New Insights Into Paediatric SCI Pain

Dr Kathy Zebracki,

Ph.D.

Dr. Zebracki is Chief of Psychology at Shriners Children’s Chicago and an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Zebracki is an active clinician, researcher, and educator.

Her primary clinical interests are in the care of youth with physical disabilities and chronic health conditions. Her research focuses on the psychosocial and medical outcomes of youth with spinal cord dysfunctions, including spinal cord injury and spina bifida. She serves as a clinical and research mentor for clinical psychology doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows.

Dr. Zebracki has authored over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, 18 book chapters, and over 200 presentations or posters at national and international meetings. Dr. Zebracki is a Co-Editor of the textbook, Spinal Cord Injury in the Child and Young Adult, an Associate Editor of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, and former Editor-in-Chief of Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation.

Pleased to be presenting with

Dr Julian Taylor, Hospital Nacional de Paraplejicos, Toledo, Spain

Dr Alexander Rouse, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK

Kirsten Hart, National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK