Contributors xiii

Koichiro Matsuo, DDS, PhD Patricia W. Nance, MD, FRCPC, FAAPMR

Department of Special Care Dentistry Professor
Matsumoto Dental University University of California – Irvine
Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan Chief
Rehabilitation of Patients With Swallowing Disorders Rehabilitation Service
Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System
Dennis J. Matthews, MD Long Beach, California
Associate Clinical Professor Spasticity Management
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine Michael W. O’Dell, MD
Chair and Medical Director Chief of Clinical Services
The Children’s Hospital Rehabilitation Center Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Denver, Colorado NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical Center
R. Samuel Mayer, MD Professor
Vice Chair for Education Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine
Deputy Director Division of Rehabilitation Medicine
Quality Improvement Weill Cornell Medical College
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation New York, New York
Johns Hopkins Hospital The Physiatric History and Physical Examination
Baltimore, Maryland
Transplantation of Organs: Rehabilitaion to Maximize Bryan J. O’Young, MD
Outcomes Clinical Associate Professor
Rehabilitation Medicine
Craig M. McDonald, MD New York University School of Medicine
Chair Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Langone Medical Center
Professor New York University
Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation New York, New York
Director Transplantation of Organs: Rehabilitaion to Maximize
NIDRR, RRTC in Neuromuscular Diseases Outcomes
Director
MDA Neuromuscular Disease Clinics Heather S. Ohl, RN, BSN, CRRN
University of California School of Medicine Coordinator
Davis, California Prospective Payment System
Myopathic Disorders Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic
John Melvin, BSc, MD, MMSc Rochester, Minnesota
Chair and Michie Professor Quality and Outcome Measures for Medical Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Medicine
Jefferson Medical College Joyce Oleszek, MD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Assistant Professor
International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department of Rehabilitation
University of Colorado – Denver
Laura Ann Miller, PhD, CP Aurora, Colorado
Assistant Professor Cerebral Palsy
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neural Engineering Center for Artificial Limbs Jeffrey B. Palmer, MD
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Professor of Physical Medicine
Chicago, Illinois and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Restoration in Lower Limb Chair
Amputation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
Daniel P. Moore, MD Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Chair School of Medicine
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johns Hopkins University
East Carolina University Physiatrist-in-Chief
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johns Hopkins Hospital
Greenville, North Carolina Chair
Spinal Orthoses Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Rehabilitation of Patients With Swallowing Disorders