Department of Rehabilitation Services

Acknowledgements

Congratulations to Rebecca G. Stephenson, PT, DPT, MS, Coordiantor of Women's Health Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Services, BWH for being elected the President of the International Organization of Physical Therapists in Women's Health (IOPTWH) a division of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT).

Congratulations to Trisha Jenkyns, PT who received the "Volunteer of the Year Award " from the Women's Health Section of the APTA for her work on the Certification in Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy (CAPP) Committee. She was received her award at the APTA's Combined Sections Meeting this past February in Boston.

Physical Therapists and a Physical Therapist Student assisted with medical coverage for the 111th Boston Marathon.

7 members of the Department of Rehabilitation Services worked alongside MD, RNs and athletic trainers at the finish line medical tent assisting runners from around the world.

(L to R), Reg Wilcox, PT; Colleen Macner, PT; Rob Camarada, PT, Stephanie Boudreau, PT, Geoff Keller, PT/S; Melissa Flak, PT; and Joel Fallano, PT

We would like to recognize those Department of Rehabilitation Services individuals that presented at the last Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) - Boston 2007.

• Postoperative Rehabilitation Considerations for Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
  Robert Camarda, PT, DPT;  Leigh deChaves, PT, OCS; Colleen Gallagher, PT, DPT
• Physical Therapy Clinical Decision Making for the Complex Patient in the Acute Care Setting
  Meredith Albert, PT; Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS; Melanie Parker, PT; Linda E. Arslanian, PT, DPT, MS et al.
• The Effectiveness of Iontophoresis with 4 mg/ml Dexamethasone Versus 5% Acetic Acid in Patients Diagnosed With Plantar Fasciitis
  Joel T. Fallano, PT, DPT, MS, OCS
• The Effect of Lumbopelvic Support in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
  Rebecca Stephenson, PT, DPT, MS
• Successful Incorporation of a Peri-Operative Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for Patients Following Thoracic Surgery: From Evidence-Based Medicine to Clinical Practice
  Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS
• The Wall Slide Exercise Fiasco - A Mock Trial & Malpractice Case Study
  Linda E Arslanian, PT, DPT, MS et al.

and those that presented at the last APTA Annual Conference (PT 2007) - Denver 2007.

•  Recent Advances in the Management and Rehabilitation Following Total and Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Stephanie Boudreau, PT, DPT; Reg B. Wilcox III, PT, DPT, MS, OCS