Stroke Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group
Stroke remains one of the world’s leading causes of disability. What are you doing to promote best treatment and assessment for stroke?
The mission of the ACRM Stroke Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (STROKE ISIG) is to be a leader in interdisciplinary stroke rehabilitation—both in clinical practice and research—by promoting high standards of rehabilitation practice, education, and research among professionals with common interests in stroke.

Executive Committee
Chair
Elena V. Donoso Brown, PhD, OTR/L
Associate Professor
Duquesne University
Email: donosobrowne@duq.edu
Past-Chair
Maria Cecilia Alpasan, MA, OTR/L, PhD
Quality and Education Coordinator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Email: MariaCecilia.Alpasan@cshs.org
Secretary
Valerie Hill, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor and Director of Healthy Goals Life Management Lab
Ohio State University
Membership Committee
Brianne (Brie) E. Darcy, PT, DPT
Director of Clinical Research
Moterum Technologies, Inc.
Email: brie@moterumtechnologies.com
Member-at-Large
Julie Schwertfeger, PhD, PT, DPT, MBA, CBIST, NCS
Assistant Professor, Rehabilitation Science & Family Medicine
Clinical Asst Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology
Clinical Asst Professor, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neuroscience
LSU Health, Shreveport
Member-at-Large
Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor of Physical Activity and Health Promotion
Director, Disability and WELLness (DWELL) Laboratory
Affiliate Faculty, Rehabilitation Science Graduate Program
School of Kinesiology | College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota
Early Career Officer
OPEN
International ISIG Liaison
OPEN
Advisor
Pam Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Executive Director and Professor
Cedars-Sinai and California Rehabilitation Institute
Advisor / Founding Chair
Phil Morse, PhD, FACRM
Teacher/Mentor, Psychologist
Semi-retired
Email: makuhkovic@gmail.com
