ROCK STAR FACULTY
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PLENARY Presentations
PLENARY I
Christine MacDonell
Managing Director, Medical Rehabilitation and International Aging Services/Medical Rehabilitation Accreditation
CARF InternationalĀ Ā
PLENARY II
David Putrino, PT, PhD
Director of Rehabilitation Innovation and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
PLENARY III
Peter Thomas, JD
PrincipalĀ
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville
PLENARY IV
Andrea Cheville, MD
Director of Cancer RehabilitationĀ and Lymphedema Services
Mayo Clinic
FEATURED SESSIONS
Federal Funding Opportunities and Initiatives for RehabilitationĀ
Alison Cernich, PhD, ABPP-Cn
Director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
Patricia Dorn, PhD, MA
Director, Rehabilitation Research & Development SvcĀ
Department of Veterans Affairs
A. Cate Miller, PhD
Rehabilitation Program SpecialistĀ
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Tony D. Gover, PhD
Civilian Deputy Director, Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research ProgramĀ
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
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SCAMABILITATION: The Wild World of Medical Misinformation
Timothy Caulfield, BSc, LLB, LLM
Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Jennifer Gunter, MD, FRCS(C), FACOG, DABPM, ABPMR
Obstetrician/Gynecologist & Pelvic Pain Specialist
Medical Center
Ford Vox, MD, FAAPMR, ABPMR
Medical Director, Disorders of Consciousness, Program Chair, Medical Ethics Committee
Shepherd Center
SPECIAL SYMPOSIA
Catherin Alfano, PhD
Vice President, Survivorship
American Cancer Society
L. Eugene Arnold, MEd, MD
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health
Ohio State University
Deborah Backus, PT, PhD
Director of MS Research
Shepherd Center
Lisa L. Barnes, PhD
Professor in the Rush Alzheimerās Disease Center
Rush Alzheimerās Disease Center
Erica Billingsley, MA
Student Veteran Coordinator
Center For Community Partnerships
Amanda Boxtel
Founder & Executive Director
Bridging Bionics Foundation
Kathleen Carlson, MS, PhD
Core Investigator/Associate Professor
VA Portland Healthcare System/Oregon Health and Science University
James J. Carollo, PhD, PE
Associate Professor; Director, Center for Movement Analysis, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Andrea L. Cheville, MD
Director of Cancer Rehabilitation and Lymphedema Services
|Mayo Clinic
Alison M.Ā Cogan,Ā PhD, OTR/L
Polytrauma/TBI Advanced Fellow
Washington DC VA Medical Center
John D.Ā Corrigan, PhD
Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Director, Ohio Valley Center for Brain Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
The Ohio State University
Steven C.Ā Cramer,Ā MD, MMSc, FAAN, FAHA
Professor, Dept. Neurology
UC Irvine
ChristinaĀ Dillahunt-Aspillaga,Ā PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST,CIRS
Associate Professor; Research Affiliate
USF – RMHC, Veterans Affairs, James A. Haley Hospital Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center
InbalĀ EshelĀ MA, CCC-SLP
Senior Principal Scientist
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Aaron D.Ā Fobian,Ā PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bianca K. Frogner, PhD
Director, Center for Health Workforce Studies; Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Washington
JamesĀ Graham, PhD
Director, Center for Community Partnerships; Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Colorado State University
SuzanneĀ Groah, MD
Director of Spinal Cord Injury Care and Research at MedStar National Rehabilitation Network and Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
MariaĀ Grufstedt, PT
Physical Therapist and Clinical Coordinator
Bridging Bionics Foundation
JulietĀ Haarbauer-Krupa, PhD
Senior Health Scientist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
BrianĀ Harris,Ā MA, MT-BC, NMT/F
Neurologic Music Therapist Fellow
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
TamarĀ Heller, MA, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department Head, Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois
Patricia C.Ā Heyn,Ā PhD, FGSA, FACRM
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
RonaldĀ Hirschberg, MD
Consultant Physiatrist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mark A.Ā Hirsch, PhD
Senior Scientist
Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of PMR, Atrium Health
AndreiĀ Irimia,Ā MS, PhD, Biophysics
Assistant Professor of Gerontology & Neuroscience, Director of the Aging, Imaging & Rehabilitation (AIR) Laboratory
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Matthew P.Ā Janicki, PhD
Co-chair, National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices and Research Associate Professor of Human Development and Director for Technical Assistance
Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
AmolĀ Karmarkar, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Texas Medical Branch
Michael D.Ā Kogan, PhD
Director of the Office of Epidemiology and Research for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
Kathleen D.Ā Lyons,Ā ScD, OTR/L
Scientist
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Victor W. Mark, MD
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
TimothyĀ Marshall,Ā PhD, M.S., ACSM/ACS-CET
Assistant Professor
Kean University
Tracy M. Mroz,Ā PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
EmilyĀ Nalder, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.)
Assistant professor, March of Dimes Paul J.J. Martin Early Career Professorship
University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
Mark A. Newman,Ā PhD, MPH
Research Scientist, Assistant Professor
Carolinas Rehabilitation, Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health
Ted Kheng Siang Ng, Phd
Research Fellow
DUKE-NUS, Centre for Aging, Research & Education (CARE)
LindsayĀ Oberman, PhD
Clinical Program Leader
Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Lisa Ottomanelli, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
James A Haley Veteransā Hospital, Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center
David L.Ā Perez,Ā MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Massachusetts General Hospital
MackenziĀ Pergolotti,Ā PhD OTR/L
Director of Research
ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation, Select Medical
Terri K.Ā Pogoda, PhD
Research Health Scientist
VA Boston Healthcare System
DavidĀ Putrino,Ā PT, PhD
Director of Rehabilitation Innovation and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
PamelaĀ Roberts,Ā PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Executive Director and Professor
Cedars-Sinai
FlaviaĀ Heloisa Santos, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Psychology
University College Dublin
Sue A. Sisto,Ā PT, MA, PhD, FACRMĀ
Professor and Chair
University of Bufallo, State University of NY
Alix G. Sleight,Ā PhD, OTD, MPH, OTR/L
Cancer Prevention Fellow
National Cancer Institute
Nicole L. Stout, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA, FAPTA
Consultant
3eServicesLLC
Peter W. Thomas, J.D.
Principal
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville
Erwin E.H van Wegen PhD
Associate Professor
Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam Movement Sciences
Lena Verdeli, PhD, MSc
Director Clinical Training, Associate Professor
Teachers college, Columbia University
Aneesha Virani, PhD CCC SLP
Clinical Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services
Northside Hospital
Michele K. York, PhD, ABPP-CN
Associate Professor; Section Head, Neuropsychology
Baylor College of Medicine
