Mathilde DeGraff and Holly Battsek
NYU Langone Health, USA
Biography
Mathilde DeGraff completed her Undergraduate degree in Health Sciences and Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Boston University in 2013. In 2017, she became Neurologic Certified Specialist. She has over four years of experience working at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Health located in New York City where she is now a permanent Senior Physical Therapist in the acute inpatient rehabilitation department. She has presented at multiple conferences across the USA to promote physical therapies impact in both acute care and inpatient rehabilitation, with a focus on neurological conditions including Parkinson's disease and she is an active member of the APTA.
Holly Battsek completed her Undergraduate degree in Health Sciences and Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Boston University in 2013. In 2017, she became a Neurologic Certified Specialist. She has over four years of experience working at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Health located in New York City, with her most recent rotation being inpatient rehabilitation for the medically complex patient. She has presented at multiple conferences across the USA and has an abstract published in a Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. Her presentations and research focus on promoting the benefits of physical therapy in the acute, inpatient and outpatient settings for the neurologically impaired population.