Brain Injury
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Phone:
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9845 2132
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Fax:
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9845 0685
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Email:
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jennya2@chw.edu.au
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Location:
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Children's Assessment Centre, Outpatients building, level 3
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Website:
The Brain Injury Service sees children and adolescents who have suffered an acquired brain injury either through a motor vehicle accident, fall, stroke or other disease process.
We aim to help children and adolescents reach their potential in all areas of development by providing a multi-disciplinary team approach to assist with physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and emotional difficulties.
We provide:
- inpatient rehabilitation
- outpatient clinics
- outreach services including home and school visits as well as community liaison.
How to make an appointment:
For appointments or referrals please phone the Intake Officer on 9845 2132 or 9845 2131.
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Clinics
Brain Injury Clinics run each Wednesday morning. Appointments last approximately 1 hour.
From here, referrals can be made to other specialist clinics within the Rehabilitation Department or Hospital. For example, Spasticity Management Program, Botulinin Toxin Program, Intrathecal Baclofen Program, Eye Clinic and Orthotic Clinic.
Staff
The Brain Injury Service is provided by a range of professionals, including:
- Dr Jenny Ault, Paediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
- Dr Stephen O'Flaherty, Paediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
- Dr Mary-Clare Waugh, Paediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
- Dr Adam Scheinberg, Paediatric Rehabilitation Specialist
- Case Managers
- Clinical Nurse Consultants
- Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Clinical Psychologists
- Cognitive Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Registrars
- Social Worker
- Speech Pathologist
Inpatient services are provided by some members of the Rehabilitation Department in conjunction with clinicians from Nursing, Allied Health and other Departments within the Hospital.
Related services and clinics
Last updated: Wednesday the 9th of March, 2005
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