THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
TEACHING CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:00 a.m. -  9:00 a.m. Room F4.118

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Room F2.300

FACULTY:  Heather Adair, M.D., Thiru Annaswamy, M.D., Sam Bierner, M.D., Melissa Brown, M.S., Cheryl Fleischman, M.D., Rita Fulmer, F.N.P., Vincent Gabriel, M.D., Lance Goetz, M.D., Phala Helm, M.D., Radha Holavanahalli, Ph.D., Anne Hudak, M.D., Geeta Kandala, M.D., Susan Knapton, M.D., Karen Kowalske, M.D., Patricia Krohn, FNP,  Michelle Mendez, M.D., Alex Mompoint, M.D., Susan Murphy, M.D., Lisa Ottomanelli, Ph.D., Geetha Pandian, M.D., Gargi Raval, M.D., Richard Robinson, M.D., Anjali Shah, M.D., Jon VanDeventer, M.D., Sreenadha Vattam, M.D., Itala Manosha Wickremasinghe, M.D., Weibin Yang, M.D.

June 6, 2008

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Portable Biomechanical Monitoring Systems: Science, Technology & Potential Rehabilitation Applications” - Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, PhD – Univ of Texas at Dallas, Computer Science Dept
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “EMG Case of the Month” – Susan Knapton, MD
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “Red & Blue Journal” – Raul Llanos, Mercedes Melendez & Ling Zhang

June 13, 2008

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Spasticity Management” - Bridget Bennett, M.D., UT Southwestern, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “BOTOX INJECTION FOR TREATMENT OF SPASTICITY” – Reddy Vattam, M.D.
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “COGNITIVE REHABILITATION” – Richard Fulbright

June 20, 2008

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Pituitary Axis Issues in TBI” - Cid Nazir, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “COMMON COGNITIVE & PSYCHIATRIC SEQUELAE OF ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY”
Karen Brewer, PhD
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY”
Karen Brewer, PhD

June 27, 2008

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Botox and Its Role in Neuromusculoskeletal Pain Treatment” - B Cristian Jaliu, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “ORTHOTIC MANAGEMENT: FOS, AFOS, SHOES, ETC. MS, CMT, POLIO: ORTHOTIC OPTIONS FOR CARE” – William Carlton
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “RESIDENTS MEETING”

________________________________________________________________________May 2, 2008

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Multiple Sclerosis Update”
Anjali Shah, MD, UT Southwestern, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “Prosthetics Upper Extremity Prosthetics, Socket Designs, Component Selection & Rx Development” – Susan Kapp
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “Red & Blue Journal” – Bridget Bennett, Jay Carlisle & Eric Ray

May 9, 2008

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Burns Update”
Vincent Gabriel, M.D., UT Southwestern, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “EMG CASE OF THE MONTH” – Thiru Annaswamy, M.D.
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “SPINAL ORTHOSES: TRAUMA & PAIN MANAGEMENT. SPORT ORTHOSES:
DO THEY WORK?” – William Carlton

May 16, 2008
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Botulinum Toxin in the Tx of Spastic Foot Drop in MS”
Shana Johnson, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY & SPINAL MUSCLE ATROPHY”
Susan Iannaccone, M.D.
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “UPDATE ON TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT” – Frank Gottschalk, M.D.

May 23, 2008
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Spinal Imaging”
Raul Llinas, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “MUSCLE BIOPSY ACQUISITION & INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE SKELETAL
MUSCLE” – Dennis Burns, M.D.
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “Review of Myotonic Dystrophies & Neuromuscular Junction Disorders”
Sharon Nations, M.D.

May 30, 2008
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. “Spasticity Management”
Tomo Sakai, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical Center, PM&R Department
9:30 – 10:30 A.M. “REVIEW OF GAIT” – Patricia Winchester
10:30 – 11:30 A.M. “RESIDENTS MEETING”

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