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Hyngstrom Schlindler-Ivens Kim Dechant   Ryan Callison Bill Cullinan  

The Science That Heals: An Inside Look at Marquette’s Neuro Recovery Clinic

RECORDED THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 

Presented by: Allison Hyngstrom, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Physical Therapy Department in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University; Sheila Schindler-Ivens, Ph.D, PT '89, associate professor of physical therapy in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University; Kim DeChant, PT, DPT, NCS, H Sci '05, PT '07, physical therapist and the clinic coordinator for the Neuro Recovery Clinic in the College of Health Sciences; Ryan Callison, physical therapy student
Moderated by: William E. Cullinan, Ph.D., PT '81, professor and dean of the Marquette University College of Health Sciences and director of the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center

Marquette’s Neuro Recovery Clinic (NRC) — is a first-in-the-state facility embodying the university’s pillars of excellence, leadership and service through impact on our students and the community. Learn from clinic faculty and a current PT student about how they are making a difference for adults and children coping with disorders from spinal cord and brain injuries to degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

Within the NRC, expert staff and faculty from Marquette’s Physical Therapy, Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy programs serve alongside committed undergraduate and graduate students as specialized therapists, providing intensive and long-term services not available elsewhere in our current regional health care marketplace. As we look toward our goal of maximizing the clinic’s impact through an ambitious expansion, we are poised to help more patients achieve optimal neural recovery by fully integrating physical, occupational and speech therapy.

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Allison Hyngstrom, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the Physical Therapy Department in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University. She combines her training and expertise in both physical therapy and neuroscience, using biomechanical measurement systems to study muscle fatigue and motor impairment in people with strokes and spinal cord injuries.

Sheila Schindler-Ivens, Ph.D., is associate professor of physical therapy in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University. She teaches in Marquette’s nationally ranked physical therapy program and is the director of the Neuromuscular Control of Movement Laboratory. Her research aims to understand the way in which the brain and spinal cord control human locomotion, and how the nervous system adapts to produce locomotion following brain injury.

Kim DeChant, PT, DPT, NCS, is a physical therapist and the clinic coordinator for the Neuro Recovery Clinic in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University. The Neuro Recovery Clinic, the first of its kind in Wisconsin, provides excellent neurological rehabilitation and promotes fitness focused on nervous system recovery, optimal function, and lifelong wellness driven by clinical specialists, state-of-the-art technology, and evidence-based practice. Kim’s treatment approach focuses on holistic care that enriches each person's lives and improves quality of life.

Ryan Callison is a junior in the Exercise Physiology program and a DPT-3 student in the Direct Admit Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program at Marquette. Ryan currently serves as a College of Health Sciences ambassador, student alumni ambassador and has worked as a rehab aide in the Neruo Recovery Clinic during his sophomore year.

William E. Cullinan, Ph.D., is professor and dean of the Marquette University College of Health Sciences and director of the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center. Dr. Cullinan will moderate the panel discussion.