Dr. Howard Shane is the Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement in the Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otology and Otolaryngology at Harvard Medical

James is a Paediatrician and Rehabilitation Physician with over 20 years’ clinical experience. He was recently appointed as Deputy Director, Medical Services, Women’s and Children’s Health Network, as part of the Network leadership team. James is the current President of the

Unni Narayanan is a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon and Senior Associate Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where he is currently the Fellowship Director of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is an Associate Professor

Dr. Maitre is a board-certified neonatologist and research investigator with a focus on neurodevelopment in high-risk newborns and developmental interventions after neural injury. Before joining us at Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, she was the Director of the

Jan Willem Gorter, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He is Director and a scientist at CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research (www.canchild.ca)

Dr. Laurie Glader is the Pediatric Complex Care Division Chief and Medical Director of the Cerebral Palsy Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital. A graduate of Stanford University and UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Glader completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in

Deborah Gaebler-Spira completed a Pediatric residency at the University of Chicago and then pursued a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (previously Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). She is board certified in

Dr. Friel’s research focuses on the importance of motor activity in cerebral palsy neurorehabilitation. Her laboratory aims to improve hand function in children and adults with CP. Her research examines the neural connections that are important for dexterous hand control

Dr. Fowler is a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She received her degree in Physical Therapy from Northeastern University in Boston and her PhD in Kinesiology from UCLA with a major in Biomechanics and a

Diane L. Damiano, Ph.D, PT, is a tenure-track scientist and Chief of the Functional and Applied Biomechanics Section at National Institutes of Health* in Bethesda, Maryland. Her research focuses on the use of portable brain