Call for papers: Special Issue on “Exercise for Individuals with Disabilities and Medical Complexity” (submission deadline: Nov 15, 2023)
Aims & Scope
The Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (JPRM): An Interdisciplinary Approach Throughout the Lifespan is designed to parallel the multidisciplinary teams caring for children, adolescents and adults with childhood-onset physical disabilities and complex care needs worldwide. Published quarterly, topics include, and 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. Furthermore, the journal welcomes papers dedicated to pediatric rehabilitation from a global health perspective.
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. For manuscript submissions, authorship involving at least two different specialties is encouraged, although not required, to facilitate a transdisciplinary and collaborative 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.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Elaine L. Pico, MD, FAAP, FAAPM & R
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
747 52nd St, Oakland, CA 94609
USA
Email: Elaine.Pico@ucsf.edu
Founding Editor
Jacob A. Neufeld, MD †
Managing Editor
Sara Tinsley
Email: jprmst@gmail.com
Consulting Editor
Janet Neufeld
Associate Editors
Academic
Colleen A. Wunderlich, MD, MSc
Prisma Health, University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC, USA
colleen.wunderlich@prismahealth.org
Associate Editors at Large
Glendaliz Bosques, MD
Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX, USA
glendaliz.bosques@austin.utexas.edu
Deborah Gaebler-Spira, MD
Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
Chicago, IL, USA
dgaebler@sralab.org
Sruthi Pandipati Thomas, MD, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine/ Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
spthomas@texaschildrens.org
Case Reports
Rochelle Dy, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, USA
rtdy@texaschildrens.org
Cerebral Palsy
Michael M. Green, DO
University of Utah
Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Mike.Green@hsc.utah.edu
Heakyung Kim, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Heakyung.Kim@utsouthwestern.edu
Commentary
Virginia S. Nelson, MD, MPH
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
vsnelson@med.umich.edu
Complex Care
Rishi K. Agrawal, MD, MPH
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
ragrawal@luriechildrens.org
Education
Margaret A. Turk, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY, USA
turkm@upstate.edu
Ethics
Christian J. Vercler, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
cvercler@med.umich.edu
Global Health and Spina Bifida
Jonathan Castillo, MD, MPH
Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine
Missouri City, TX, USA
jcporter@texaschildrens.org
Spina Bifida
Timothy Brei, MD
Spina Bifida Association
Arlington, VA, USA
Timothy.Brei@seattlechildrens.org
Physician Wellness
Renat Sukhov, MD
NYU Langone
New York, NY, USA
renat.sukhov@nyulangone.org
Quality Control
Rita N. Ayyangar, MD
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
ayyangar@umich.edu
Resident and Fellows Program
Didem Inanoglu, MD
Franciscan Children's Hospital
Spaulding Rehabilitation Medicine
Boston, MA, USA
Dinanoglu@franciscanchildrens.org
Systematic Reviews
Kat Kolaski, MD
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
kkolaski@wakehealth.edu
Social Media
Kayla M. Williams, MD
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX, USA
Kayla.Williams2@utsouthwestern.edu
Editorial Board
Assistive Technology & Augmentative Communication
Diane Bryen, PhD
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Biostatistics
Jane L. Hutton, PhD
University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Kate Wan-Chu Chang, MS, MA
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Rick D. Tivis, MPH
Statistically Speaking, LLC
Meridian, ID, USA
Dentistry
Brian J. Sanders, DDS, MS
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Early Intervention
Jessica Pruente, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Emergency Medicine
George L. Foltin, MD
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Exercise Medicine
Daniel K. Halvorsen VII, MS, PhD
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Hematology/Oncology
Jonathan L. Finlay, MD
Children's Center for Cancer & Blood Diseases
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Legal
Robert D. Dinerstein, JD
Washington College of Law
Washington, DC, USA
Neonatology
Jay P. Goldsmith, MD
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA, USA
Neurology
Florian Heinen, MD
University of Munich
Munich, Germany
Susan T. Iannaccone, MD, FAAN
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Neuroradiology
Nadja Kadom, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA
Neurosurgery
Karin Muraszko, MD
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Whitney E. Muhlestein, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Yamaan Saadeh, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Obstetrics and Gynecology
R. Douglas Wilson, MD
Alberta Health Services Calgary Zone
Calgary, Canada
Pediatrics/PM&R
Dawn E. Deike, DO
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Amy J. Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Kevin P. Murphy, MD
Sanford Health System
Bismarck, ND, USA
Perinatology
Andrew Dean Hull, MD
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
Physical Therapy
Roslyn Boyd, PhD
The University of Queensland Australia
Herston, Australia
Deborah E. Thorpe, PT, PhD
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Richard L. Segal, PT, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
Prosthetics/Orthotics
Robert Lipschutz, CP
Northwestern University
Prosthetics-Orthotics Center
Chicago, IL, USA
Psychology
Michele Zaccario, PhD
Pace University
New York City, NY, USA
Speech Pathology
Harrison N. Jones, PhD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC, USA
Spina Bifida
Heidi Castillo, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Missouri City, TX, USA
Judy K. Thibadeau, RN, MN
Spina Bifida Association
Arlington, VA, USA
Contributing Editors
Mei-ji Fong
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Katherine Middleton
The Royal Children’s Hospital, Monash Health
Kingsville, Australia
Janet Neufeld, RN, MA (retired)
USA
Rachel Neufeld, BA
USA
Melanie Schille
Soka University of America
Aliso Viejo, CA, USA
Katy Stauffer, MS
Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Champaign, IL, USA
Sofia Vitale
Soka University of America
Aliso Viejo, CA, USA
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In-house submissions are subjected to the peer review process described above. Co-authors who are also members of the Editorial Board are not involved in any way with the peer review process of articles of their (co-)authorship, and are asked to disclose this information in the section conflict of interest.
The Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine honors Founding Editor Jacob A. Neufeld, who passed away in 2017, for his dedication, leadership and contributions to the journal.
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