Angela Shierk, Ph.D., O.T.R., graduated with a masters in occupational therapy from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and a Ph.D. in occupational therapy from Texas Woman’s University. She has worked as an occupational therapist in pediatric settings including outpatient clinics, inpatient rehabilitation, and public schools.
She is currently an assistant professor at Texas Woman’s University in the Department of Occupational Therapy, and a research occupational therapist at Scottish Rite for Children. Her research focuses on improving upper limb function using a variety of modalities for children with cerebral palsy. Specifically, the research explores the effectiveness of constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) with and without the use of virtual reality, therapy following botulinum toxin injections, and the effectiveness of home programs.
Kelly Jeans earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California in Exercise Science and her Masters of Science degree from California State University, Long Beach. After finishing her Master’s Thesis, A Kinematic Analysis of Deep Water Running in Arthritic Individuals, she joined Scottish Rite for Children in 2001, to continue her passion for research.
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Over the last 20 years, she has collaborated with researchers interdepartmentally, including orthopedics, Orthotics and Prosthetics, therapy services and with outside organizations. Her career has focused on the study of movement patterns and cardiovascular fitness in clinical populations including clubfoot, lower extremity amputation, cerebral palsy, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and early onset scoliosis. She also coordinates and manages the clinical service, the Movement Science Lab, has at Scottish Rite for Children. She is a member of the Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS) and the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC), where she serves on the board of directors.
Pediatric Orthopedic SurgeonProfessor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Harry Kim, M.D., M.S., is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and director of the Center for Excellence in Hip at Scottish Rite for Children and sees patients at our Dallas campus.
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics | Neurology
Dr. Hong “Johnny” Zhang is the director of creative innovations for the Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay/Martha and Pat Beard Center for Excellence in Spine Research at Scottish Rite for Children. He also serves as a clinical professor in the department of orthopaedic surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Associate Professor
Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development | Orthopaedic Surgery | Pediatrics
Dr. Jonathan Rios earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Tarleton State University and his doctorate degree in Genetics from Texas A&M University in College Station. After completing… a post-doctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), he joined the Division of Molecular Genetics at Scottish Rite for Children (SRC) in 2011.
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