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  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Contributing Factors in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury Morbidly and the Impact These Have on Rehabilitative Efforts 4048
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado C REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms. Coronado C is the second room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Grace S. Griesbach, PhD (she/her/hers) – Centre for Neuro Skills
    Presenter: Stefanie Howell, PhD (she/her/hers) – Centre for Neuro Skills
    Presenter: Linda J. Noble-Haeusslein, PhD – Dell Medical School, university of Texas Austin
    Brain InjuryClinical PracticeCOVID-19Diversity, Equity and InclusionNeuroplasticityTrauma
  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Post-traumatic Growth Review and Practice: From Evaluation to Intervention in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 9589
    Location:  ROOM: Cortez C REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms to the end of the hall and turn right. Proceed down the corridor on the left. Cortez C is the last room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Chungyi Chiu, CRC, LPC – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Presenter: Jeffrey C. Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN, FACRM – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Behavioral Health SciencesCancer RehabilitationClinical PracticeCOVID-19Military and Veterans AffairsSpinal Cord InjuryTrauma
  • Thursday, Oct 31st
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Year 1 Experiences of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Long COVID Care Network: Expanding Access and Improving Care for People with Long COVID 0577
    Location:  ROOM: Milan REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Milan is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Poonam Pardasaney, ScD, DPT, MS – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    Moderator: Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (she/her/hers) – UT Health San Antonio
    Presenter: Janna Friedly, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Presenter: Laura A. Malone, MD PhD – Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins
    COVID-19
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Long COVID Symposium Part 1: pathophysiology and Assessment of Fatigue and Brain Fog 0569
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Judith M. Burnfield, PhD, PT – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Fofi Constantinidou, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS (she/her/hers) – University of Cyprus
    Presenter: Thomas F. Bergquist, PhD, ABPP, FACRM – Mayo Clinic College Medicine and Science
    Presenter: Jacob Raber, PhD (he/him/his) – OHSU
    Presenter: Jennifer M. Loftis, PhD (she/her/hers) – VA Portland Health Care System; Oregon Health & Science University
    Presenter: Mari Tobita, MD – Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
    Presenter: Ryan Knight, PT, DPT – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Natalie A. Williams, PhD (she/her/hers) – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Evan H. Cohen, PhD, MI License, CBIS, UMich PMR Postdoc, 20 yrs Acute & Residential TBI Rehab, ACRM International COVID19 Task Force – retired from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, and from private practice
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman, PhD, ABPP-CN (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    InternationalCOVID-19
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    The Impact of COVID-19 on the Prevalence and Trajectory of Frailty 1594
    Location:  ROOM: De Soto B: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. De Soto B is the first room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Karishma Patel, MScOT, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC Health)
    Presenter: Saurabh Mehta, PT, PhD, GCS – East Tennessee State University
    Presenter: Julie M. Faieta – University of Pittsburgh
    Presenter: Maria C. Swartz, PhD, MPH, RDN, LD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, PT, PhD – McMaster University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Hyun Jung Kim, MSOT, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – MGH Institute of Health Professions
    COVID-19
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Leveraging Evolving Knowledge of Telehealth for Health Care Delivery of Physiotherapy: Development, Implementation, and Impact During COVID-19 and Beyond 9607
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado D REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms. Coronado D is the first room on the right.
    Moderator: Emily Dunlap, PT, PhD (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas at Austin
    Corresponding Presenter: Prashanth Gopal, MPT – Qatar Rehabilitation Institute
    Presenter: Caroline Barmatz, BPT, MHA – Sheba Medical Center
    Presenter: Manny M.Y Kwok, PT, MSc (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    TelehealthCOVID-19
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    Long COVID Symposium Part 2: multidisciplinary Person-centric Approach to Promote Recovery from Fatigue and Brain Fog 0579
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Judith M. Burnfield, PhD, PT – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Natalie A. Williams, PhD (she/her/hers) – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Fofi Constantinidou, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS (she/her/hers) – University of Cyprus
    Presenter: Amanda Sacks-Zimmerman, PhD, ABPP-CN (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Evan H. Cohen, PhD, MI License, CBIS, UMich PMR Postdoc, 20 yrs Acute & Residential TBI Rehab, ACRM International COVID19 Task Force – retired from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, and from private practice
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Virginia Chaidez, PhD, RD – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Ryan Knight, PT, DPT – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Thomas F. Bergquist, PhD, ABPP, FACRM – Mayo Clinic College Medicine and Science
    InternationalCOVID-19
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Autonomic Function Comparison Between Unvaccinated and Vaccinated Young Adults Infected with COVID-19: An Observational Study 4346
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado D REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms. Coronado D is the first room on the right.
    Presenting Author: Michael A. Eleruja, MB.Ch.B. (he/him/his) – Central Washington University
    Non-presenting Author: Bruna Spolador Silva – Sao Paulo State University
    Non-presenting Author: Leonardo D'acquisto, Professor – Central Washington University
    Non-presenting Author: Kelly Pritchett, Professor – Central Washington University
    Non-presenting Author: Karen Roemer, Professor – Central Washington University
    Non-presenting Author: Ana Elisa Von Ah Morano, n/a – Sao Paulo State University
    Non-presenting Author: Vanessa Ribeiro Dos Santos – Sao Paulo State University
    Non-presenting Author: Fabio Santos S. Lira, n/a – Sao Paulo State University
    Non-presenting Author: Ana Paula Freire, PhD – Department of Health Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, USA
    COVID-19
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Mind Matters: Navigating Mental Health in Early Career Researchers 9611
    Location:  ROOM: Peridot REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Peridot is the third room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Peridot is the third room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Fransiska M. Bossuyt, PhD (she/her/hers) – ETH Zurich
    Presenter: Yohali Burrola-Mendez, PT, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Presenter: Natalie A. Williams, PhD (she/her/hers) – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Judith M. Burnfield, PhD, PT – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    InternationalCOVID-19Diversity, Equity and InclusionLeadershipWriting Grants & Getting Funded
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    4:15 PM – 5:15 PM  
    Psychological Disorders Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Pediatric Population: New Findings and Implications for Clinical Practice 9569
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado C REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Proceed past the lobby elevators and turn right to enter the West Wing. Proceed down the corridor, turn right and then left. Proceed past the restrooms. Coronado C is the second room on the right.
    Presenter: Richard L. Delmonico, PhD – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Corresponding Presenter: Brian R. Theodore, PhD – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Presenter: Charles Filanosky, PhD – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Presenter: Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa – Division of Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Lue-Yen Tucker, BA (she/her/hers) – Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Michelle Camicia, PhD MSN CRRN CCM NEA-BC FAHA FARN FAAN – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesCOVID-19Pediatric Rehabilitation
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Concealment of Long-covid Symptoms: The Hidden Impact of Masking an Invisible Illness 1599
    Location:  ROOM: Wedgwood Ballroom REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From EXPO Registration desk, face the elephants. Turn right at the elephants and proceed past the Gossip Bar. Turn left and proceed through the Wedgwood Foyer. The Wedgwood Ballroom is on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Ella Wilson, OTD, OTR/L – University of Southern California
    Presenter: Erin Bussell, OTD, OTR/L, PAMS (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    COVID-19Behavioral Health SciencesClinical PracticeLifestyle Medicine
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Long-term Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Patients and Providers: Multidimensional Challenges Necessitating Muti-faceted Interventions 1607
    Location:  ROOM: Rosetta REGION: Atrium II Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Atrium Elevators. Take a right and proceed down the corridor. Continue past the escalators and the row of rooms on your left. At the end of the row of rooms, turn down the corridor on the right. Rosetta is the last room on the left. If coming from the Tower Mezzanine, from the Tower Elevators, turn right. Proceed down the stairs and take the first corridor on your left. Rosetta is the last room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Kristina Henderson, PhD, CRC, LPC, CVE (she/her/hers) – Mercer University
    Presenter: Chungyi Chiu, CRC, LPC – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Presenter: Jeffrey C. Wertheimer, PhD, ABPP-CN, FACRM – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Presenter: Christina Dillahunt-Aspillaga, PhD, CRC, CVE, CLCP, CBIST – University of South Florida
    Behavioral Health SciencesCOVID-19
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Theoretical Framework and Protocol Development of a Music Therapy Intervention to Mitigate Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: Positive Stimulation for Medically Sedated Patients (PSMSP) 6486
    Location:  ROOM: Peacock Terrace REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Peacock Terrace is on the far end of the lobby.
    Corresponding Presenter: Jennifer Townsend, MMT, MT-BC (she/her/hers) – Houston Methodist
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Atiya Dhala – Houston Methodist
    Arts & NeuroscienceClinical PracticeCOVID-19Neuroplasticity
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM  
    Conducting Meta-analyses and Systematic Reviews in Long COVID: Challenges and Lessons Learned 4353
    Location:  ROOM: Metropolitan REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Metropolitan is the first room to the left.
    Presenting Author: Eva Pettemeridou, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Limassol
    Non-presenting Author: Maria Loizidou, MSc – University of Cyprus
    Non-presenting Author: Jelena Trajkovic – University of Maastricht
    Non-presenting Author: Stefanie De Smet (she/her/hers) – Ghent University
    Non-presenting Author: Maria Constantinou, PhD – Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus
    Non-presenting Author: Fofi Constantinidou, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS (she/her/hers) – University of Cyprus
    InternationalCOVID-19
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Update on Solutions for Increasing Use of Integrative Medicine in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology 9649
    Location:  ROOM: Governors Lecture Hall REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. Governors is at the end of the corridor on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Christina Semonick, SLPD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Clarity Speech Therapy Inc.
    Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBrain InjuryCancer RehabilitationClinical PracticeCOVID-19Limb CareMilitary and Veterans AffairsPain RehabilitationPediatric RehabilitationStrokeTrauma
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Harmonization of Assessment and Treatment Protocols for the Neuropsychological Effects of Long COVID: The EU Funded Project BRAINN 1604
    Location:  ROOM: Peacock Terrace REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn right. Peacock Terrace is on the far end of the lobby.
    Corresponding Presenter: Fofi Constantinidou, PhD, CCC-SLP, CBIS (she/her/hers) – University of Cyprus
    Presenter: Eva Pettemeridou, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Limassol
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Maria Constantinou, PhD – Center for Applied Neuroscience, University of Cyprus
    Presenter: Kalia Lofitou, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Cyprus
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Jelena Trajkovic – University of Maastricht
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Stefanie De Smet (she/her/hers) – Ghent University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Jeannette Boschma – Maastricht University
    InternationalCOVID-19Technology
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS): Implementing an Interdisciplinary Group Program in an Outpatient Setting 9660
    Location:  ROOM: Ming REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Ming is the fourth room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Emily M. Rich, PhD, MOT, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Texas Woman's University
    Presenter: Geneva Kaplan-Smith, PT, DPT, NCPT, ATC (she/her/hers) – Tucson Medical Center
    Clinical PracticeCOVID-19Lifestyle MedicineCardiopulmonary RehabilitationInternational