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Advanced Clinical Focus Sessions

Advanced Clinical Focus Sessions

  • Thursday, October 23, 2025
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM MT
    Inpatient Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Breaking Barriers: Effective Rehabilitation for Patients with Functional Limitations in the Setting of Obesity
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Jennifer Hankenson, MD – Yale Medicine
    Faculty: Thomas Tokarz, DO – Dept of Orthopedic and Rehab Yale School of Medicine
    Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Inpatient Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Tech and Techniques: The Future of Neurorehabilitation
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Jennifer Hankenson, MD – Yale Medicine
    Faculty: Ning Cao, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Faculty: Craig DiTommaso, MD – US Physiatry
    Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM MT
    Inpatient Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Post-Acute Care
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Gregory Worsowicz, MD, MBA – Mayo Clinic
    Faculty: Charlotte H. Smith, MD – Medrina
    Faculty: Darryl Kaelin, MD (he/him/his) – University of Louisville School of Medicine PM&R Program
    Faculty: Raelene Knolla, DO, MBA (she/her/hers) – BCBS of Kansas
    Faculty: David P. Steinberg, MD – University of Utah
    Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM MT
    Pediatric Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Awake, Asleep, or Somewhere in Between? A Discussion of Sedation Practices for Pediatric Botulinum Toxin Injections
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom E
    Session Director: Matthew Severson, MD – Gillette Children’s
    Faculty: Amy Authement, MD – Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
    Faculty: Nanette Aldahondo, MD – Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
    Faculty: Cristina Brea, MD (she/her/hers) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Pediatric Rehabilitation
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM MT
    Pediatric Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Challenging Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Management
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom E
    Session Director: Kilby Mann, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Session Director: Yuxi Chen, MD – Montefiore Med Center
    Faculty: Monika Desai, MD (she/her/hers) – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Faculty: Michael Hagen, MD – Oschner Medical LLC
    Faculty: Rajashree Srinivasan, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Faculty: Sara Liegel, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Pediatric Rehabilitation
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM MT
    Pediatric Advanced Clinical Focus Day: PRM Leadership Stories: Career Reflections and Developing Future PRM Leaders
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom E
    Session Director: Amy Kanallakan, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado
    Faculty: Dennis J. Matthews, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Faculty: Marisa Osorio, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Washington/Seattle Children's Hospital
    Pediatric Rehabilitation
  • Friday, October 24, 2025
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    Cancer Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Neurologic and Physical Function Sequelae of Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom E
    Session Director: Sonal Oza, MD – Emory University
    Faculty: Diana Molinares-Mejia, MD – University of Miami/Jackson Health System PM&R Program
    Faculty: Nicole Birrer, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah/Huntsman Cancer Institute
    Faculty: Yingrong Zhu, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Cancer Rehabilitation
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    Cancer Advanced Clinical Focus Session: CAR T-Cell Therapy – A Physiatrist Guide to Emerging Treatment
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom E
    Session Director: Samman Shahpar, MD – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Faculty: Hanna Hunter, MD – University of Washington
    Faculty: Grigory Syrkin, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Cancer Rehabilitation
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    Cancer Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Managing Wellness and Avoiding Burnout While Being Engaged with Your Patients
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom E
    Session Director: Samman Shahpar, MD – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Faculty: Michelle E. Brassil, MD (she/her/hers) – Banner North Colorado Medical Center
    Faculty: Theresa A. Gillis, MD (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Cancer Rehabilitation
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    MSK and Sports Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Is Imaging the New Physical Examination: Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System in the 21st Century
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Alexis Tingan, MD – Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Health
    Session Director: Jason Zaremski, MD – University of Florida
    Faculty: Deborah Saint-Phard, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Faculty: Lyndsey N. Booker, MD – University of Washington
    Faculty: Ryan Kruse, MD – University of Iowa
    Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM MT
    MSK and Sports Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Translational Research in Sports Medicine
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Jason Zaremski, MD – University of Florida
    Faculty: Daniel C. Herman, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of California at Davis
    Faculty: Kaila Holtz, MD (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Faculty: Robert Bowers, DO, PhD – Emory University
    Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    MSK and Sports Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Challenging Return to Play Cases in High Level Athletes
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Alexis Tingan, MD – Thomas Jefferson University/Jefferson Health
    Faculty: Daniel M. Cushman, MD – University of Utah
    Faculty: Eugene Palatulan, MD (he/him/his) – Montefiore Health Systems/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Faculty: Cleo Stafford, II, MD (he/him/his) – Emory Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
    Faculty: Kate E. Temme, MD – Penn Medicine
    Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
  • Saturday, October 25, 2025
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    Neuro Rehab Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Translating Research into Practice in Real-Time: An Update on Disorders of Consciousness and a Look to the Future
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom A/C
    Session Director: Terrence C. Carolan, MBA, PT – CARF International
    Faculty: Flora M. Hammond, MD – Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana
    Faculty: Kristen Harris, MD – Hackensack Meridian Health/JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
    Faculty: Kenneth Ngo, MD – Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
    Neurorehabilitation
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    Neuro Rehab Advanced Clinical Focus Session: New and Emerging Therapies in DMD, ALS, and SMA
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom A/C
    Session Director: Haibi Cai, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Faculty: Nassim Rad, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Faculty: Carolyn Black, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Providence St. Luke's Physiatry
    Neurorehabilitation
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    Neuro Rehab Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Stump The Experts: Spasticity and Intrathecal Baclofen Pump Most Challenging Management
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom A/C
    Session Director: Mary Beth Russell, DO, MS – University of Texas At Houston
    Faculty: Cindy B. Ivanhoe, MD – TIRR-Memorial Hermann
    Faculty: Michael Saulino, MD, PhD – Cooper University Hospital
    Faculty: Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD – UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine
    Faculty: Daniel K. Moon, MD – Jefferson Moss Magee Rehab
    Neurorehabilitation
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM MT
    Pain and Spine Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Beyond the Break: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Osteoporosis and Fracture Management
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Katie A. Smolinski, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
    Faculty: Amy Powell
    Faculty: Aaron M. Conger, DO – University of Utah
    Faculty: William Ryan Spiker, MD – University of Utah
    Faculty: Todd Schwartz, DPT (he/him/his) – Hand & Orthopedic Physical Therapy Specialists
    Pain and Spine Medicine
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM MT
    Pain and Spine Advanced Clinical Focus Session: To Bleed or Not to Bleed - That is the Question: Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Management for Interventional Spine Procedures
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: Michael B. Furman, MD (he/him/his) – OSS Health
    Faculty: Gene Tekmyster, DO – Keck Medicine of USC
    Faculty: Jesse S. Bernstein, MD – Montage Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
    Faculty: Brian D. Steinmetz, DO – OSS HEALTH
    Faculty: Ameet Nagpal, MD, MS – Medical University of South Carolina
    Pain and Spine Medicine
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM MT
    Pain and Spine Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Interventions for Facet Joint, Spinal Stenosis, and Sacroiliac Joint Pain: An Expert Panel
    Location: SPCC, Ground Level, Grand Ballroom G/I
    Session Director: David W. Lee, MD – UC Irvine Health - Fullerton and Yorba Linda
    Faculty: Aileen Padilla, DO, MBA – Comprehensive Centers for Pain Management
    Faculty: Benjamin Gill, DO, MBA – Private Practice
    Pain and Spine Medicine