Fellowship
The Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine offers a
comprehensive two-year fellowship training program that provide
trainees with in-depth exposure to all aspects of pediatric
rehabilitation medicine. One position per year is offered to
eligible candidates. Click here for more information on the Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship.
Contact:
Robert Rinaldi, MD
Director
Phone: (816) 234-3970
rrinaldi@cmh.edu
Desiree Roge, MD
Associate Director
Phone: (816) 234-3970
dlroge@cmh.edu
Residents
Our division actively engages in resident education. In
conjunction with the University of Kansas School of Medicine
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, we provide a two-month
rotation in pediatric rehabilitation medicine for general
residents. Click here for more information about resident education.
Contact:
Desiree Roge, MD
Associate Director
Phone: (816) 234-3970
dlroge@cmh.edu
Medical Students
In addition to fellow and resident training, we provide
educational experiences in pediatric rehabilitation medicine for
medical students from the three major medical schools in Kansas
City, as well as from outside the Kansas City region. Learn more about medical education at
Children's Mercy.
Contact:
Robert Rinaldi, MD
Director
Phone: (816) 234-3970
rrinaldi@cmh.edu
Continuing Education
The Rehabilitation Medicine team is also engaged in providing
continuing education to health care providers within the community.
Recent activities include:
- Spasticity - Pathophysiology and Management Conference; Beyond
Rehab: Succeeding at Life; Brain Injury Association of Kansas and
Greater Kansas City. Overland Park, Kan., March 2009
- Assessment and Rehabilitation in TBI; Kansas Neurological
Disability Support Project: TBI Mini Team Educational Symposium.
Kansas City, Kan., October 2009
- Torticollis: Pathophysiology, Assessment and Management;
Clinical Advances in Pediatrics Symposium. The Children's Mercy
Hospital and Clinics, November 2009
- Evidence-Based Management of Sports Concussion - What Are We
Learning? with guest speaker Michael Collins, PhD from University
of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Pediatric Grand Rounds, The
Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, Mo., December
2009
- Identification of a Gene Causing Hereditary Spherocytosis in
Mouse and Man; Academic Scholar Conference. Children's Mercy
Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., February 13, 2009
- The Search for a Novel Gene for Hereditary Spherocytosis Using
the Nan (Neonatal Anemia) Mouse Model; Kansas University Medical
Center. Kansas City, Kan., January 26, 2009
- Identification of a Gene Causing Hereditary Spherocytosis in
Mouse and Man; UMKC School of Dentistry Bone Research Group
Seminar, July 8, 2009
