• Evidence-Based Pediatric Rehabilitation

• Physician and Provider Wellness Thought Leader

My Practice: More Than Two Decades Serving Patients

I am a pediatric rehabilitation specialist, trained at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Mayo Clinic, with exposure to extremely diverse patient populations nationally and internationally. I am an active attending physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. In addition, I maintain a private practice and am paneled with the state of California for California Children’s Services.

In my practice, I comprehensively evaluate the developmental and functional capabilities of each individual in my care—birth to age 21. For adults, I provide specialized services for an array of rare conditions such as mucopolysaccharidosis, Pompe, Rett Syndrome, and those with cerebral palsy and spasticity needs.

I collaborate with each individual’s medical, physical, occupational, and speech therapy team members and provide a wide variety of services including but not limited to recommendations for imaging, vision, eating, speech, postural alignment, range of motion, spasticity management, serial casting, bracing, modalities, skin care, mobility, and bowel and bladder while also forging compassionate connections with other individuals involved with the patients’ care.

Making a Difference in More Than a Thousand Patients’ Lives

Over my career, I have served well over a thousand patients, evaluating the latest literature and modalities, noting what works and doesn’t work, proactively collaborating with more than 100 physical, occupational, and speech therapists and with those with knowledge of the latest technology, treatment, and interventions for individuals with complex medical, equipment, and movement needs.

Medical Writing and Editing and the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (JPRM)

As the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach (JPRM), I am responsible for the publication of the latest peer-reviewed literature in my field. Additionally, I co-authored multiple chapters of the Pediatric Rehabilitation textbook for the 2010, 2015, and 2020 editions. Topics included spina bifida, orthopedics, musculoskeletal conditions, and rheumatology.  

JPRM is published quarterly and is designed to parallel the multidisciplinary teams caring for children, adolescents, and adults with childhood-onset physical disabilities and complex care needs worldwide. The aim of JPRM is to engage a diverse group of international experts with the goal of providing readers with comprehensive information regarding children and adolescents requiring rehabilitation. JPRM brings together specialists from medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, nutrition, child life, family-centered care, and occupational, physical, and speech therapy.

Topics include, though are not limited to, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, spina bifida, limb deficiency, muscular dystrophy, stroke, cancer, developmental delays, and rare disorders. 

The journal welcomes papers dedicated to pediatric rehabilitation from a global health perspective. For manuscript submissions, authorship involving at least two different specialties is encouraged, although not required, to facilitate a collaborative and transdisciplinary approach.

Manuscripts are blinded and peer reviewed including biostatistical analysis. Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scoping reviews, guidelines, protocols, care pathways, case reports, book reviews, commentaries, editorials, and dates for future conferences.