Pediatric Therapy Team

Heather Miller, PT, DPT, PCS | Team Lead

Board-Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist

Expertise: Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, Cardiac Intensive Care, Chronic Lung Care, Infant Development

Hallie Lenker, PT, DPT | Team Coordinator

Survivorship Training and Rehabilitation certified, Credentialed Clinical Instructor

Expertise: Gait Dysfunction, Ankle Foot Orthotics, Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant, Serial Casting, Neuropathy

Julie Patterson, MS, OTR/L | Clinical Specialist

Expertise: Burns, Feeding, Oral Motor Skills, Neonatal ICU, Trauma, Neurological Conditions, Infant Development, Sensory Integration, Autism

Amy Bayliss, MS, OTR/L

Child Passenger Safety Technician

Expertise: Trauma/Critical Care, Splinting, Feeding, Oral Motor, Sensory Processing/Regulation, Burns, Neurological Conditions

Briel Gradinger, PT, DPT

Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician

Expertise:, Myofascial Release, Low Back Pain, Burn Management, Medically Complex Pediatric Patients

Holly Loosen, PT

Expertise: Cystic Fibrosis, Cardiac, Pulmonary, Burns, Transplant, Trauma, Medically Complex Pediatric Patients, Neonatal ICU/ Infants

Emily Rogers, PT, DPT, CPST

Expertise: Plagiocephaly, Torticollis, Developmental Delay, Oncology, Neonatal ICU/Infants

Kerry Vela, PT, DPT, PCS | JHH/GWU Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Director

Board-Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist, Credentialed Clinical Instructor, Dynamic Movement Intervention: DMI Introductory Level B Certified

Expertise: Chronic Critically Ill Infants, Medically Complex Infants, Neonatal ICU, Torticollis, Plagiocephaly, Developmental Delay, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Burn Management, Wheelchair Evaluations/Specialty Equipment