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About Me

Deborah Gaebler-Spira, MD, has worked with families and children with cerebral palsy for the last 30 years. She has actively collaborated with pediatric neurology, pediatric orthopedics and pediatric neurosurgery to provide integrated care that maximizes children'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. She is a Professor in the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.