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  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  
    Navigating Quality of Life and Pressure Injuries in Spinal Cord Injury Care 2565
    Location:  ROOM: Astoria Room >>> DIRECTIONS: Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left toward the Williford and Waldorf Rooms. Astoria is located beyond the Waldorf along the south corridor.
    Corresponding Presenter: Erin Weeks, PT, DPT, CWS – Carolinas Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Kelly Werts, DPT (she/her/hers) – Advocate Health
    Skin ManagementBehavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeSpinal Cord Injury
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    4:30 PM - 4:45 PM  
    A Data-driven, Interdisciplinary, Quality Improvement Process for Sustainable Pressure Injury Prevention in Inpatient Rehabilitation 1907
    Location:  ROOM: Williford C >>> DIRECTIONS: Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left. Williford C is the third room on your right.
    Presenter: Bridget M. Fowler King, PT, DPT, NCS, MS – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Diana Pressney, CPO – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Jonathan Ripic, PT, DPT, NCS (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Presenter: Miriam Rafferty, DPT, PhD – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Non-presenting author: Colleen A. Johnson, PT, DPT, NCS, LSSGB – Independent
    Non-presenting author: Andrew Morris, OTD, OTR/L – Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
    Non-presenting author: Matthew J. Grissom, MSN, RN, CRRN (he/him/his) – Shirley Ryan Abilitylab
    Clinical PracticeSkin ManagementSpinal Cord Injury
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    11:00 AM - 11:15 AM  
    Facial Burns and Its Impact on Feeding and Swallowing: An Occupational Therapy Perspective
    Location:  ROOM: Astoria Room >>> DIRECTIONS: Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed left toward the Williford and Waldorf Rooms. Astoria is located beyond the Waldorf along the south corridor.
    Corresponding Presenter: Allen R. Espelita, OTD, OTR/L, C/NDT, CLT, CEAS I, CPAM – University Medical Center of Southern Nevada; Hawaii Pacific University
    Burn RehabilitationClinical PracticeSkin Management
  • Thursday, Oct 30th
    11:15 AM - 11:30 AM  
    Fostering an Interdisciplinary Woundcare E-learning in Neglected Tropical Diseases for the World Health Organization, a Step Toward Lessening Function Loss 1849
    Location:  ROOM: Continental Ballroom B DIRECTIONS: Lobby Level: From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed right toward the FedEx Office. At the Fed Ex Office, turn right and proceed past the ACRM Registration Desk and into the Continental Foyer. Continental B Lobby is directly adjacent to the center section of the Continental Ballroom.
    Presenting Author: Hubert B. Vuagnat, MD (he/him/his) – Woundcare Program, Geneva University Hospitals
    Non-presenting Author: Michele E. Murdoch, BSc, MB BS, FRCP (Lond) – West Herts Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Watford, Herts. U.K. WD18 0HB
    Non-presenting Author: Jannine Ebenso, MA (she/her/hers) – The Leprosy Mission International
    Non-presenting Author: Cristina Galván-Casas (she/her/hers) – Retired
    Non-presenting Author: Linda F. Lehman, OT MPH (she/her/hers) – Retired
    Non-presenting Author: Melina Longoni, MD – Universidad Abierta Interamericana
    Non-presenting Author: Nelson Elibariki Mosha, N/A, n/a – Regional dermatology Training Center (RDTC).KCMC
    Non-presenting Author: Indra Bahadur Napit, Dr – The Leprosy Mission Nepal
    Non-presenting Author: Jose Antonio Ruiz Postigo, n/a – WHO
    Non-presenting Author: Jan Rice, Mast Wound Care Monash University – Australian Wound and Skin Alliance
    Non-presenting Author: Valeria Silvestri – Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
    Non-presenting Author: Terry A. Treadwell, MD, FACS, FAAWC – Wound Care Solutions Consulting
    InternationalAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationCaregiver Needs & Related ResearchClinical PracticeLimb CareSkin Management