Department of Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty

Elsie R. Vergara

Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy

BS, MPH, University of Puerto Rico; ScD, Boston University. Dr. Vergara is both an occupational and physical therapist. She has spent many years developing training resources and conducting training programs to prepare personnel to provide individualized developmentally supportive/family-centered neonatal intervention services. Her current research focuses on the effectiveness and acceptability of this conceptual practice model in developing countries, particularly Mexico. Her most current book, /Developmental and Therapeutic Interventions in the NICU, /is being translated into Spanish and upon publication will be the first book on neonatal intervention in Spanish.

Phone: 617-353-7511 | email: evergara@bu.edu | Visit Elsie's people.bu.edu page