Department of Rehabilitation Services

Acknowledgements

International Initiatives by BWH Physical Therapists

The nonprofit organization Operation-Walk Boston provides crucial joint replacement surgery and basic equipment to patients in the Dominican Republic who are unable to obtain these services.

In 2009, Operation Walk will travel to Santo Domingo to perform joint replacements on as many as 50 patients who would not otherwise have access to these surgeries. This initiative is led by Thomas S. Thornhill, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and coordinated by Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS, Inpatient Clinical Supervisor,  Department of Rehabilitation Services. A team of clinicians from BWH will train local orthopedic staff so they can further the Operation Walk mission. Physical therapists and physical therapy assistance from BWH will be traveling to Santo Domingo in March 2009 to provide treatment for patients following surgery. If you are interested in joining or donating to Operation Walk-Boston, go to http://operationwalkboston.blogspot.com

Kids for Caps

Joan Casby, PT, Senior Physical Therapist, Department of Rehabilitation Services works hard to help others have a warm holiday season with the Kids for Caps program at BWH. To learn more click here. To learn how to get involved with the Kids for Caps program click here. For more information and patterns click here.

International Organization of Physical Therapists in Women's Health (IOPTWH) 

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).

Women's Health Section of the APTA

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.

BWH PTs at APTA's Annual Meetings

APTA's Combined Section Meeting 2009

• Exploring Opportunitities for Change and Improvement in Acute Care Physical Therapy: Lessons from the Science of Health Care Improvement. Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS; Yvonne Michaud, RN, MS; Daniel W Ovitt, PT, MS; Melanie Michelle Parker, PT --- Handout
  

• Clinical Update and Interdisciplinary Care: Rehabilitation Following Breast Cancer Surgery. Stephanie Caterson, MD; Roya Ghazinouri, PT, DPT, MS ; Daniel W Ovitt, PT; Rebecca G Stephenson, PT, DPT, MS; Reg B Wilcox, III, PT, DPT, MS, OCS  --- Handout

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.

APTA Annual Conference - 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