American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2008 Annual Assembly & Technical Exhibition
November 20-23, 2008
San Diego Convention Center

The scholarly contributions of MossRehab will be well represented at this year’s AAPM&R Annual Assembly in San Diego. Here’s a quick preview of some of our notable presentations and posters.

Presentations

Thomas Watanabe, MD, will present on medications and TBI.

Michael Saulino, MD, will chair a breakfast symposium called “Persistent Pain: The Neuromodulation Option.” Dr. Saulino will also present at the Spasticity Pre-conference on a new technique for ITB screening and issues in ITB management. He will chair two dinner roundtables: “Intrathecal Baclofen for Spinal Cord Injury” and “Intrathecal Ziconotide for Chronic Intractable Pain” as well as deliver a short presentation in the Stroke and Brain Injury Section called “Intrathecal Baclofen for Spasticity Management in Stroke: Think Small Dosing.”

Nathaniel Mayer, MD, and colleagues will lead a course called “PASSOR: The Dysfunctional Upper Quadrant: The Chained, Spastic and Absent.”

Dr. Mayer and Alberto Esquenazi, MD, will lead a course called “Sharpening Your Skills in Lower Extremity Orthotic Prescription.”

John Whyte, MD, PhD, and colleagues will lead a course called “Applications of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to the Rehabilitation of Cognitive and Motor Sequelae of Stroke.”

Arthur Gershkoff, MD, Michael Saulino, MD, and colleagues will lead a course called “Stroke/TBI Research and Clinical Pearls.”

Dr. Esquenazi, Dr. Saulino and Dr. Watanabe will be faculty for a pre-conference course called “Advanced Assessment and Management Skills for Spasticity, Dystonia, and Related Motor Disorders: An Interactive Hands-On Workshop.”

Posters

Intrathecal Ziconotide-Baclofen Combination Therapy for Spasticity and Neuropathic Pain Resulting from Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Series by Michael Saulino, MD

Intrathecal Ziconotide for Phantom Limb Pain: A Case Report by Michael Saulino, MD

The Effect of Rehabilitation Program on the Gait of Patients with New Transtibial (TTA) and Transfemoral Amputations (TFA) by Maria Lucas, PT, Chris Gorrell, DPT, Nancy Beecher, MPT, and Alberto Esquenazi, MD

Emergency Preparedness for Persons with Disability by Steven Parrillo, DO, Julie Hensler-Cullen, RN, and Albert Esquenazi, MD

Safety and Efficacy of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in Anticoagulated Patients with Refractory Angina by Debra Braverman, MD

Patient Registry of Outcomes in Spasticity Care (PROS) by Alberto Esquenazi, MD