SPECIAL SYMPOSIA are not-to-be-missed presentations & award lectures led by leading researchers and clinicians
SPECIAL SYMPOSIA refer to one or more symposium in each block of concurrent sessions, luncheon lectures, and award lectures that have extra-wide appeal.
See faculty & session details in the Searchable Online Program & Scheduler >>
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PLENARY SESSIONS >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: BRAIN INJURY >>
“Practice Guidelines for Disorders of Consciousness: Report of the AAN-ACRM-NIDILRR Guideline Development Panel”
Joseph Giacino, PhD, FACRM
Director & Associate Professor, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Melissa Armstrong, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, University of Florida College of Medicine
Douglas Katz, MD, FACRM
Professor & Medical Director, Boston University & Braintree Rehab
John Whyte, MD, PhD, FACRM
Director, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
Nicholas Schiff, MD
Jerold B. Katz Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Cornell Medicine
See Part I in Online Program >>
See Part II in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: CANCER
“Report from the American College of Sports Medicine’s Interdisciplinary Cancer Exercise Roundtable”
Nicole Stout, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, FAPTA
Consultant, 3eServicesLLC
Julie Silver, MD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director Cancer Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School & Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Catherine Alfano, PhD
Vice President, Survivorship, American Cancer Society, Inc.
Andrea Cheville, MD
Director Cancer Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic
See Part I in Online Program >>
See Part II in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: COMPLEMENTARY INTEGRATIVE REHABILITATION MEDICINE
“Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback as a Rehabilitation Tool: An Exercise that Improves Health and Resilience”
Paul Lehrer, PhD, BCB
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: CROSS-CUTTING
“Treatment Infidelity: Causes, Consequences, and Cures”
Gitendra Uswatte, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Physical Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tessa Hart, PhD
Institute Scientist & Director, TBI Clinical Research Laboratory, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute
See in Online Program >>
2nd Annual Women in Rehabilitation Science Symposium
Julie Silver, MD
Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director Cancer Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School & Spaulding Rehabilitation Network
Sonya Kim, PhD, CRC, BCB
Assistant Professor & Research Scientist, NYU School of Medicine Dept of Neurology & Rehabilitation
Arzu Guclu-Gunduz, PT, PhD
Associate Professor, Gazi University, Institute of Health Sciences
Patricia Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM
Associate Professor, Univ. of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Mark Hirsch, PhD
Senior Scientist, Carolinas Medical Center, Carolinas HealthCare System
Douglas Katz, MD
Professor / Medical Director, Boston University / Braintree Rehab
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
“Post-Acute Health Services Research: Many Challenges, Many More Opportunities”
James Graham, PhD, DC
Associate Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR
Professor & Director, University of Texas Medical Branch
Natalie Leland, PhD, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California
Amol Karmarkar, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Medical Branch
Tracy Mroz, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Janet Prvu Bettger, ScD
Associate Professor & Director of Health Policy and Implementation Science, Duke University
See in Online Program >>
BRUCKER SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: INTERNATIONAL
“Ears, Eyes and Mind: The SENSE-Cog Project to Promote Well-Being for Elderly Europeans”
Iracema Leroi, MD, FRCPC, MRCPsych
Professor/Honorary Consultant in Psychiatry, University of Manchester/Greater Manchester Mental Health & NHS Foundation Trust
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: MEASUREMENT
“Big Data in Stroke: Current Applications and Future Possibilities”
Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR
Professor & Director, University of Texas Medical Branch
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
“Intricate Association Between Motor & Cognition: Evidence of Neurophysiological and Behavioral Outcomes”
James Carollo, PhD, PE
Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Patricia Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM
Associate Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Melike Kahya, PT, MS
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Kansas Medical Center
Hannes Devos, PhD, DRS
Director, Laboratory for Advanced Rehabilitation Research in Simulation (LARRS), University of Kansas Medical Center
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: NEUROPLASTICITY
“Closed-loop Stimulation of Temporal Cortex Improves Memory”
Youssef Ezzyat, PhD
Senior Data Scientist, University of Pennsylvania
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION
“Access to Care for Children with Disabilities”
Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
See in Online Program >>
Mark Ylvisaker Memorial Pediatric Brain Injury Symposium: “There’s Always Something That Works: Lessons from 20 Years of Collaboration with Mark Ylvisaker”
Timothy Feeney, PhD
Chief Knowledge Officer, Belvedere Health Services and The Mill School
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: SPINAL CORD INJURY
“Health Care Reform and Rehabilitation for People with Spinal Cord Injury”
Gerben DeJong, PhD
Director of the Center for Post-acute Innovation and Research, MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
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SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: STROKE
“Transforming Clinical Practice in Stroke Rehabilitation”
Robert Teasell, MD, FRCP (C)
Professor, Director of Research, Parkwood Institute
See in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: TECHNOLOGY
“Development and Testing of Wearable Technology to Monitor/Model for Recovery of Function After Neurologic Injury”
David Reinkensmeyer, PhD
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of California Irvine
Catherine Lang, PT, PhD
Professor of Physical Therapy, Neurology, Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
See Part I in Online Program >>
See Part II in Online Program >>
SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: ARTS & NEUROSCIENCE
“Music and Memory: Neurorehabilitation and Treatment Implications”
Ron Hirschberg, MD
Consultant / Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospita
Brian Harris, MA, MT-BC, NMT/F
Neurologic Music Therapist Fellow, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
See in Online Program >>
OTHER HIGH-IMPACT SESSIONS
These HIGH-IMPACT Sessions include the Memorial Chautauqua, Hot Topics in rehab, award lectures, and MORE!
BERROL MEMORIAL CHAUTAUQUA
“How Much Does Ruse Matter in Brain Injury Research and Rehabilitation?”
Ross Zafonte, DO, FACRM
Chairperson, PM&R, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Leon Morales-Quezada, MD, MSc, PhD, MPH
Associate Research Director, Neuromodulation Center, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Ginger Polich, MD
Clinical Fellow in Brain Injury Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
See in Online Program >>
HOT TOPICS IN STROKE
“Stroke Caregiver Readiness: Coming Full Circle”
Barbara Lutz, PhD, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, FAHA, FNAP, FAAN
McNeill Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Molly Trammell, PT, MPT, PT
Baylor University
See in Online Program >>
“Addressing Mental Health in Stroke Rehabilitation”
Jaclyn Schwartz, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Florida International University
See in Online Program >>
HOT TOPICS IN PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION
“Critical Transitions: Clinical and Research Blitz”
Angela Ciccia, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
See in Online Program >>
SCI-ISIG HOT TOPIC
“Behavioral Interventions to Promote Healthy Diet and Weight Among People with SCI”
Katherine Froehlich-Grobe, PhD
Associate Director of Research, Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
See in Online Program >>
ACRM Distinguished Lecturer in Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship Care
“Integrating Research, Practice and Policy Agendas to Transform Cancer Rehabilitation Care”
Catherine Alfano, PhD
Vice President, Survivorship, American Cancer Society, Inc
See in Online Program >>
PEDIATRIC AWARD LECTURE
“New Perspective in Pediatric Onset Myelitis”
Benjamin Greenberg, MD, MHS
Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
See in Online Program >>
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ACRM Annual Conference | Progress in Rehabilitation Research
CORE: 30 SEPT – 3 OCT 2018 // Hilton Anatole, DALLAS, USA // PRE-CONFERENCE: 28 Sept – 30 SEPT
Although significant changes are not anticipated, the schedules, sessions, and presenters posted on this website are subject to change.
