Darcy Fehlings, Professor, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Darcy Fehlings is a developmental paediatrician and professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. She is a senior clinician scientist in the Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Her clinical and research work focuses on the innovation and evaluation of interventions for children with cerebral palsy including hypertonia interventions, early detection, constraint therapy, dystonia and pain management.
She is the lead investigator of an Ontario Brain Institute integrated neuroscience network focused on children with cerebral palsy (CP-NET) which includes a focus on the genomics of cerebral palsy. She has held positions as the inaugural head of the University of Toronto Division of Developmental Paediatrics (2006-2022) and president of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (2015).
Projects:
- Finding a Way to Diagnosis Cerebral Palsy Sooner
- Combining Games and Exercise for Kids with Cerebral Palsy and FASD
- Cerebral Palsy Genetics
- The Canadian Cerebral Palsy Registry
- Expansion of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Registry
- Knowledge Translation Cerebral Palsy Network
- Understanding the Cellular Mechanisms of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy
- The Benefits of Active Video Games for Youth with Cerebral Palsy
