GALA 2017: Henry B. Betts Awards Dinner & Gala

FRI 27 OCT

TICKETING NOTE:

Pre-Gala cocktail hour & Post-Gala celebration: Open to all registrants
Dinner & Gala itself = TICKETED EVENT is included in the WORLD PASS

ATTIRE: business/cocktail

Gala Schedule:

6:00 – 7:00 PM: Pre-Gala Cocktail hour: Open to all registered attendees. Cash bar. All are welcome to mix and mingle

7:00 – 11:00 PM: The Henry B. Betts Awards Dinner & Gala is a plated / or buffet dinner — tickets required. Tickets are included in the WORLD PASS. Recipients of prestigious ACRM awards are celebrated — recognizing outstanding contributions to the field and service to ACRM.

9:00 – 11:00 PM: Post-Gala celebration: doors open FREE TO ALL registered attendees with DJ, dancing and cash bar as the celebration continues.

2017 ACRM Awards

Presented at the Gala:

Gold Key Award: Gary R. Ulicny, PhD, FACRM; President and CEO of GRU Healthcare

Distinguished Member Award: Angela Hein Ciccia, PhD, CCC-SLP

John Stanley Coulter Award: James H. Rimmer, PhD; professor in the School of Health Professions and the first Lakeshore Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Promotion and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and Director of Research at Lakeshore Foundation

Deborah L. Wilkerson Early Career Award: Emily Nalder, PhD, BOccThy (Hons); University of Toronto, Assistant Professor

Elizabeth and Stanley Licht Award: Huan-Jui Yeh, MD; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Edward Lowman Award:Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, Chief, Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Vice Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Director, Spina Bifida Program Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Mitchell Rosenthal Memorial Award: Kristen Dams-O’Connor, PhD; Associate Professor, Director, Brain Injury Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Other awards presented at the Gala:

BIAA Awards

Paul B Magnusson Award

MORE ABOUT ACRM AWARDS >>

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Henry B. Betts, MD

Gala History

Who was Henry B. Betts, MD?

ACRM President 1975-76
Founding member of the Association of Academic Physiatrists
Outstanding teacher, colleague, mentor, friend
His teachings and ideas are the gold standard in rehabilitation
Princeton and University of Virginia Educated Physician
Director of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC)
Created a holistic environment for care; rehabilitation team
Interdisciplinary collaboration
Understood the role of education in ensuring quality of care
Strong supporter of independent living movement
Instrumental in passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990
Dr. Betts did all of this as a physician, educator, leader, and caring citizen

ACRM Annual Conference, Progress in Rehabilitation Research (PIRR#2017)
CORE: 25 – 28 OCT 2018 // HILTON ATLANTA, USA // PRE-CONFERENCE 23 – 25 OCT

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