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  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    IC16: Self-management for Individuals with Stroke: An Introduction and Practical Application
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom B
    Presenter: Suzanne Burns, PhD, OTR/L – University of New Mexico
    Presenter: Catherine C. Hay, PhD, OTR, CSRS – Texas Woman's University and TIRR Memorial Hermann
    Presenter: Valerie Hill, PhD, OTR/L – University of Cincinnati
    Presenter: Samir R. Belagaje, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Presenter: Talya K. Fleming, MD – JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health
    Presenter: Grace J. Kim, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Presenter: Bob M. Mandell, MS – Stroke Recovery Foundation
    Presenter: Lauren Z. Thomas, PsyD – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Abiodun E. Akinwuntan, PhD, MPH, MBA – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Presenter: Leanna W. Katz, OT, OTD, OTR (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    StrokeClinical PracticeLifestyle Medicine
  • Saturday, Oct 28th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    IC36: Emerging Concepts and Evidence Basis Behind Novel Approaches to Managing Chronic Spinal Pain
    Location:  211
    Presenter: Areerat Suputtitada,MD., Professor – Chair of Neurorehabilitation Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University
    Presenter: Denise D. Lester, MD (she/her/hers) – Central Virginia Veterans Health Service Center, VCU Health Assoc Professor PMR
    Pediatric RehabilitationAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCOVID-19Health Services ResearchInternationalLeadershipLifestyle Medicine
  • Sunday, Oct 29th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM  
    IC18: Biofeedback in Rehabilitation Medicine
    Location:  211
    Presenter: JP (Jack) Ginsberg PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist (SC732) – Dept of Applied Psychophysiology, Saybrook University
    Presenter: Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Presenter: Peter Behel, MA, BCB – Sonoma State University
    Presenter: Raouf Gharbo, FAAPMR FAANEM (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Presenter: Heather Ingram, PsyD, BCB, BCN – InMindOut Emotional Wellness Center, LLC
    Presenter: James Burch – Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Dept of Family Medicine and Population Health
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBrain InjuryCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCOVID-19Lifestyle MedicinePain Rehabilitation
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Interdisciplinary Roles in Behavioral Health Intervention in PM&R: A Call to Action
    Location:  304
    Presenter: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Presenter: Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST – University of South Florida, Tampa
    Presenter: Bobbie Vergo, OTD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Concordia University Wisconsin
    Presenter: Stephanie D. Agtarap, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Craig Hospital
    Behavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineHealth Services ResearchLifestyle MedicineNeurodegenerative DiseasePain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSpinal Cord InjuryStroke
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    2:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Pioneers in Arts/Neuroscience: Building the Scientific Evidence for Social Dance as Medicine
    Location:  301
    Presenter: Madeleine E. Hackney, PhD, BFA (she/her/hers) – Emory University & Atlanta VA
    Arts & NeuroscienceAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineInternationalLifestyle MedicineMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticity
  • Monday, Oct 30th
    5:30 PM – 7:00 PM  
    PLENARY I: Disability Inclusivity & Representation in Rehabilitation Research
    Location:  Grand Ballroom
    Diversity, Equity and InclusionAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCultural CompetencyHealth Services ResearchLeadershipLifestyle Medicine
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Improve Productivity and Lower Costs with Workplace Wellness
    Location:  405
    Presenter: Eric Trauber, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT (he/him/his) – Fabrication Enterprises
    Lifestyle Medicine
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Publishing in High-Impact Rehabilitation Journals
    Location:  406
    Presenter: Allen W. Heinemann, PhD FACRM (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Leighton Chan, MD, MPH – Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH – Durham VA Health Care System; Duke University
    Presenter: Glenn D. Collins (he/him/his) – ACRM
    LeadershipAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBig DataBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCOVID-19Cultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitEthicsHealth Services ResearchInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMeasurementMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationRehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemSkin ManagementSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTelehealthTraumaWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  
    Advancements in Rehabilitation Sciences: Progress Report from the Alzheimer’s Disease Task Force 2023
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom B
    Presenter: Julie Faieta, PhD, MOT, OTR/L – University of Pittsburgh
    Non-Presenting Author: Noemi M. Lansing, MS, PTRP – World Citi Colleges, Quezon City, Philippines
    Neurodegenerative DiseaseAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationClinical PracticeCOVID-19Lifestyle Medicine
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    FEATURED SESSION: A Brave New World: Integrating Behavioral Health Across the Spectrum of Medical Rehabilitation
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom A
    Presenter: Terrence Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International
    Presenter: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Behavioral Health SciencesAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancerClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and InclusionEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseasePain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTrauma
  • Tuesday, Oct 31st
    4:30 PM – 5:45 PM  
    Sleep Performance in the Acute Care Setting: Assessment & Interventions to Support Individuals & Populations
    Location:  212
    Clinical PracticeBrain InjuryCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineEarly Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitLifestyle Medicine
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:30 AM  
    PLENARY III - Coulter Award Lectureship: Patient, Clinician & Insightful Stakeholder: How we can work together to move rehabilitation medicine forward
    Location:  Grand Ballroom
    Presenter: Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Shepherd Center
    Health Services ResearchAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBig DataBrain InjuryBurn RehabilitationCancerCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineCOVID-19Cultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionHealth Services ResearchInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSkin ManagementSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTelehealthTraumaPhysicians & Clinicians
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Autonomic Rehabilitation, Where Do We Start?
    Location:  407
    Presenter: Raouf Gharbo, FAAPMR FAANEM (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Presenter: Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB, FACRM – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineTechnology
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    HOT TOPIC: It Takes Guts! How Microbiome Research Can Change the Care for Neurological Conditions
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom C
    Presenter: Ceren Yarar-Fisher, PT, PhD – Ohio State University/ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Haydeh Payami, PHD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenter: Hariom Yadav, PhD (he/him/his) – University of South Florida
    Moderator: Jia Li, PhD – The Ohio State University
    Spinal Cord InjuryAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticity
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    10:45 AM – 12:00 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Developing Resiliency for all of Life’s Challenges: An Insider’s Perspective
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom B
    Presenter: Claudia Mason, CPC (she/her/hers) – Force Emulations LLC
    StrokeBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineLifestyle MedicineTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Chat with the Experts: The Integration of Behavioral Health into Rehabilitation Medicine
    Location:  EXPO/Salon - Location 2 near Booth 518
    Panelist: Jeffrey Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
    Panelist: Terrence Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International
    Panelist: Nancey Trevanian Tsai, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Panelist: Teresa A. Granger, CRC (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama
    Behavioral Health SciencesAging Research and Geriatric RehabilitationAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancerClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and InclusionInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and VeteransNeurodegenerative DiseasePain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTechnologyTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Leveraging Social Support to Promote Health-Related Quality of Life, Participation, and Activity After Stroke
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Presenter: Elena V. Donoso Brown, PhD, OTR/L – Duquesne University
    Presenter: Sutanuka Bhattacharjya, PhD, OTR/L – Georgia State University
    Presenter: Grace J. Kim, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Non-presenting author: Suzanne Burns, PhD, OTR/L – University of New Mexico
    Non-presenting author: Timothy Dionne, PhD, OTR/L – University of New Mexico, School of Medicine
    Non-presenting author: Mathew Farag, BSc – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting author: Emily Gilbert, MLIS – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Non-presenting author: Tina Griffin, MLIS – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Non-presenting author: Jessica Kersey, PhD, OTR/L – Washington University in St. Louis
    Behavioral Health SciencesLifestyle Medicine
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    2:15 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Brain Computer Interfaces Restoring Autonomy to People with Severe Paralysis
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom A
    Presenting Author: David Putrino, PT, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Presenting Author: Thomas J. Oxley, MBBS BMedSc FRACP PhD (he/him/his) – Neurologist, Mount Sinai Health System, New York
    Presenting Author: Raul Nogueira, MD, FAHA, FSVIN – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Brain InjurySpinal Cord InjuryBig DataClinical PracticeHealth Services ResearchInternationalLifestyle MedicineLimb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsStrokeNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityTechnologyTrauma
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    The Effect of Sensory Reweighting on Postural Control in Parkinson’s Disease
    Location:  204
    Presenting Author: Maryam Sadeghi, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Thomas Bristow – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Sodiq Fakorede, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Rajesh Pahwa, M.D. – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Kelly E. Lyons, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Non-presenting Author: Hannes Devos, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Neurodegenerative DiseaseAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineMeasurementNeuroplasticityTechnologyTelehealthWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    3:45 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Stroke ISIG Young Investigator Award: Restoring Physically Active Lifestyles through Engagement in Meaningful Activities
    Location:  301
    Presenter: Emily Kringle, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Veronica T. Rowe, PhD, OTR/L – Georgia State University
    StrokeBehavioral Health SciencesLifestyle MedicineTelehealth
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    4:00 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Biofeedback in Rehabilitation
    Location:  407
    Presenter: Peter Behel, MA, BCB – Sonoma State University
    Presenter: Urszula Klich, PhD, BCB – My Mindful Way Of Life
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCardiopulmonary RehabilitationClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTelehealth
  • Wednesday, Nov 1st
    6:45 PM – 7:30 PM  
    Lifestyle Medicine Networking Group
    Location:  216
    Chair: Andree LeRoy, M.D., FAARMR, DipABLM – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Lifestyle Medicine
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    State of the Science: Dance for Neurorehabilitation
    Location:  205
    Presenter: Lise C. Worthen-Chaudhari, PhD, MFA, CMES (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Presenter: Madeleine E. Hackney, PhD, BFA (she/her/hers) – Emory University & Atlanta VA
    Arts & NeuroscienceAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancerLifestyle MedicineNeurodegenerative DiseaseStroke
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 11:45 AM  
    Use of Virtual Reality to Assess the Efficiency of Perceptual-motor Processes
    Location:  207
    Presenter: Gary B. Wilkerson, EdD, ATC, FNATA – University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Athlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeLifestyle MedicineMeasurementNeuroplasticityTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    10:45 AM – 12:00 PM  
    SPECIAL Symposium: Re-designing Our Practice for Difference, Variability, the Unexpected, and Increasing Complexity
    Location:  Crystal Ballroom A
    Presenter: Jutta Treviranus, PhD (she/her/hers) – Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University, Toronto
    TechnologyAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBig DataDiversity, Equity and InclusionEthicsHealth Services ResearchLifestyle MedicineTelehealth
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Applying a Precision Medicine Approach to Optimizing Health Behaviors in Cancer Rehabilitation
    Location:  402
    Presenter: Stephen B. Wechsler, PT, DPT, PhD – MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
    CancerBehavioral Health SciencesLifestyle Medicine
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    East Joins West to Reduce Pain: A Veteran Driven, Multi-disciplinary Post-tbi Pain Model
    Location:  304
    Presenter: Julie L. Schwertfeger, PhD, DPT, MBA, PT – Lovell Federal Health Care Center; Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science
    Presenter: Bharathi Swaminathan, MD (she/her/hers) – Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
    Presenter: Emily Squier, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Captain Lovell Federal Health Care Center
    Presenting Author: Cindy Gunnarson, MSN – Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBrain InjuryLifestyle MedicinePain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Neurorehabilitation with Photobiomodulation (PBM)
    Location:  209
    Presenter: Lew Lim, PhD – VieLight
    Bio/Neurofunctional Assessment and Bio/Neuro Therapeutics SeriesComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCancerClinical PracticeCOVID-19Lifestyle MedicineNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationStrokeTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Post Stroke Pain: Secret of Recovery
    Location:  213
    Presenter: Areerat Suputtitada,MD., Professor – Chair of Neurorehabilitation Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University
    Presenter: Denise D. Lester, MD (she/her/hers) – Central Virginia Veterans Health Service Center, VCU Health Assoc Professor PMR
    Presenter: William A. Pomilla, MD, FAAPMR – Penn State Health
    StrokeAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineHealth Services ResearchInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTechnology
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Emerging Theory and Management of Chronic Spinal Pain Sensitization
    Location:  309
    Presenter: Areerat Suputtitada,MD., Professor – Chair of Neurorehabilitation Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University
    Presenter: Thiru M. Annaswamy, MD, MA (he/him/his) – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
    Presenter: Denise D. Lester, MD (she/her/hers) – Central Virginia Veterans Health Service Center, VCU Health Assoc Professor PMR
    Pediatric RehabilitationAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationArts & NeuroscienceBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeComplementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineEthicsInternationalLeadershipLifestyle MedicineMeasurementNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTechnologyTelehealth
  • Thursday, Nov 2nd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Leveling the Field: Enhancing Health Equity and Accessibility with New Concussion Management Program Standards
    Location:  206
    Presenter: Terrence Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International
    Brain InjuryAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and InclusionInternationalLifestyle MedicinePediatric RehabilitationTrauma