Kate Rustem, Pt, Dpt Email & Phone Number

Grand Rapids, Michigan

- Treat children with a variety of diagnoses including: orthopedic diagnoses, idiopathic toe walking and other gait abnormalities, torticollis, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, hypotonia, and developmental delay.

Grand Rapids, MI

- Mentored with experienced therapists in both inpatient rehab and outpatient therapy settings. - Completed 1-year research investigating the effects of dynamic balance training using FES on balance performance in children with hemiplegic CP.

Advanced Topics Courses Completed:Advanced Topics: Pediatric Physical TherapyAdvanced Topics: Neurologic Physical TherapyClinical Rotations:St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Outpatient PT, Ann Arbor, MILength of Rotation: 5 weeksPatient Population: Outpatient orthopedic clinic serving patients with a variety of musculoskeletal diagnoses, primarily recovering from.

Lincoln Developmental Center

Lincoln Developmental Center is a center-based program in Kent County ISD serving children with severe and multiple impairments. I worked as a graduate assistant with their Power Wheelchair Training program, which uses a device that temporarily converts a student's manual wheelchair into a power chair in order to allow them to learn how to use powered.

Big Bay, MI

I worked as a counselor at Bay Cliff, a camp for children with special needs that provides comprehensive, intensive rehabilitation services to children in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I worked with the camp therapists to help campers reach their therapy goals.

Doctor Of Physical Therapy (Dpt), Physical Therapy

Activities and Societies: Class President

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Physiology, General

Activities and Societies: Circle K International