Journal Club: Scoping review of prevalence of neurologic comorbidities in patients hospitalized for COVID 19

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Please review the following article: Herman_et_al_2020_neuro_COVID.pdf

This session will be lead by Cristina Colón-Semenza

Dr. Cristina Colón-Semenza is a Research Scientist at The Center for Neurorehabilitation where she focuses upon studying behavior change related to exercise for individuals with neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Colón-Semenza has extensive experience working as a physical therapist across the spectrum of neurological disorders and across practice settings. Additionally, she is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy. She recently received her PhD from the program in Rehabilitation Science at Boston University. Dr. Colón-Semenza’s dissertation work focused upon motivation for exercise in people with Parkinson disease. Prior to her graduate work, Dr. Colón-Semenza practiced at the University of Connecticut’s Nayden Rehabilitation Clinic where she specialized in the evaluation and
treatment of individuals with neurological diseases and disorders. She received her Master of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Delaware and her Bachelor of Science from
Rutgers College.
Dr. Colón-Semenza has published several peer-reviewed articles and has presented nationally and internationally on topics related to neurologic physical therapy practice. Dr. Colón-Semenza is an active participant of the American Physical Therapy Association, both locally and nationally. She is a delegate to the House of Delegates for the state of Connecticut and is a co-chairperson of the Special Interest Group focused upon Neurologic Physical Therapy through the American Physical Therapy Association, Connecticut chapter. She is a board member of the Connecticut chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association.

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