The Keynote Address was presented by our own Randel Swanson II, DO, PhD who discussed the "Rehabilitation of US Government Personnel with Neurological Manifestations following Directional Phenomena Exposure in Havana, Cuba: a Multidisciplinary Approach."
Penn Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Good Shepherd Penn Partners Presents:
2018 Research Day
June 14, 2018 — Penn Medicine Rittenhouse
Keynote Speaker
Randel Swanson, DO, PhD
This lecture was followed by a panel discussion with his collaborators on this ongoing project including: Stephen Hampton, MD (Penn PM&R); Michael Galloway, OD (Salus University); Diana Duda, PT, DPT, ATP MSCS (Good Shepherd Penn Fitness); Rosette, Biester, PhD (Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s Polytrauma team); Mary-Fran Madden OTR/L, CBIS, MSCS (Good Shepherd Penn Fitness); and Darlene Mancini, EEd, CCC-SLP (Good Shepherd Penn Fitness).
The Podium Presentations were moderated by our own Michelle Johnson, PhD, director of Penn PM&R’s Rehabilitation Robotics Research and Development Lab.
Penn PM&R was represented by its graduating residents who presented their findings on research projects as an essential requirement of their successful graduation from our residency program:
An interactive mobile robot focusing on telemedicine and telepresence from Penn PM&R’s Rehabilitation Robotics Research and Development Lab under the direction of Dr. Michelle Johnson.
Haewon Jennifer Lee, MD: “The safety of cooled radiofrequency ablation (RFA).” (Faculty mentors—Drs. Frank Caldera and Christopher Plastaras).
Miland P. Patel, MD, MBA: “The prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with chronic pain: a retrospective chart review.” (Faculty mentors—Drs. Michael Ashburn [Anesthesiology] and Adrian Popescu).
Christian Acharte, MD: “Improved pain scores and associated physical functional change: an observational study.” (Faculty mentor—Dr. Frank Caldera).
Jaclyn Barcikowski, DO: “Predicting rehabilitation outcomes using activity measure for post-acute care.” (Faculty mentor—Dr. Jeremy Charles).
Gregory T. Robbins, MD: ”Firing rates and variability differences between motor units and spontaneous activity in needle electromyography.” (Faculty mentors—Drs. Bradley Tucker and Timothy Dillingham).
Gabrielle F. Daniel, MD: “Effectiveness of drug monitoring program on improving patient opioid compliance.” (Faculty mentor—Dr. Frank Caldera).
During the podium presentations, Good Shepherd Penn Partners was represented by its rehabilitation staff who performed these projects in both our inpatient and outpatient programs:
David P. Dolt, MSN, RN, CCRN: “Admission time out.”
Colleen Chancler, PT, MHS, PhD: “The health status of older adults discharged home from an acute care hospital: a descriptive study.”
Malachy J. Clancy, MOT, OTR/L, BCPR: “Psychosocial assessment for left ventricular assist device candidates.”
Brian G. Leggin, PT, DPT, OCS: “The minimally clinically important difference and responsiveness of the Penn shoulder score (PSS), American shoulder and elbow surgeons shoulder score (ASES), and the QuickDash (QD) in patients with shoulder disorders.”
The 2018 Research Day Poster Presentations included these from among Penn PM&R faculty, residents and research staff:
Timothy Dillingham, Jessica Kenia, Frances Shofer, James Marschalek: “An immediate fit, adjustable transtibial prosthetic system: a prospective feasibility and efficacy pilot study.”
Kenton Hagan, Ellen Casey: “Female runner with groin pain.” Yejia Zhang, Zuozhen Tia, Miersalijiang Yasen, Robert Mauck, Maurizio Pacifici, Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto: “Pathophysiological role of a-disintegrin and metalloproteinase 8 in intervertebral disc degeneration.”
An immediate fit, adjustable, transtibial prosthesis developed by Dr. Timothy Dillingham and his research engineering team as funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Zuozhen Tian, Motomi Enomoto-Iwamoto, Flavia Vitale, Dessislava Markova, Youhai Chen, Carla Scanzello, Jian Huang, Jingong Liu, Di Chen, Yejia Zhang: “Functional deficits in mice overexpressing human interleukin-8.”
Ann Hulme, Somnang Pang: “Post-partum infectious sacroilitis.”
Ann Hulme, Akta Rajani, Jaclyn Barcikowski, Jeremy Charles: “ID you doc: a quality improvement project.”
Flavia Vitale, Gregory Robbins, Brendan Murphy, Timothy Dillingham: “Development of high-density surface electrode arrays for localization of electromyography motor points.”
Ann Hulme, Kate Temme: Multiple stress fractures in an Irish dancer with undiagnosed hypophosphatemia.”
Kenton Hagan, Jeremy Charles: “Predictive ability of activity measure for post-acute care for inpatient rehabilitation facility discharge outcomes.”
Enri Kina, Michael Sobrepera, Jamie Carlson, Carla Diana, Michelle Johnson: Designing an emotive robotic face to inspire trust in autonomous rehabilitation activities.”
Esther Overlinde, Sofiya Lysenko, Michelle Johnson, Laura Prosser: A novel approach to parameterizing young infant emotions and movement.”
Breanna Lyn, Kevin Bui, Matthew Roland, Carol Wamsley, Michelle Johnson: Visuospatial and memory impairments correlate with upper limb tracking performance in chronic stroke: a rehabilitation robotics approach.”
Elaine Ho, Wilson Torres, Laura Prosser, Michelle Johnson: “The impact of toy design on natural play interactions of premature infants.”
Sarah Raizen, Kevin Bui, Michelle Johnson: Therapist and physician perspectives on a robotic therapy gym for post-stroke rehabilitation.”
Posters generated by Good Shepherd Penn Partner’s staff members included:
Hani Dressler, Robin Elican-Madeja, Tiffany Hogan, Jenna Rogers, Anastasiya Ruiz: “Supporting a developmentally appropriate environment in the intensive care nursery: a training program for ancillary staff and supportive services.”
Sabrina Mele: “Outcomes after exercise in a 73 year old male with Parkinson disease with deep brain stimulation.”
Chelsea Flick, Kathleen Cassidy, Natalie Blanden, Melissa Lattanzio, Robert Fritch, David Lenrow: “Penn Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine checklist.”
Susan Whitworth, Malachy Clancy, William Pino, Carolyn Haggerty, Michael Mullen, Jean Luciano, Amy Rose Montaruli, Colleen Chancler, Janice Smolka: “A targeted multidisciplinary approach in the acute care environment to improve patient outcomes in the stroke population.”
Heather Dillon Anderson, Scott Biely, Chelsea Carr-Epstein, Josie Dappah-Colon, Amy Hollenbeck, Haley Schell, Alyssa Sifer: “Mobilization for persons with acute stroke: a survey of current physical therapy clinical practice.”
A novel, flexible, high-density electromyography electrode developed by Dr. Flavia Vitale and her
team for precise motor point localization.
Jillian Tessier, Kelli Williams Stephen Hampton, Roy Hamilton: “Right hemispheric dominance for language in a case of a right-handed adult with right frontal anaplastic astrocytoma.”
Meredith Antanavage, Nicole Rudolph: “The infant position assessment tool and a unit protocol to improve interdisciplinary developmental positioning in the neonatal intensive care unit.”
John Barry, Michael Roberto: “Use of neuromuscular electrical stimulation to facilitate lumbar multifidus activation following a lumbar medial branch radiofrequency ablation.”
Jessica Kasper, Carol Wamsley: “Rehabilitation intervention for anxiety: a case study.”
Jean Romano, Sonya Wood-Johnson, Nicole Blanden, Kathleen Cassidy, T McCloskey, C Flick, Melissa Anderson, Anissa Magwood, David Dolt, Joseph Muniak, Ann Marie
Pettit, Kjisten Robin, Kelli Williams, Jeremy Charles: Multifaceted interdisciplinary approach to reducing falls.”
Erin Fazzari, Brittany Chervino: The effects of hypothyroidism on lymphedema and wound healing: a case study.”