Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Our Children's House at Baylor offers a Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation program for children who have had catastrophic injuries, chronic illnesses, congenital disorders and other medical issues. Our comprehensive program supports children as they prepare to leave the hospital and return home.

When children are admitted to the program, they undergo a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team assessment. With this information, the team designs an individualized treatment plan to address the child's specific needs. Our team continually monitors the child's progress to determine if adjustments should be made to his or her treatment.

We make every effort to include a child's family during his or her treatment. Our experienced staff helps teach the family about their child's condition and how to manage symptoms at home. In addition to learning medical and therapeutic care, they can participate in patient care conferences with other members of the treatment team. Additionally, we offer parents resources to cope with stress and other difficulties during their child's treatment.

Conditions Treated
We specialize in treating children who have lost some functional abilities due to injury or illness, such as walking, talking, eating, breathing, thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Amputees
• Anoxic brain injuries
• Any debilitating disorder
• Any end-stage disorder
• Cancer disorder (acute lymphatic leukemia, tumor resection)
• Closed head injuries (CHI)
• CNS infections (menengitis, encephalitis)
• Coma management
• Degenerative disorders (muscular distrophy)
• IV-antibiotics (osteomyelitis)
• Multi-trauma injuries (orthopaedic injuries, wound care, burns)
• Neuromuscular disorders (guillain-Barr, transverse myelitis)
• Pre- and post-transplant
• Seizures
• Sickle-cell crisis
• Spinal cord injuries (SCI)
• Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)

Services Provided
We offer the following specialized services:

• Aquatic therapy
• Care coordination/case management
• Child Life specialists
• Medical management provided by pediatric specialists
• Neuropsychology
• Nutrition services
• Occupational therapy
• On-site education
• Pediatric nursing services
• Physical therapy
• Psychology
• Respiratory therapy
• Social work services
• Speech-language pathology
• Spiritual support and counseling
• Wound care management

Experienced Care
The specially trained physicians on staff at Our Children's House at Baylor have both clinical and academic experience in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

• Frank E. McDonald, M.D., associate medical director of Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation at Our Children's House at Baylor.
• Jean deLeon, M.D., associate medical director of Rehabiliation Services and Wound Care, Baylor Specialty Hospital.
• Robert Beard, M.D., pediatric critical care and internal medicine specialist.
• Emily G Herbert, M.D., pediatric critical care and internal medicine specialist.
• Joan Mayfield, Ph.D., pediatric psychologist/neuropsychologist.