Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association

Enhancing Neurological Recovery Through Vision Rehabilitation

Gina Kim, MOT, OTR/L, CBIS, CSRS

Advisory Board Member

Gina Kim, MOT, OTR/L, CBISGina Kim, MOT, OTR/L, CBIS, CSRS is an Advisory Member to the Board of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA), an inter-disciplinary group of professionals dedicated to providing patients who have physical or cognitive disabilities as a result of an acquired brain injury with a complete ocular health evaluation and optimum visual rehabilitation education and services to improve their quality of life. She has lectured at universities and conferences to highlight occupational therapy services, motor recovery, neurological rehabilitation, and neuro vision rehab both on national and international levels. She has spearheaded a nationwide Hospital-Based Interest Group for Neuro Vision Rehabilitation (HBIG-NVR), with support from Johns Hopkins Hospital, NORA, numerous clinicians and researchers. The HBIG-NVR aims to elevate interdisciplinary collaboration between optometrists and allied health professionals to harmonize clinical frameworks that are patient-centered, efficacious, and research-driven.

Gina is the Neuro Occupational Therapist, Clinical Specialist for outpatient services at Johns Hopkins Hospital's Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute, an outpatient rehabilitation program located in Baltimore, Maryland. She previously served as the Lead Therapist/Occupational therapist at the Centre for Neuro Skills, a post-acute brain injury clinic in Encino, CA. Gina received her BS in Microbiology from San Diego State University, and earned her Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist and a Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist.