
Display Name Deborah Gaebler-Spira, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and PM&R, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Pediatric Amputee Chief
Telephone Number
1-844-355-ABLEAbout Me
About Me
Dr. Deborah Gaebler-Spira is a Professor of Pediatrics and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has worked with families and children with cerebral palsy over the last 30 years. She has actively collaborated with pediatric neurology, pediatric orthopedics and pediatric neurosurgery to provide integrated care that maximizes the child's potential for function. In addition she has collaborated with the Sensory Motor performance lab to include children in the study of spasticity and robotics. She has been active in the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy as president and now as chairman of the publication committee and member of the Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology editorial board. In the past she served as the AAPMR liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics section on Children with Disability. Locally she has been on the Pathways Awareness Foundation board.
Location
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
355 East Erie
Chicago, IL 60611
Conditions Treated / Services
Education & Training
Credential
Credential
Honors & Awards
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Goldstein AwardUnited Cerebral Palsy Foundation, 2005
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Pathways Pioneer AwardPathways, 2013
Certificates & Licenses
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Board Certified in PediatricsAmerican Board of Pediatrics
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Board Certified in Physical Medicine and RehabilitiationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Board Certified in Pediatric Rehabilitaion MedicineAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Grants
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Transforming Healthcare for Women with DisabilitiesCerebral Palsy International Research Foundation
, 2015 - 2018
Research Interests
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Cerebral Palsy
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Spasticity
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Early Identification of Cerebral Palsy
Patients
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Dr. Gaebler seeing patients 15 months and younger.