Kathy Zebracki Jefson, PHD, MA

• Not Board Certified, Psychology, null

Graduate School|Case Western Reserve University|Cleveland|OH|United States of America|01/17/2003

Internship|Children's Memorial Hospital|Chicago|IL||06/30/2006

Graduate School|Case Western Reserve University|Cleveland|OH|United States of America|08/11/2006

Fellowship|Loyola University Chicago|Chicago|IL||06/30/2008

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Clinical Professor

• 2023-Present: Co-Chair, Paediatric Special Interest Group, International Spinal Cord Society
• 2017-Present: Board of Directors, Steel Assembly Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction
• 2016-2022: Board of Directors, American Spinal Injury Association
• 2015-2018: Board of Directors, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
• 2014-2016: Chair, Pediatrics Committee, American Spinal Injury Association
• 2011-Present: Chair, Professional Advisory Council, Illinois Spina Bifida Association

• 2016-Present: Editor-in-Chief, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
• 2015-Present: Associate Editor, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
• 2011-2020: Editorial Board, Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
• 2012-2016: Editorial Board, Journal of Pediatric Psychology

• 2023: Elected as Fellow, American Spinal Injury Association
• 2022: Distinguished Service Award, American Spinal Injury Association
• 2021: Elected as Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 22 Rehabilitation Psychology
• 2020: Elected as Fellow, American Psychological Association. Division 54 Pediatric Psychology

• Instructional Course: International Spinal Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting; Understanding the life-long complications to improve biopsychosocial function and quality of life (10/2023)
• Invited Lecture: Higgy-Con Annual Higgy Bears Convention; Psychological Needs in Youth with Scoliosis (07/2023)
• Grand Rounds: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine; Transition to adult care in pediatric spinal cord injury (10/2022)
• Instructional Course: XIII Congreso Internacional, XXII Congreso Nacional Peruano, Medicina Fisica y Rehabilitacion; Key elements and challenges in transition from pediatric to adult spinal cord injury care (08/2022)
• Pre-course: Scientific Meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association; Unique needs of children and adolescents with SCI (05/2022)
• Instructional Course: American Spinal Injury Association Annual Meeting; Management of spinal cord injuries in youth and adolescents (04/2019)