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Advanced Clinical Focus Sessions

Advanced Clinical Focus Sessions

  • 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