We are doing a fundraiser for Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation. Please contact me if you are interested in attending! smichlovitz@gmail.com

8:30- 8:45: A.M. Welcome Lynn Bassini, MA, OTR, CHT (Founder GHHF) and Sue Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT

8:45- 9:45 Learning from successes and failures Part 1:

Nerve injury and repair- when it works, when it doesn’t

(Christine Novak, PT, MS, PhD(c) and Renata Weber, MD

9:45-10:15 A.M The therapist as a researcher of surgical outcomes: experience with peripheral nerve injuries

Christine Novak, PT, MS, PhD (c)

10:15-10:25 A.M. BREAK

10:30-11:00 A.M. Outreach volunteerism in Surgery and Therapy: The Guatemala Experience Renata Weber, MD, Carol Page, PT, DPT, CHT, and Sue Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT

11:00-noon P.M. Learning from successes and failures, Part 2: "Hand and Wrist Fractures: Care Gone Awry!"

Peter Tang, MD, MPH and Aviva Wolff, OTR/L, CHT

12:00-1:00 P.M. LUNCH

1:00-2:00 P.M. Implementing EBP into your practice- facilitators and barriers

Emily Altman, PT, DPT, CHT and Sam Moghtaderi, MD

2:00-2:30 P.M. Using evidence and expertise to guide practice: Orthosis for joint stiffness as an example

Carol Page, PT, DPT, CHT

2:30-3:00 Referring patients to therapy: Dialogue between the “old dog” therapist and “young dog” surgeon

Sue Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT and Sam Moghtaderi, MD

 Cost $135 (by March 28) $150 at door

All but 15 dollars goes directly to GHHF to support medical mission work.

Our appreciation is extended to Risa Granick, PT, EdD, MPA, Director, Program in Physical Therapy, Columbia University for her assistance in this seminar.