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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dr. Michael E. Msall is Professor of Pediatrics and Co Director of the Kennedy Research Center on Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. and director of the Developmental and Behavioral Pediatirc Fellowship Training Program .He was Chief of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Comer Children’s Hospital until June 2021. For the past 37 years, he has been involved with understanding the complexity of child, adolescent, and young adult developmental and functional outcomes whether genetic, medical, or rehabilitational. He has been involved in long term outcomes in initial surfactant clinic trials, cryosurgery for retinopathy of prematurity, hypothermia and epo for neonatal encephalopathy, inhaled nitric oxide for preterm respiratory failure, newborn screening for Krabbe Leukodystrophy, early detection of cerebral palsy multinational consortium, and role of inflammation, placenta, epigenetics and growth factors on outcomes of infants<28 weeks gestation through age 40 years.
He has received numerous awards for his work as a researcher and neurodevelopmental physcian including the Sir James Carreras International Variety Club Award for Physician Leadership in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities; the Illinois March of Dimes Jonas Salk Award, the Pathways Pioneer Award for Leadership in Research and Advocacy for Children in Illinois at Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disability, and the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology Mentor Award. He has trained over 100 developmental pediatricians, child neurologists, pediatric physiatrists, medical-pediatric and rehabilitation professionals as well as 30 advanced pediatric nurse paractioners in clinical and translational research to improve early identification, child functioning and participation, and family well being among children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
He developed with interdisciplinary colleagues, the pediatric functional independence measure: the Wee-FIM. More recently, he developed the Warner Initial Development Evaluation of Adaptive and Functional Skills (WIDEA-FS), which tracks emerging motor, communicative, and adaptive competencies in the first two years of life. He is currently involved in patient centered population registries for individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities to describe Child Health Impairment-Functioning, and Participation (CHI-FPS) before high school exit He is also involved in qualitative engagement research to improve caregiver well being and adult physical, behavioral, and social health.
He believes in the value and need for an interdisciplinary team of science, rehabilitation , and advocacy to optimize health and community supports for children, adolescents and adults with intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autistic spectrum disorder, spina bifida, epilepsy and genetic disabilities.He has benefitted from working with physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons, internists and physiatrists to promote living a full life for individuals with cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome , or autism spectrum disorders
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Monday, November 7, 2022
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
