Laurie Glader, MD is a professor of pediatrics at The Ohio State University and focuses on the care of children with medical complexity. Dr. Glader attended medical school at the University of California at Los Angeles and did her pediatric residency at Boston Children’s Hospital. She subsequently completed a fellowship in developmental and behavioral pediatrics there and stayed on as faculty, ultimately in the roles of Director of the Complex Care Outpatient Program and Co-Director of the Cerebral Palsy (CP) and Spasticity Center. She has been at Nationwide Children’s Hospital since 2020, where she serves as Associate Division Chief of Complex Care as well as Medical Director of the Comprehensive Cerebral Palsy Program.
Dr. Glader’s research focuses on the care of children with medical complexity including models of care delivery, peri-operative management, reproductive health, and education of general practitioners and trainees. Her work includes editing Children and Youth with Complex Cerebral Palsy as well as development of the first CP ECHO program. Dr. Glader is the first vice president of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). In addition to her work with AACPDM, Dr. Glader has been active in the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the Cerebral Palsy Foundation and participates on the Steering Committee for the Cerebral Palsy Research Network
