Conference Agenda
| Friday, September 4, 2009 DiSepio Institute for Rural Health and Wellness at Saint Francis University |
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| 7:30 AM | Registration |
| 8:00-8:10 AM | Welcome Rev. Gabriel J. Zeis, T.O.R. - President, Saint Francis University (video) |
| 8:10-8:25 AM | Opening Remarks The Honorable John P. Murtha – (Invited) U.S. Representative, 12th Congressional District, PA Chairman – Defense Appropriations Committee (bio) (video) |
| 8:30-9:15 AM | Plenary Session I: Chronic Care and Its Management Michael Hindmarsh, MA - President, Hindsight Healthcare Strategies, Toronto, ON, Canada (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
| 9:20-10:05 AM | Plenary Session II: What Are We Learning From Sports Concussions: Rates of Recovery, Risk Factors, and Rehabilitation? Michael Collins, PhD - Assistant Director, UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program & Clinical Consultant to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh PA (bio) (abstract) (video) Presentation unavailable at this time. Please refer to video. |
| 10:10-10:55 AM | Plenary Session III: Technological Innovations in the Treatment of Psychological Trauma for Rural Populations Jay Shore, MD, MPH - Subject Matter Expert and Pyschological Health Portfolio Manager, TATRC; Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Aurora, CO (bio) (abstract) *Presentation will not be made public at speaker's request. |
| 11:00-11:45 AM | Plenary Session IV: Department of Defense Implementation Strategies for TBI: Warrior in Transition and Care Coordination Lt. Col. Michael Jaffee, MD - National Director, Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
| 12:00-1:15 PM | Luncheon Introduction Patricia Fitzgerald – PT, PhD, MPT, CSCS, Interim Dean School of Health Sciences, SFU Keynote Address: Resilience, Recovery, and Reintigration: Our National Challenge Brigadier General Loree Sutton, MD - Director, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, Military Health System, Arlington, VA (bio) (abstract) James Kelly, MD - Director, National Intrepid Center of Excellence, Bethesda, MD (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
| 1:30-2:10 PM | Didactic Session I: Interactive Discussion - Research and Treatment of TBI and Psychological Health Colonel Ronald Poropatich, MD - Deputy Director, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, Fort Detrick, MD (bio) (abstract) Lt. Col. Michael Jaffee, MD - National Director, Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (bio) (abstract) (video) |
| Didactic Session II: Cardiometabolic Awareness Needs Assessment in Rural America Michael Ravotti, DHSc, PA-C - Certified Clinical Lipid Specialist; Cardiovascular Clinical Science Manager, Abbot Laboratories, Loretto, PA *no CME credit for this presentation (bio) (abstract) *Presentation will not be made public at speaker's request. |
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| Didactic Session III: Rural Health Technology Applications Kent Tonkin, MA - Assistant Director for Information Technology, CERMUSA, Loretto, PA (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
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| 2:20-3:00 PM | Didactic Session IV: Chronic Effects of TBI on Psychological Health Stuart Hoffman, PhD - Research Director, DVBIC-Johnstown, PA (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
| Didactic Session V: Chronic Care Management in Rural and Underserved Areas James B. Hayden, MD - Medical Director, Broad Top Area Medical Center, Broad Top, PA (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
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| Didactic Session VI: Secure Mobile Devices: Case Management Applications Colonel Ronald Poropatich, MD - Deputy Director, Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, Fort Detrick, MD (bio) (abstract) (presentation) (video) |
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| 3:05-3:30 PM | Closing Remarks George Zitnay, PhD - Co-Founder of DVBIC, Johnstown, PA (bio) Jay Roberts - Director, CERMUSA (bio) (video) |
