Meghan Burkhardt, MS, OTR/L
Locations: Main Building
About Meghan Burkhardt, MS, OTR/L
Meghan Burkhardt, MS, OTR/L, BCP has been a member of the Occupational Therapy department at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) since 2007 and has served in various clinical and administrative roles throughout the department. Meghan’s clinical focus is ICU level care including the pediatric ICU, cardiac ICU, and neonatal and infant ICU. She has co-authored the following Clinical Practice Guidelines: Progressive Mobility; Ambulatory ECMO; N/IICU Early Mobility; Hematological Lab Values; Lymphedema Treatment in the N/IICU; and Thrombosis. Meghan’s administrative time is spent supporting the educational programming for the OT department as the Education and Development Coordinator, Pediatric OT Fellowship Coordinator, and co-lead of the undergraduate student program
Titles
Occupational Therapist III
Certifications
Registered/Licensed Occupational Therapist (OTR/L)
Leadership and Memberships
AOTA Roster of Fellowship Reviewers
AOTA Community of Practice: Hospital-Based Pediatrics
The BPD Collaborative: Neurodevelopment Working Group
American Occupational Therapy Association
Research Interests
Early Mobility
Chronic Lung Disease of Infancy/Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Data Driven Fieldwork
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Health Science - University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Graduate Degree
MS in Occupational Therapy - University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Additional Training
General Movement Assessment -Basic 2017
General Movement Assessment – Advanced 2023
NeoNatal Neurobehavioral Scale (NNNS-II) 2021
Test of Infant Motor Performance 2019