Justin Burton MD is Chief of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Division at Children’s National Hospital, which includes Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy. He serves as Medical Director of the National Center for Children’s Rehabilitation at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington DC. He completed two residencies, the first in Pediatrics at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC and the second in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now called Shirley Ryan AbilityLab). He then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. In addition to administrative duties, he serves as an attending physician on the inpatient pediatric rehabilitation unit as well as the inpatient consultation service. His passions are clinical care and education, and he has received multiple awards in both areas. He has presented at national conferences on the topics of cerebral palsy, neonatal brain injury and hypertonia, pediatric brain tumor rehabilitation, robotics in rehabilitation, and healthcare disparities. His academic interests and experience as a principal investigator or co-investigator include hypertonia management, paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity, motor control in cerebral palsy, robotics in rehabilitation, early mobilization programs, post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, as well as high-intensity gait training.