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Improving Functional Outcomes for Amputees:
A Collaborative Approach

April 11-12, 2008
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This Conference has been approved by the following organizations:

  • Case Managers: National Commission for Case Manager Certification - 10.75 hours - Continuing Education Credit
  • Prosthetists: American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics, Inc. - 11.25 hours - Continuing Education Credit
  • Physical Therapists: Old Dominion University - College of Health Sciences.
  • This Conference qualifies for Type I Continuing Education Credits.
  • This CE activity was approved by the Virginia Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
  • This conference has been approved to offer 11.5 hours of CME to physicians.

Speakers:

Laurence J. CorleyLaurence J. Corley is a Clinical Support Specialist with Ohio Willow Wood, Inc. In this position he works collaboratively with surgeons, prosthetists and physical therapists to provide care to amputation patients. His personal and professional experiences provide a unique perspective for promoting the development of patient-centered treatment plans.

John R. FergasonJohn R. Fergason, CPO is currently the Chief Prosthetist at the Amputee Care Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas and is playing an active role in the rehabilitation of amputees returning from current military conflicts. He serves as adjunct faculty at Baylor University, Division of Physical T erapy and has spoken extensively on advances in lower extremity prosthetic components.

Robert GaileyRobert Gailey, P.T., Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Miami and is a health sciences researcher at the Miami Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Miami, Florida. Dr. Gailey helped create the medical center's Functional Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center, which specializes in the care and rehabilitation of amputation patients. Dr. Gailey will present data on the use of Functional Outcome Measures in prosthetic clinical research and the benefits of collaborative evaluation of amputation patients.

Marc H. GlickmanMarc H. Glickman, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a vascular surgeon with academic affiliations at Eastern Virginia Medical School and Old Dominion University. He has over 25 years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary setting. Dr. Glickman will present on best practices in vascular surgery approaches for amputation.

David A. LawrenceDavid A. Lawrence, M.S.P.T., A.T.C. is an adjunct faculty member in the physical therapy programs at the Medical College of Virginia (Richmond) and Old Dominion University. He teaches national and international professional education programs to physicians and physical therapists on rehabilitation of amputation patients. Mr. Lawrence is the director of an international prosthetic rehabilitation program and has served as a consultant in Jordan, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.

Carole A. OrchardCarole A. Orchard, B.S.N., M.Ed., Ed.D. is the Coordinator of Interprofessional Education Initiatives at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and is an expert on collaborative practice. She has also been the recipient of project funding from Health Canada, a national consortium whose goal is to develop collaborative practice guidelines for health professionals.

Paul F. PasquinaPaul F. Pasquina, M.D., LTC is Medical Director of the Amputee Program and Chairman of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Pasquina has extensive experience in the care and treatment of military combat amputees. He will present on recent experiences caring for combat casualties at Walter Reed, and discuss the military's comprehensive, collaborative approach to care.

Michael S. PinzurMichael S. Pinzur, M.D. is an Orthopedic Surgeon with academic affiliations at Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine and the Veterans Aff airs Hospital (Illinois) and serves as medical consultant at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Dr. Pinzur is a nationally known speaker and author in the area of amputee rehabilitation. He has over 25 years of experience working in collaborative settings, and will share his expertise in surgical practices for the amputation patient.

Laura PickoffLaura Pickoff, LCSW-C, provides case management/clinical social work at the Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Maryland, an acute care rehabilitation hospital. In addition to providing counseling and crisis intervention to patients and/or families to help them cope and adjust to the physiological and psychological aspects of their diagnosis, Ms. Pickoff organizes and facilitates weekly interdisciplinary team conferences and serves as the site coordinator for the PALS (Promoting Amputee Life Skills) research project. She received her Masters of Social Work from University of Maryland at Baltimore and a Bachelors of Science in Human Services, Lesley College, Cambridge, MA.

Stephen T. WegenerStephen T. Wegener, Ph.D., ABPP: Director, Division of Rehabilitation Psychology and Neuropsychology, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. His clinical activity is focused on providing psychological services to persons with chronic illness or traumatic injuries including chronic pain, amputations and spinal cord injury. As a rehabilitation psychologist, his research has focused on theories and projects that have the potential to improve function and reduce disability for persons with chronic illness and impairments. These projects emphasize the importance of patient-centered care models, self-management by patients and the use of motivational interviewing by providers.

Specific research projects have focused on

  • factors that influence the development of chronic pain in persons with occupational musculoskeletal injuries, rheumatic disease, spinal cord injury or limb loss
  • development of cognitive-behavioral, self-management and motivational interviewing interventions that prevent the development of, or provide treatment for, secondary conditions following trauma and  disability

  • factors that influence rehabilitation outcomes, specifically the role of positive psychological variables: denial, positive coping, hope and spirituality

He is active in professional organizations having served as President of Division of Rehabilitation Psychology of the American Psychological Association, is currently Vice- President of the American Board of Rehabilitation Psychology.