Hemiplegia TeamJason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.

Director, Motor Recovery Lab, Burke

Kathleen Friel, Ph.D.

Director, CP Research Laboratory, Burke

Julie Knitter, O.T.R.

Director, Occupational Therapy, Blythedale

Ka Lai Kelly Au, O.T.R.

Senior Occupational Therapist, Blythedale

Sue Morrow, O.T.R.

Senior Occupational Therapist, Blythedale

Talita Campos

Senior Research Assistant

The Burke-Blythedale Hemiplegia CenterA multidisciplinary center where children with hemiplegia receive expert

medical care and participate in state-of-the-art rehabilitation research

What Do We Offer?• Full assessments for children with hemiplegia• Referrals to therapies and treatments, including physical,

occupational, speech, and vision therapies• Treatment of spasticity

and joint contractures• Enrollment in cutting-edge

clinical research trials, including robotic therapy, intensive hand therapy, and non-invasive brain stimulation

To find out more, please visit:

www.burke.org/hemiplegiacenter

www.blythedale.org/hemiplegia- center-info

The Burke Rehabilitation Center

Blythedale Children’s Hospital

The Burke-Blythedale Hemiplegia

Center

Contact information:

Clinical Evaluations:Lindsey Echevarria

(914) 592-7555 ex. 71383hemiclinic@blythedale.org

Ongoing clinical trials:

Talita Campos(914) 592-7555 ex. 71385

clinicaltrials@blythedale.org

95 Bradhurst Avenue Valhalla, NY 10595

Intensive Hand Therapy

ApplyingNeuroscienceAdvances toChildren withHemiplegia

Robotic Therapy

Non-invasivebrainstimulation

Computerized Hand Training