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  • Friday, Nov 1st
    9:15 AM – 10:45 AM  
    PLENARY II: Journey of Rebuilding Identity Following Stroke 0883
    Location:  ROOM: Chantilly Ballroom/Plenaries REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From the ACRM Registration desk, proceed towards the elephants. Go past the elephants and the Chantilly Ballroom is through the foyer.
    Presenter: Debra Meyerson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Stroke Onward
    Presenter: Steven A. Zuckerman, MBA (he/him/his) – Stroke Onward
    StrokeCaregiver Needs
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    11:45 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Re-energize with the Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation Medicine Networking Group 6141
    Location:  ROOM: EXPO Hall / Trinity Ballroom: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants. Turn right at the elephants and proceed past the Gossip Bar into the Trinity Art Corridor. Turn left and follow the signs down the corridor, passing through the Rotunda and continuing to the end of the corridor. The Expo Hall is on the right at the end of the corridor.
    Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    1:15 PM – 2:15 PM  
    A Novel, Wearable Technology to Gain an "Inside View" of the Patient and Enhance Outcomes After Stroke 9614
    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: Divya Sadana – SynPhNe
    Corresponding Presenter: Subhasis Banerji, PhD (he/him/his) – SynPhNe Pte Ltd.
    Presenter: Mark Pedrotty, PHD (he/him/his) – Brain and Body Rehabilitation Psychotherapy LLC
    TechnologyBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsNeuroplasticityRehabilitation Treatment Specification SystemStrokeTechnologyTelehealth
  • Friday, Nov 1st
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Infographics on Sex and Gender Topics in Traumatic Brain Injury to Raise Awareness and Promote Quality Care: A Co-creation Study 1141
    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.
    Presenting Author: Thaisa Tylinski Sant'Ana, HBSc (she/her/hers) – KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN
    Non-presenting Author: Alina Rodrigues, n/a – University Health Network
    Non-presenting Author: Farrah Schwartz, MA – UHN
    Non-presenting Author: Angela Colantonio, PhD, OT. Reg. (Ont.) – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Tatyana Mollayeva, PhD, MD (she/her/hers) – KITE Research Institute Toronto Rehab University Health Network
    Brain InjuryArts & NeuroscienceCaregiver NeedsDiversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Explorers, Improvisers, and Rebels: How Rehabilitation Practitioners Use Tinkering to Respond to Uncertainty and Ambiguity 9592
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado A 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. Coronado A is the last room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Christina Papadimitriou, PhD – Oakland University
    Presenter: Ann Guernon, PhD, CCC-SLP – Lewis University
    Non-presenting author: Jennifer A. Weaver, PhD, OTR/L – Colorado State University
    Presenter: Trudy Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L – The George Washington University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Marla Clayman, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), Department of Veteans Affairs
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Albert J. Meehan – Oakland University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Luke Lindemann, PhD (he/him/his) – The George Washington University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Patricia L. Grady-Dominguez, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
    Brain InjuryBehavioral Health SciencesCaregiver NeedsClinical Practice
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Supporting the Cancer Caregiver: Development of a Cancer Caregiver Support Group at an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility 4504
    Location:  ROOM: Monte Carlo REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Monte Carlo is the sixth room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Alyssa B. Hartman, PT, DPT – Atrium Health's Carolinas Rehabilitation- Charlotte
    Presenter: Emily Carpenito, MS CCC-SLP – Atrium - Carolinas Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Terrence M. Pugh, MD – Wake Forest University SOM; Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation
    Cancer RehabilitationCaregiver Needs
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    9:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Re-energize: Yin and Yang Meditation: Finding Your Inner Self-compassion
    Location:  ROOM: EXPO Hall / Trinity Ballroom: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants. Turn right at the elephants and proceed past the Gossip Bar into the Trinity Art Corridor. Turn left and follow the signs down the corridor, passing through the Rotunda and continuing to the end of the corridor. The Expo Hall is on the right at the end of the corridor.
    Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Disorders of Consciousness Family Education Resource: Promoting Dissemination and Accessibility to Family and Caregivers 9560
    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: Brooke M. Murtaugh, OTD, OTR/L, CBIST, BT-C – Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
    Presenter: Amy M. Shapiro-Rosenbaum, PhD, ABPP-CN, FACRM (she/her/hers) – Park Terrace Care Center; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; BrainMatters Neuropsychological Services, PLLC
    Corresponding Presenter: Kathryn Farris, OTR/L – Shepherd Center
    Presenter: Shanti M. Pinto, MD, MSCS (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Brain InjuryCaregiver NeedsClinical Practice
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Grappling with Uncertainty: Care Partners and Rehabilitation Practitioners Hope for the Recovery of Persons in Disorders of Consciousness 4506
    Location:  ROOM: Coronado A 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. Coronado A is the last room on the right.
    Corresponding Presenter: Christina Papadimitriou, PhD – Oakland University
    Presenter: Ann Guernon, PhD, CCC-SLP – Lewis University
    Non-presenting author: Jennifer A. Weaver, PhD, OTR/L – Colorado State University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Trudy Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L – The George Washington University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Trisha Kot, n/a – Nick Kot Charity for TBI
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Paige Ford – N/A
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Marvin Paguio – Oakland University
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Sophia Slack (she/her/hers) – George Washington University
    Brain InjuryCaregiver NeedsClinical PracticeDiversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM  
    SPONSORED SESSION by SYNCHRON: “The Implantable Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Bringing Autonomy to Your Patients”
    Location:  ROOM: Chantilly Ballroom/Plenaries REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From the ACRM Registration desk, proceed towards the elephants. Go past the elephants and the Chantilly Ballroom is through the foyer.
    Presenter: Raul Nogueira, MD, FAHA, FSVIN – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Presenter: Sandy Hanebrink, OTR/L – Touch the Future
    Brain InjurySpinal Cord InjuryStrokeCaregiver NeedsNeuroplasticityTechnologyHealth Services ResearchMilitary and Veterans Affairs
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Coding, Tracking and Trending Injury Data to Improve Practice and Safety for Caregivers and Their Patients 1145
    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: Teresa L. Boynton, MS, OTR, CSPHP – Mobility Consulting and Presentations, LLC
    Early Mobilization/Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care UnitBig DataCaregiver NeedsClinical PracticeHealth Services ResearchMeasurementSkin Management
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Identifying and Prioritizing Recommendations to Optimize Transitions Across the Care Journey for Hip Fractures: Results from a Mixed-methods Concept Mapping Study in Ontario, Canada 1130
    Location:  ROOM: Monte Carlo REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Monte Carlo is the sixth room on the left.
    Presenting Author: Sara JT Guilcher, PT, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Lauren Cadel, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Amanda Everall – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Walter Wodchis – University of Toronto
    Non-presenting Author: Susan Bronskill – ICES
    Non-presenting Author: Kednapa Thavorn (she/her/hers) – Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
    Non-presenting Author: Kerry Kuluski – Trillium Health Partners
    Health Services ResearchCaregiver Needs
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Advances and Challenges in Using Evidence-based AI Driven Technology Platforms for Cognitive and Speech Therapy to Increase Patient Outcomes and Improve Clinician Productivity 1592
    Location:  ROOM: Cortez A 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. Cortez A is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Noah Poskanzer, PT, DPT – Constant Therapy
    Presenter: Swathi Kiran, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Presenter: Susan Wortman-Jutt, MS, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – Burke Rehabilitation
    Presenter: Thomas L. Southern, Jr., SLPD, CCC-SLP – Elara Caring
    TechnologyAging Research & Geriatric RehabilitationBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsClinical PracticeMeasurementNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeuroplasticityStroke
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Funding Implementation Science in Traumatic Brain Injury: I-HEAL, a Case Study 9615
    Location:  ROOM: Morocco REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Proceed straight ahead, past the skylight. Morocco is the room to the right.
    Moderator: Jessica L. Ryan (she/her/hers) – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Corresponding Presenter: Risa Nakase-Richardson, FACRM, FNAN – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Corresponding Presenter: Jolie N. Haun, PhD EdS LMT – Veterans Health Administration
    Presenter: Marc A. Silva, PhD (he/him/his) – James A. Haley Veterans Hospital
    Presenter: Natalie M. Gilmore, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Presenter: Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, PhD – James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
    Writing Grants & Getting FundedBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans Affairs
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Music Therapy and Speech Language Pathology in Stroke Comprehensive Rehabilitation 6484
    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: Maegan M. Morrow, MT-BC, NMT Fellow (she/her/hers) – Houston Methodist the Woodlands
    Presenter: Christy Marshall, M.A., CCC-SLP – Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital
    Arts & NeuroscienceCaregiver NeedsDiversity, Equity and InclusionStroke
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    The Anatomy of Mindfulness: Breakdown of the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Various Standardized Mindfulness Programs and the Operationalized Languaging 9625
    Location:  ROOM: Sapphire REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>>DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. Proceed past the Elephants. Turn left down the corridor. The Sapphire is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Megan C. Vaughan – Integrative Performance Labs
    Complementary Integrative Rehabilitation MedicineArts & NeuroscienceAthlete Development & Sports RehabilitationBehavioral Health SciencesBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsMilitary and Veterans AffairsNeuroplasticityPain RehabilitationTrauma
  • Saturday, Nov 2nd
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    The Lived Experience and TBI Research: Leveraging Community Voices Through Community Advisory Boards 1593
    Location:  ROOM: Monte Carlo REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Monte Carlo is the sixth room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Michelle Smith, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Medical Center
    Presenter: Leigh Johnson, MPH (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Presenter: Olga Garduno-Ortega, MPH (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health | Rusk Rehabilitation
    Brain InjuryCaregiver NeedsCultural CompetencyDiversity, Equity and InclusionHealth Services Research
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Traumatic Brain Injury Caregivers: Understanding the Resilience, Readiness, and Resources Needed to Improve Health, Functioning and Needs Post-injury 9585
    Location:  ROOM: Monte Carlo REGION: Tower Mezzanine Level >>> DIRECTIONS: Exit Tower elevators on Mezzanine level. Turn left before the skylight. Monte Carlo is the sixth room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Fedora Biney, PhD, ABPP (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenter: Jennifer H. Marwitz, MA (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Presenter: Bani Malhotra, Ph.D., ATR-BC – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Presenter: Stephanie D. Agtarap, PhD (she/her/hers) – Craig Hospital
    Presenter: Daniel W. Klyce, Ph.D., ABPP – Richmond VA Medical Center / Virginia Commonwealth University
    Brain InjuryCaregiver NeedsClinical Practice
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Smart-home Technologies for Patient and Caregiver Use at Home After Discharge from Inpatient Rehabilitation 1598
    Location:  ROOM: Senators 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. Senators is at the end of the corridor on the left.
    Presenter: Jovita Guzman – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Presenter: Eileen M. Garcia, OTR/L PAMs – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Presenter: Linda S.Y. Park, BSN, RN, CRRN – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Presenter: Michelle Camicia, PhD MSN CRRN CCM NEA-BC FAHA FARN FAAN – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Cristine Ray (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    Corresponding Presenter: Brian R. Theodore, PhD – Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
    TechnologyBrain InjuryCaregiver NeedsClinical PracticeSpinal Cord InjuryStrokeTrauma
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM: The Psychology of Recovery: How to Identify and Incorporate Psychological Factors into the Plan of Care S11
    Location:  ROOM: Topaz REGION: Tower Lobby Level >>> DIRECTIONS: From ACRM Registration desk, face the elephants and turn left. The Topaz is the first room on the left, across from the Elephants.
    Presenter: Michael JL Sullivan, PhD – McGill University
    Pain RehabilitationNeuroplasticityCaregiver NeedsTraumaDiversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Sunday, Nov 3rd
    2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Multidisciplinary Clinical Collaboration to Optimize the Continuum of Post-stroke Care 9670
    Location:  ROOM: Obelisk A 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. Obelisk A is the first 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. Obelisk A is the first room on the left.
    Corresponding Presenter: Jenna Tosto Mancuso, PT, DPT, NCS – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Non-presenting author: Neha Dangayach, MD MSCR FAAN FCCM FCCP FNCS – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Non-Presenting Contributor: David Putrino, PT, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Non-Presenting Contributor: Christopher Kellner – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Clinical PracticeCaregiver NeedsHealth Services ResearchStrokeTechnologyTelehealth