Joyce Oleszek, MD, is a Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Co-director of the Complex Surgical Tone and Rhizotomy Program at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She has practiced at Children’s Hospital Colorado for 20 years, and her clinical interests include cerebral palsy, tone management and neuromuscular disorders. She is involved in the hospital’s Center for Gait and Movement Analysis, and she assists in the intraoperative monitoring for rhizotomy surgeries.
Her primary research interest is in the tone management of children with cerebral palsy. She has participated in numerous research studies and multi-center clinical trials in this area. She has also authored numerous publications and book chapters. She is active in the Cerebral Palsy Research Network and spearheaded the development of its clinical registry at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
She is a member of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and has served on numerous committees, including serving as the Chair of the Adaptive Sports Committee. She is a United States Paralympic Track & Field National Medical Classifier, and she classified pediatric athletes at the Junior Nationals event this summer in Denver, Colorado – a week-long national sport event for young athletes with disabilities.
