Jill Blitz
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USA
Biography
Jill Blitz has been a Physical Therapist for 17 years, with the last 15 providing service at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Division of Pediatric Medicine outpatient and rheumatology clinics. Her research has focused on exercise in adolescents with rheumatologic involvement, which has led her to speak at multiple national and community conferences, including the American College of Rheumatology Scientifi c Meeting and the APTA Combined Sections Meeting. She has also taught a continuing education course on physical therapy for children with rheumatic diagnoses. One of her many goals include fi nding ways to get kids of all abilities to be more active.