ROCK STAR FACULTY

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PLENARY Presentations

PLENARY I: Gary R Ulicny, PhD, FACRM

President and CEO
GRU Healthcare

PLENARY II: David Shurtleff, PhD

Acting Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institute of Health (NCCIH/NIH)

PLENARY III: Maurizio Corbetta, MD

Professor and Chair of Neurology, University of Padua
Founding Director, Padua Neuroscience Center

PLENARY IV: James H Rimmer, PhD
John Stanley Coulter Award Lecture

Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion & Rehabilitation Sciences and Director of Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

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FEATURED Sessions

I. Federal Funding

Teresa Brininger, PhD, OTR/L, CHT
Director, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

Alison Cernich, PhD
Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ann M. Dellinger, PhD, MPH
Branch Chief of the Home, Recreation, and Transportation Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Patricia Dorn, PhD
Director of the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Kristi Wilson Hill, PhD
Acting Director, NIDILRR, Administration for Community Living,
US Department of Health and Human Services

II. Brain Injury

Donald G Stein, PhD
Asa G Candler Professor, Emory University

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SPECIAL Symposia

ARTS & NEUROSCIENCE

Strokestra
Lisa Rodio, MA, BM
Tim Steiner, PhD
Carol Hargreaves, RN, MSc, BSc
Clare Nicholson

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BRAIN INJURY

David Cifu, MD
Herman J. Flax, MD Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

Ann McKee, MD
Director, CTE Center; Professor of Neurology & Pathology
Boston University/ VA Medical Center

Jennie L. Ponsford, BA (Hons), MA, PhD
Professor of Neuropsychology and Director, Monash Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre
Monash University
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

Sarah B. Rockswold, MD
Medical Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence
Hennepin County Medical Center
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

Mark Ylvisaker Memorial Pediatric Brain Injury Symposium
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury

Lyn Turkstra, PhD
Professor and Assistant Dean, Speech-Language Pathology
McMaster University

Pediatric Rehabilitation Award Winner
Cross-tagged as Pediatric Rehabilitation

Stacy Suskauer, MD
Research Scientist
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua
Cross-tagged as Stroke, Clinical Practice

John Banja, PhD
Professor of Rehabilitaiton Medicine
Emory University

Mark Bayley, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Larissa Swan, MS, OTR
Executive Director
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

MODERATOR: John Corrigan, PhD, FACRM
Professor
Ohio State University

Featured Session — Brain Injury

Donald G Stein, PhD
Asa G Candler Professor
Emory University

Deborah L Wilkerson Early Career Award

Emily Nalder, PhD, BOccThy (Hons)
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto

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CANCER

Michael Stubblefield, MD
Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation; National Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation, Select Medical

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CLINICAL PRACTICE

David Cifu, MD
Herman J. Flax, MD Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury

Marcel Dijkers, PhD, FACRM
Research Director
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cross-tagged as Measurement

Tessa Hart, PhD, FACRM
Institute Scientist
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Cross-tagged as Measurement

Eric Leskowitz, MD
Director, Integrative Medicine Task Force,
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Cross-tagged as CIRM

Jennie L. Ponsford, BA (Hons), MA, PhD
Professor of Neuropsychology and Director, Monash Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre,
Monash University
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury

David Rhew, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Head of Healthcare and Fitness
Samsung Electronics America
Cross-tagged as Technology

Sarah B. Rockswold, MD
Medical Director of the Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence
Hennepin County Medical Center
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury

Robert Teasell, MD, FRCP
Professor and Director of Research, Medical Director of Stroke Rehabilitation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Cross-tagged as Stroke

John Whyte, MD, PhD, FACRM
Director, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Einstein Healthcare Network
Cross-tagged as Measurement

Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury, Stroke

John Banja, PhD
Emory University

Mark Bayley, MD, FRCPC
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Larissa Swan, MS, OTR
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

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COMPLEMENTARY, INTEGRATIVE REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Eric Leskowitz, MD
Director, Integrative Medicine Task Force, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

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International

Μaria Vlassopoulos, PhD
Assistant Professor of Language and Communication Pathology, 1st Psychiatric Department, University of Athens School of Medicine

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MEASUREMENT

Marcel Dijkers, PhD, FACRM
Research Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

Tessa Hart, PhD, FACRM
Institute Scientist, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

John Whyte, MD, PhD, FACRM
Director, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

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NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Mohammed Sanjak, PhD, PT
Carolinas HealthCare System

Michele K. York, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine

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NEUROPLASTICITY

Leora Cherney, PhD, BC-ANCDS, CCC-SLP
Scientific Chair: Think & Speak Lab and Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences & Disorders
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University
Cross-tagged as Stroke

Mark Hallett, MD
Chief, Human Motor Control Section, NINDS, NIH

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PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION

Mark Ylvisaker Memorial Pediatric Brain Injury Symposium
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury

Lyn Turkstra, PhD
Professor and Assistant Dean, Speech-Language Pathology
McMaster University

Pediatric Rehabilitation Award Winner
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury

Stacy Suskauer, MD
Research Scientist
Kennedy Krieger Institute

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SPINAL CORD INJURY

Steven Kirshblum, MD
Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program
Kessler Institution for Rehabilitation

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STROKE

Leora Cherney, PhD, BC-ANCDS, CCC-SLP
Scientific Chair: Think & Speak Lab and Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences & Disorders
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University
Cross-tagged as Neuroplasticity

Robert Teasell, MD, FRCP
Professor and Director of Research, Medical Director of Stroke Rehabilitation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAHA
Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Cross-tagged as Technology

Sheldon Berrol Memorial Chautauqua
Cross-tagged as Brain Injury, Clinical Practice

John Banja, PhD
Emory University

Mark Bayley, MD, FRCPC
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Larissa Swan, MS, OTR
Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana

ACRM/National Stroke Association Young Investigators Award Lecture
John-Ross Rizzo, MD, MCSI

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TECHNOLOGY

David Rhew, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Head of Healthcare and Fitness, Samsung Electronics America
Cross-tagged as Clinical Practice

Steven L. Wolf, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAHA
Professor, Division of Physical Therapy, Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Cross-tagged as Stoke

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LECTURE Luncheons

SPINAL CORD INJURY LUNCHEON

Steven Kirshblum, MD
Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program
Kessler Institution for Rehabilitation

 

NEUROPLASTICITY LECTURE LUNCHEON

Mark Hallett, MD
Chief of Human Motor Control Section,
NINDS, NIH

 

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE NETWORKING GROUP LUNCHEON

Erwin E.H. van Wegen, PhD
Associate Professor
Amsterdam University

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