SW), Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin
03/2001 - Present Co-Leader, Rehabilitation Administration Management Committee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin
02/2003 - Present Multidisciplinary Trauma Committee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
01/2008 - Present Inpatient Steering Services Group, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
10/2008 - Present Hospital Advisory Committee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
10/2008 - Present Injury Prevention Subcommittee, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
04/2009 - Present Juran Inpatient Business Process Team, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Patel AT, Gaines K, Malamut R, Park TA, Del Toro DR, Holland N: Usefulness of Electrodiagnostic Techniques in the Evaluation of Suspected Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Review. Muscle Nerve 2005; 32:236-240.
2. Del Toro DR: "Baxter's Nerve Entrapment" in Handout for Course C: Painful Foot and Ankle. AAEM 2004 Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA. November 2004.
3. Del Toro DR: "Tibial Neuropathy (Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome)" in Essentials of Rehabilitation Medicine, Frontera W, Silver J (eds); 2001, 453-456.
4. Park TA, Del Toro DR: Needle EMG of the Foot. An AAEM Workshop Handout September 2000.
5. Park TA, Welshofer JA, Dwzierzynski WW, Erickson SJ, Del Toro DR: Median "Pseudoneurapraxia" at the Wrist: Reassessment of Palmar Stimulation of the Recurrent Median Nerve. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001; 82:190-197.
6. Park TA, Del Toro DR: Fine Wire EMG Techniques: Construction and Placement of Electrodes. An AAEM Workshop Handout. October 1999, Johnson Printing Company, Inc.
7. Park TA, Del Toro DR: Electrodiagnostic evaluation of the foot. In Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinics of North America.1998;9(4):871-896.
8. Del Toro DR, Mazur A, Dwzierzynski WW, Park TA: Electrophysiologic mapping and cadaveric dissection of the lateral foot: Implications for tibial motor nerve conduction studies. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1998;79:823-826.
9. Del Toro DR, Park TA: Abductor hallucis false motor points: Electrophysiologic mapping and cadaveric dissection. Muscle Nerve 1996;19(9):1138-1143.
10. Park TA, Jurell KC, Del Toro DR: Generator sources for the early and late ulnar hypothenar premotor potentials: Short segment electrophysiologic studies and cadaveric dissection. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1996;75(2):128-135.
11. Park TA, Del Toro DR: Isolated inferior calcaneal neuropathy. Muscle Nerve 1996;19(1):106-108.
12. Janisse DJ, Wertsch JJ, Del Toro DR: "Foot Orthoses and Prescription Shoes" in Orthotics: Clinical Practice and Rehabilitation Technology, Redford JB, Basmajian JV, Trautman P (eds);1995, 55-70.
13. Park TA, Del Toro DR: Generators of the early and late median thenar premotor potentials. Muscle Nerve 1995;18(9):1000-1008.
14. Park TA, Del Toro DR: The medial calcaneal nerve: Anatomy and nerve conduction technique. Muscle & Nerve.1995;18(1):32-38.
15. Del Toro DR, Park TA, Wertsch JJ: Development of a model of the premotor potential. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 1994;75: 493-497.
16. Marfurt CA, Del Toro DR: The Corneal Sensory Pathway in the Rat: A Horseradish Peroxidase Tracing Study. Journal of Comparative Neurology 1987; 261(3):450 - 459.
17. Del Toro, R., Tibial Neuropathy (Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome). Essentials of Rehabilitation Medicine; 2001, 453-456.
18. Part, T., Welshofer, J., Dwzierzynski, W., Erickson, S., Del Toro, D., Median "Pseudoneurapraxia" at the Wrist: Reassessment of Palmar Stimulation of the Recurrent Median Nerve. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2001; 82:190-197.
19. Del Toro, R., Patel, A., Gaines, K., Malamut, R., Park, T., Holland, N., Usefulness of Electro diagnostic Techniques in the Evaluation of Suspected Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome: An Evidence-Based Review. Muscle and Nerve; 2005; 32:236-240.
20. Del Toro DR, Park TA: Needle EMG Examination of the Foot. An AANEM Workshop Handout (revised) September 2008.
 
Abstracts
1. Del Toro DR, Park TA, Sable AW, Wertsch JJ: Development of a model of the premotor potential. Muscle & Nerve 1991;14(9):899.
2. Park TA, Del Toro DR, Wertsch JJ: The Effect of Stimulus duration on the premotor potential. Muscle & Nerve 1991;14(9):901.
3. Sable AW, Wertsch JJ, Park TA, Melvin JL, Del Toro DR, Zhu H: Ulnar and median nerve contributions to the thenar CMAP. Muscle & Nerve 1991;14(9):881.
4. Del Toro DR, Park TA, Mandel JD, Wertsch JJ: Development of a nerve conduction study technique for the medial calcaneal nerve. Muscle & Nerve 1992;15(10):1194.
5. 7.Park TA, Del Toro DR, Mandel JD, Wertsch JJ: Anatomy of the medial calcaneal nerve. Muscle & Nerve 1992;15(10):1187.
6. Park TA, Del Toro DR, Wertsch JJ: The effect of long stimulus durations at 20% supramaximal stimulus intensity on distal motor latencies. Muscle & Nerve 1992;15(10):1188.
7. Mandel JD, Wertsch JJ, Park TA, Del Toro DR: Early and late median premotor potentials. Muscle & Nerve 1992;15(10):1185.
8. Mandel JD, Wertsch JJ, Park TA, Del Toro DR: Median premotor potentials in carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle & Nerve 1992;15(10):1192-3.
9. Del Toro DR, Park TA, Wertsch JJ: Medial calcaneal nerve, medial plantar nerve and sural nerve comparison. Muscle & Nerve 1993;16(10):1114.
10. Vennix MJ, Wertsch JJ, Park TA, Del Toro DR: Radial motor nerve mapping of the forearm. Muscle & Nerve 1993;16(10):1112.
11. Mazur A, Del Toro DR, Park TA: Investigation of the lateral plantar CMAP: Cadaveric dissection and electrophysiologic mapping. Muscle & Nerve 1994;17(9): 1080.
12. Welshofer JW, Park TA, Del Toro DR, Parks TJ, Erickson SJ: Palmar stimulation of the recurrent median nerve: A reassessment. Muscle & Nerve 1994;17(9):1103.
13. Park TA, Welshofer JW, Del Toro DR, Parks TJ, Erickson SJ, Dzwierzynski WW: Anatomic dissection vs. MRI for assessment of the recurrent median nerve and deep ulnar nerve in the palm. Muscle & Nerve 1994;17(9):1109.
14. Huynh TQ, Wertsch JJ, Park TA, Del Toro DR: Mapping of proximal peroneal motor responses. Muscle & Nerve 1994;17(9):1079.
15. Del Toro DR, Park TA: Abductor hallucis false motor points: Electrophysiologic mapping and cadaveric dissection. Muscle Nerve 1995;18(9):1061-1062.
16. Jurell KC, Park TA, Del Toro DR: Generator sources for the early and late ulnar hypothenar premotor potentials: Short segment electrophysiologic studies and cadaveric dissection. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1995;76(11):1045.
17. Del Toro DR, Park TA: Optimal G1 site for abductor digiti minimi pedis based on false motor point distribution. Muscle Nerve 1996;19(9):1195.
18. Park TA, Castillo D, Del Toro DR: Unexpected orthodromic sensory nerve "cross-over" entirely due to volume conduction. Muscle Nerve 1996;19(9):1195-1196.
19. DeDianous DD, Park TA, Del Toro DR, Welshofer JA: Deep ulnar nerve vs. recurrent median nerve stimulation thresholds: Normals and carpal tunnel syndrome. Muscle Nerve 1996;19(9):1196.
20. Park TA, Del Toro DR, Metzler J: The Effect of E1 Pressure on Compound Muscle Action Potential (CMAP) Amplitude. Muscle Nerve 1999; 22(9):1308.
21. Park TA, Del Toro DR, Bardfield S: Volume-Conducted Extensor Digitorum Brevis (EDB) CMAP: Axial and Radial Decay. Muscle Nerve 1999; 22(9):1308.
22. Del Toro DR, Park TA, Ananta P: Extensor Digitorum Brevis (EDB) False Motor Points (FMPs): A Mapping Study. Muscle Nerve 1999; 22(9):1307.
23. Del Toro DR, Dei RL, Marquardt T: Electrodiagnostic Findings and Surgical Outcome in Isolated 1st Branch Lateral Plantar Neuropathy: A Case Series. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2002; 83(11):
24. Del Toro, R., Zaza, D., White, K., A Retrospective Review of Isolated Tibial Neuropathies in the Foot. Muscle and Nerve; 2005: p.517.
25. Del Toro, R., Benson, J., Miao, H., Dillingham, T., Brown, K., Rigid Versus Soft Dressings in the Postoperative Wound Management of Transtibial Amputations. AAPM&R; p.E31.
 
Database, Video, or Other Research/Clinical Contributions
1. Del Toro DR: Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of the Foot. An AANEM Educational Video/DVD, December 2009. Edited by Nandedkar S & Nandedkar A.