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Good Shepherd Rehabilitation’s physician-led feeding teams assess and care for medically fragile newborns and children who have feeding and/or swallowing difficulties preventing them from meeting their nutritional needs.
Good Shepherd offers pediatric feeding therapy at inpatient and outpatient settings.
Call 1.888.447.3422 (44.REHAB) to learn more or to schedule an appointment with one of our feeding therapy experts.
Many of our pediatric feeding patients struggle with eating or drinking, or they weigh less or gain weight at a slower rate than is typical for their age. We also support children who are ready to make the transition from tube feeding to eating by mouth.
Our feeding therapy team provides care for newborns and children ages 1 through 21.
Our outpatient pediatric intensive feeding program is one of 19 that meets the International Association for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing‘s criteria, while our inpatient is one of only five internationally.
Kimberly Kuchinski, MD, MPH, is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician (physiatry) and Medical Director, Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with Good Shepherd Rehabilitation .
Dr. Kuchinski specializes in pediatric rehabilitation and provides inpatient and outpatient care. Her expertise includes spasticity management, brain injury, feeding difficulties, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy and concussion.
To request a pediatric feeding disorder evaluation for your child, call 1.888.447.3422 or fill out the form below.