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Sylvia (Diaz) Duraski, Adult Care Nurse Practitioner, Wheaton, IL

Sylvia(Diaz)DuraskiAPRN

Adult Care Nurse Practitioner Wheaton, IL

Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine

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Summary

  • Board certified adult nurse practitioner, certified rehabilitation registered nurse. stroke certified registered nurse, certified brain injury specialist and Fellow of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses with 38 years of acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation experience.

Education & Training

  • Rush University
    Rush UniversityPost-Masters Certificate, 1997 - 1999
  • Rush University
    Rush UniversityMasters, 1987 - 1990
  • Loyola University
    Loyola UniversityBSN, Nursing, 1981 - 1985

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Clinical Article Writer’s Award Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 2017
  • Sarah Baskin Award for Excellence in Research Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2006
  • Advanced Practice Nurse Award Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 1998
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Professional Memberships

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Intrathecal baclofen therapy and the role of the rehabilitation nurse.  
    Duraski, S.A., Rehabilitation Nursing, 2023
  • An unreported cause of intrathecal baclofen withdrawal symptoms in a woman with spastic cerebral palsy who received intrathecal gablofen.  
    Duraski, S.A. & Sayyad, A., Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 2018
  • The Importance of Monitoring Patients’ Responses to Medications: Increased Arousal after Administration of Zolpidem in Those with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy—A Cas...  
    Duraski, S.A., Rehabilitation Nursing, 2015
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Dysphagia Treatment Outcomes for Patients with a Brain Tumor Participation in Inpatient Rehabilitation.
    Pietrantoni, M., Dietzen, A., Sayyad, A., Gould, G., Duraski, S., Jafry, O., Brady, S., American Speech Language Hearing Annual Conference, Boston, MA., 2018
  • The Use of Open Phenol Blocks in the Treatment of Lower Extremity Spasticity in an Adult with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report.
    Senno, R.G., Duraski, S.A. & Sisson, G., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine annual conference, 2009
  • Does botulinum toxin type A decrease pain and lessen disability in hemiplegic survivors of stroke with shoulder pain and spasticity? A randomized, double-blind, place...
    Marciniak, C.M., Bravi, L.A., Denby, F.A., Duraski, S.A., Fogarty, K.M, Gagnon, C.M. & Harvey R.L., American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation., Austin, TX, 2009
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Lectures

  • Impaired Communication 
    Chicago, IL.
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation 
    Olympia Fields, IL. - 2004
  • Taking a Fall History 
    Chicago, IL. - 2004
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Other Languages

  • Spanish
  • Office

    26W171 Roosevelt Road
    Wheaton, IL 60187
    Phone+1 630-909-7000