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• Dana Bartlett Dasher, MD
• Charles Dillard, MD, MHSHA
• Katrina Lesher, MD
• Jennifer Barboza, CPNP-PC
• How to Refer to Physical Medicine and Rehab

Pediatric Rehabilitation

New “ZeroG” technology, a robotic body-weight support device that glides across an overhead track, is helping patients like 5-year-old Lucas Guinn walk again after serious injury or illness.

Telehealth Appointments Now Available

CHKD specialists are now offering secure and convenient appointments via telehealth. This means that your child can get the care they need from the CHKD physician you trust … all from the safety and comfort of your home. Read more about how the process works here. To schedule a telehealth appointment, call (757) 668-9915.

Rehabilitation Services for infants, children, and adolescents

CHKD's rehabilitation services provide a comprehensive approach to improving and restoring function through the use of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services for infants, children, and adolescents.

Whether your child has had an acute decline in function from injury, illness or surgery, or has functional challenges relating to a neuromuscular or musculoskeletal diagnosis, we have an extensive program aimed at family-centered care and optimizing functional independence of the patient.

We utilize a multidisciplinary approach with collaboration with orthopedics, mental health, pain and palliative medicine teams.

Our services include:

• Inpatient rehabilitation
• Outpatient therapy services
• Comprehensive special needs program and special therapy programs
• Rehab medicine
• Traumatic brain injury management
• Spasticity management
• Pain management
• Advanced technology and robotics therapy