Aimee E Ketchum
Dr. Aimee Ketchum is a pediatric occupational therapist with over 24 years of experience working in pediatrics. She currently practices in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at UPMC hospital in Lititz where she founded the NICU retired nurse cuddler program and teaches baby massage to nurses and families. Ketchum is also academic fieldwork coordinator and assistant professor of early childhood development in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program of Cedar Crest College. Ketchum creates...See more
Dr. Aimee Ketchum is a pediatric occupational therapist with over 24 years of experience working in pediatrics. She currently practices in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at UPMC hospital in Lititz where she founded the NICU retired nurse cuddler program and teaches baby massage to nurses and families. Ketchum is also academic fieldwork coordinator and assistant professor of early childhood development in the Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program of Cedar Crest College. Ketchum creates and teaches workshops on early child development through PA Quality Assurance System for pre-school teachers and early intervention practitioners. Ketchum is also the founding director of Aimee's Babies, LLC and creator of STEM Starts Now digital parenting program. She aims to create a next generation of innovators and problem solvers who are all afforded the ability to start kindergarten on an equitable playing field, giving all children everywhere the best start possible. Ketchum recently published a book "See Occupational Therapists Run" by See Us Run Publishing. This is a workbook to help fellow occupational therapists practice self-care to avoid burnout. Her baby development DVDs and apps have been featured on the Rachael Ray show, iPhone Essentials Magazine and the United Kingdom's Baby and You Initiative. She was the winner of the 2017 Fine Living Lancaster Innovator Award, and the 2018 Social Enterprise Pitch and her work has been recognized with the prestigious Word Gap Challenge Finalist award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. See less
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