Your Care Team

Reach your potential with support from a well-rounded team of medical experts at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital. Our doctors, therapists, nurses, and social workers provide coordinated care to make sure you get all the services you need.

Board–Certified Doctors

Your Burke care team is headed by a doctor who has primary responsibility for your medical management. Our doctors cover a range of specialties suited to the needs of our diverse patients. They call in other specialists as needed to ensure you get the best care. Meet our medical staff.

Inpatient Therapy Program Directors

Burke provides rehabilitation programs for the following diagnoses:

• Brain injury rehabilitation
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Orthopedic Rehabilitation
• Amputee Rehabilitation
• Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
• Neurological Rehabilitation
• Stroke rehabilitation

Highly qualified, compassionate professionals oversee these programs. They supervise program staff, provide ongoing support and education to their team members, and participate in research and professional conferences to stay current in their fields.

Chris Dal Ceredo, PT

Director, Amputee and Orthopedic Program

Elizabeth Dominick, PT, DPT, NCS

Director, Spinal Cord Injury/Neurological Program

Lisa Edelstein, OT

Director, Stroke Program

Rachel Feld-Glazman, OT

Director, Brain Injury Program

Jessica Norton, PT, DPT

Director, Cardiopulmonary Program

Registered Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants

Nurses tend to your day-to-day medical needs throughout your hospital stay. All our nurses are registered nurses (RN), and most are Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurses (CRRN). This certification shows they’re experienced and knowledgeable in helping people like you recover. They are supported by a team of Certified Nursing Assistants who help with your daily tasks such as showering and dressing, as needed.

Nurse Managers

Burke’s Nurse Managers head up teams on each unit in the hospital.

Valerie Vermiglio-Kohn, DNP, RN, CRRN

Vice President, Nursing, Chief Nursing Officer

Pauline Jones, M.Ed, FNP-BC, CRRN

AVP Nursing Services

Kathleen Dundee, MSN, RN, CWON

Director of Wound and Ostomy Services

Loriann O'Brien, MSN, RN, CRRN

Director of Informatics & Operations for Nursing

Toni Ann Rubin, BSN, RN, CRRN

Manager Stroke Unit

James DeMaria, RN, BNM

Manager Cardiopulmonary Unit

Grace Lim, MS, BSN, RN, WCC

Nurse Educator

Social Work Care Management

Burke’s social work care management team gets involved from the day of your arrival to plan and prepare for your eventual discharge. Discharge occurs once your medical team determines that you are ready to go home or to the next step in your recovery journey.

Social work care managers assist you by:

• Communicating with family and caregivers throughout your stay
• Scheduling formal meetings with family if needed
• Acting as liaisons to your insurance company case manager
• Identifying resources that will help you as you return to the community
• Providing emotional and social support to you and your family
• Arranging individual tutoring for adolescent patients if necessary

Juliette Kleinman, LCSW, ACSW

Director Social Work Care Management

For more information, reach out to  Director of Social Work Care Management Juliette Kleinman, LCSW, ACSW, at jkleinman@burke.org.