University of Colorado Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Annual Bulletin 2020

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Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation NEWS BULLETIN 2020

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CU PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION Venu Akuthota, MD Professor & Chair Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

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Letter from the Chair

“Understanding without relief” doesn’t get you very far. We are honored to be part of a healthcare field that may not be fully understood but gives meaningful promise to our patients. Last year, my co-authors and I published a study (PM&R Journal, Aug 2019) showing strength loss from sciatica improved without surgery. We conveniently coined the non-operative therapeutic approach: CU PM&R. The “U” part of the approach is “use yourself” or in medical jargon, “self-efficacy.” To explain, the value proposition in rehabilitation is often how we get patients to treat themselves (self-efficacy) through both physical and mental maneuvering. For those interested in the entire CU PM&R word game, visit our new website.

C = Comprehensive to the core

U = Use yourself

P = Patient-centered goals

M = Movement over meds

R = Reassurance 2020 not only signifies the start of a new year but also of a new decade. Thinking longer term, what does the next decade hold for CU PM&R? In one word: Growth!

Growth comes with challenges and opportunities to leverage this for further academic success.

Here’s a short list of our expansion: • Our highly ranked CU PT Program, headed by new recruit Dr. Harris-Love, is poised to expand their program into online/hybrid education innovation.

• Our clinical enterprise has expanded to new facilities in Colorado Springs (new Children’s Hospital Colorado site), UCHealth Broomfield Hospital inpatient rehab, Cherry Creek, Inverness (Steadman Hawkins), and Highlands Ranch Hospital.

• Our PM&R residency has started its staggered expansion by one additional resident over the next three years. In addition, our Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine fellowship has expanded to two fellows per year.

• We now have 30 inpatient rehabilitation beds with the UCHealth Metro Denver market (12 at Anschutz Medical Campus and 18 at Broomfield Hospital). We hope to expand AMC inpatient rehab beds with the building of a new tower at UCH. • Dr. Susan Apkon, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, is formalizing an expanded mentorship program.

• Ten pediatric rehab psychologists, led by Dr. Michael Kirkwood, joined the PM&R Faculty this year.

• Two new endowed chairs were funded this year, including the CU Medicine Endowed Chair in PM&R and the Joanne Posner-Mayer Chair in Physical Therapy.

• Our research faculty led by Dr. Lisa Brenner, Vice Chair of Research, and Dr. Cory Christiansen together with collaborators have procured four new major NIH grants this last cycle.

• Our physician workforce has expanded at all our clinical sites, including Dr. Oscar Sanchez at Denver Health and Drs. Marzloff, Ryder, and Schubert at the Rocky Mountain VA Spinal Cord Injury unit.

The future decade includes a commitment to recruiting the best and most diverse faculty including imminent plans for a cancer rehabilitation physician, neuro-based PT faculty, and expansion of our pediatric and spine programs.

Growth is the means to our mission: “growing the value of rehab.”

Sincerely,

Venu Akuthota, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, School of Medicine

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Welcoming

DR. MICHAEL HARRIS-LOVE Michael Harris-Love, PT, MPT, DSc, FGSA, a clinician-investigator with more than 20 years of experience serving federal medical centers and academic programs, was appointed Director of the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s Physical Therapy Program and Associate Dean of Physical Therapy Education, starting in August, 2019.

In addition to his duties as a professor within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harris-Love will continue his role as a Veterans Affairs (VA) investigator through his affiliation with the Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.

“Dr. Harris-Love will build upon the tremendous growth of the Physical Therapy Program under Dr. Margaret Schenkman’s tenure, while exploring new ventures related to education and research,” said Dr. Venu Akuthota, Chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Harris-Love comes from the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center (VAMC) and George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, bringing extensive clinical research experience to the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.

His VA scientific leadership roles included serving as the associate director of the Human Performance Research Unit and co-director of the Polytrauma/Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research Rehabilitation Fellowship Program at the D.C. VAMC Clinical Research Center.

Michael Harris-Love with Margaret Schenkman

A committed advocate of rehabilitation science training, he helped to establish both the postdoctoral training program and the Skeletal Muscle Laboratory at his VA medical center. Before his faculty appointment at George Washington University, Harris-Love spent time at universities in Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.

“My time working in public and private institutions, federal and university laboratories, and entry-level and post-professional education may help me to address the needs of the program and effectively build partnerships at the Anschutz Medical Campus,” Harris-Love said.

“My goals include building our physical therapy residency programs, increasing our efforts to support rural PT practice, and better serving Colorado students by expanding our educational outreach. This may occur through strategic alliances with CU system partners like the University of Colorado South Denver and the Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center at UCCS.” “Addressing the dual challenge of college enrollment trends and cost concerns, while also effectively meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse population of students and patients will require us to cross intercampus divides and truly function as one CU.” Harris-Love is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a recipient of the Mayo Clinic Physical Therapy Outstanding Alumnus Award. He succeeds Margaret Schenkman, PhD, PT, FAPTA, who led the CU Physical Therapy Program for 15 years.

From L to R: Department Chair Venu Akuthota, Michael Harris-Love and School of Medicine Dean, John Reilly

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Alumni Spotlight

DR. MEGAN NELSON

What began as her own personal hurdle eventually led Megan Nelson, MD to her field specialization. While in her residency at the University of Colorado, Nelson was diagnosed with cancer. “Within my postgraduate year two, I had progressive knee pain that eventually showed a sarcoma in my knee, forcing me to take a full year off my residency,” said Nelson.

During her treatment and recovery, her eyes were opened to the variety of rehabilitation needs that cancer patients have.

“I was overwhelmed by all of my own needs,” she said.

“From wheelchair to walker to crutches, it took me almost six months of recovery to walk.”

After learning from a fellow resident during her treatment year that there were cancer rehab fellowships, she found that she was drawn to the cancer specialization, rather than being deterred from her own personal experience.

Following the completion of her residency at the University of Colorado in 2011, Nelson went on to fellowship training in Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.

Since 2012, Nelson has been with University of Louisville Health as a Cancer Rehabilitation Physician. In addition to her role as a physician, Nelson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. “Cancer rehabilitation is a growing niche,” said Nelson. “I enjoy being involved in both the bedside and didactic training.”

Focusing on the unique functional needs of cancer patients, she works with oncologists and the comprehensive cancer team serving patients from initial diagnosis through post treatment. Diagnosing functional issues, understanding contributing factors, creating the rehabilitation plan, monitoring longitudinally are all areas that the rehab physician can be helpful.

Nelson added that cancer rehab will continue to be more present as that patient population is growing and all PM&R

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physicians will encounter cancer patients at some point. At the time Nelson learned about fellowships, only two were available.

Demonstrating that growing niche, nine are going to be offered for the next academic year.

Nelson added that her foundation is truly based on all her PM&R knowledge that she gained from such a variety of patient populations. “The oncology setting is focused on multidisciplinary care, so it’s refreshing to go from interdisciplinary rehab to interdisciplinary oncology.”

She treats the whole patient, including musculoskeletal and neurological complaints, neuropathic pain, spasticity, lymphedema, fatigue and overall quality of life. “Prehabilitation is becoming a highly researched area,” said Nelson. “We’re thinking about what patients can do prior to their treatment to help their functional prognosis.”

In addition to what can be done both prior to and during treatment, the rehabilitation team focuses on any curative treatment that may occur post treatment, as well as needs for patients who won’t be able to discontinue treatment.

“Sometimes the functional deficits can be harder than the cancer itself,” noted Nelson. “I’m involved to not only help diagnose reasons behind functional deficits, but to also determine when and where the best time to intervene is- timing things appropriately.”

Nelson reflected that as PM&R physicians, there is an opportunity to treat so many different patient populations.

“I’m glad that I got such a broad experience,” she said.

“I get to take everything I learned and apply it to this specific population I work with now.”

PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

DR. LAKER MOVES INTO

Residency Directorship The University of Colorado PM&R Residency Program has announced Scott Laker, MD as the new Program Director.

Laker is a graduate of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed his residency with the University of Colorado. Following his residency, he completed a Pain and Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Colorado before relocating to Seattle and the University of Washington PM&R Department. He returned to Colorado in 2011, where he was named an Associate Program Director for the residency program.

Trained in the use spinal injections, peripheral joint injection therapy, and EMG/NCS, Laker treats a large spectrum of non-surgical sports and spine conditions including sports-related concussion, sports injuries, spinal stenosis, scoliosis, herniated discs, and radiculopathy.

Laker has cared for athletes at all levels of participation, from adolescents to adults, amateurs to professionals.

A founding member of the Seattle Sports Concussion Program, he is a regular lecturer on sports-related concussion, spinal conditions, and sports medicine topics.

We look forward to this new era of leadership in PM&R program!

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Get to Know Pediatric Rehabilitation FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM DIRECTOR, DR. AMY KANALLAKAN

Amy Kanallakan, MD has been with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation since 2016, serving as a clinical instructor within the department for two years prior.

Most recently, Kanallakan took on the role of Fellowship Program Director for the Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program.

Kanallakan received her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She then completed an internship at the University of Colorado in the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Colorado, where she went on to do her residency.

What drew you to pediatric rehabilitation?

Pediatric rehabilitation meshes my passion for caring for children and helping families walk a “new normal” or “unexpected journey” with a child with a disability or developmental difference. Going into college I wanted to be a physical therapist, but found myself drawn into medical school and pediatric rehabilitation. I did a 4th year elective away rotation at Children’s Colorado in peds rehab and that sealed the deal on my future career goals!

After completing your residency here, what motivated you to start your career in the same place?

I trained in the combined Pediatrics and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency program at the University of Colorado. I was drawn to our program’s depth and breadth of pediatric rehabilitation, the opportunity to teach residents and fellows about physiatry and to develop my own academic interests in education. Colorado is also a really fun place live, be outside all year long (we have warm winters from the perspective of this native Minnesotan!) and I get to work with people I consider my colleagues and my friends.

Can you speak to the partnership between Children’s Hospital and the CU PM&R department?

Pediatric rehabilitation is integrated in practice at Children’s Hospital and educationally bridges within our CU PM&R department. Our faculty are involved in education of PM&R 6

residents and medical students. The close proximity allows our residents to take advantage of our pediatric lectures and seminars, even if they are at the VA or UCHealth rotations.

In what ways do you experience and promote multidisciplinary care?

At Children’s Hospital Colorado, we have the opportunity to provide the best specialty care to our patients and families with physiatrists present in more than 25 multidisciplinary clinics.

This is a great opportunity for our residents and fellows to learn optimal multisystem management for each of our patients with many complex diagnoses. The key is learning from each of the specialists so that they can implement it into practice in the future, after training at the University of Colorado.

As the pediatric fellowship director, do you have any words of wisdom for future pediatric physiatrists or new physiatrists?

Develop your passions, set goals and actively seek out mentors in areas to support and encourage you in your journey. Continue to pursue the latest knowledge in clinical practice and share what you have learned with others – patients, other professionals, colleagues, medical students, etc. I’m always learning and that’s what makes my professional practice so rewarding.

What career accomplishments are you most proud of?

I’m most proud of being able to grow our Pediatric Rehabilitation Fellowship Program as the current Program Director. Dr. Dennis Matthews started our Pediatric Rehab Program decades ago and Dr. Pam Wilson was my mentor who started our incredible fellowship program. We continue to have a program that trains fellows to be leaders in our field and superb clinicians. I’m proud to lead the future of our fellowship training program.

What do you enjoy doing in your personal time?

I enjoy the honor of being “All time QB (quarterback)” for my two kids at the park and exploring local restaurants (especially Asian cuisine) in Denver with my spouse of 14 years. I also road bike in local charity fundraisers such as the MS150 and Courage Classic for Children’s Hospital Colorado.

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OPENS AT UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL

UCHealth Broomfield Hospital opened an 18-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit on July 1, 2019, run in partnership with Boulder Community Health (BCH). The center offers comprehensive, individualized services for patients recovering from conditions such as stroke, neurological disorders, brain or spinal cord injuries, amputation, and trauma injuries.

Together as collaborators, UCHealth and BCH are working to help create an expert-based, multidisciplinary program which brings specialized inpatient rehabilitation care to patients recovering from complex medical, orthopedic, and neurologic conditions.

“BCH’s vision is to thoughtfully develop partnerships that help us create and care for the healthiest community in the nation. Combining resources with UCHealth at this state-of-the-art facility is an important step in that direction.

Rehabilitation care is extremely important to our patients, helping them regain their health and independence after serious medical conditions,” said Dr. Robert Vissers, BCH president and CEO. “We look forward to working with providers and hospitals across the north metro area to care for their patients.”

“Our new rehab unit combines the expertise of staff and specialists from both UCHealth and BCH, providing advanced therapy services to help restore strength, function and independence for patients recovering from serious injuries or illness,” said Dr. Kelly Bookman, interim president of UCHealth Broomfield Hospital. “Broomfield Hospital’s expansion of services we provide to the community now will include comprehensive and individualized rehabilitation treatment of neurological, orthopedic and other medical conditions.”

Broomfield Hospital opened almost three years ago and has continued to expand the services it provides by adding numerous specialists such as orthopedic surgeons to provide advanced care, close to home, for patients in this community.

Therapists in the new unit are senior-level clinicians specializing in neurology, and nursing staff are trained with specialty rehab certifications. The unit is equipped with private single-patient rooms, a rehabilitation gym with a car-transfer simulator, and residential-style kitchen, bathroom, and laundry to conduct therapy activities related to daily living needs. The new facility improves access and expands expertise for patients needing care to regain everyday life skills after major injury or illness.

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Opening of Highlands Ranch Hospital EXTENDS PATIENT CARE

After two years of construction, UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital celebrated its opening on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. This 87-bed hospital provides more convenient access for many patients, particularly those who live in the suburban communities of south metro Denver. The hospital will include six operating rooms and will provide women’s health, cardiac, orthopedic, cancer care, and many other services.

“We are excited to bring innovative care and an excellent experience to residents in one of the fastest growing areas of the state,” said UCHealth President and CEO Elizabeth Concordia. “It is important for us that our patients have access to advanced care close to home. With improved access to nationally recognized specialists, advanced treatments and clinical trials, we are making health care more convenient and effective, and helping people live their extraordinary lives.”

With the University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus running at maximum capacity, this new hospital expands the ability to extend care to those who need it. The School of Medicine’s partnership with UCHealth is focused on bringing the best advanced care to patients and both the School of Medicine and Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) are confident that the Highlands Ranch Hospital will be an important asset in these efforts.

available, giving patients the best possible outcomes. This new hospital will allow patients in this area to receive many of these advanced treatments without having to travel to the Anschutz Medical Campus,” said UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tom Purcell, who is also the Associate Director for Clinical Services at the CU Cancer Center. “This is important, because it ensures patients receive the best and most advanced care.”

CU Specialty Care at Highlands Ranch provides the accessibility and services expected from a community practice while leveraging the excellence of the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Among those involved include Dr. Scott Laker, who is Medical Director for the PM&R clinic, with fellow faculty member Dr. Michelle Barlow, as a provider.

Approximately 500 employees are on staff to care for patients, guests and the facility. They’ll be joined by hundreds more providers, as UCHealth partners with community physicians and the University of Colorado School of Medicine to provide care at the new hospital.

“Every detail of the new hospital has been developed with patient care as the priority, and I’m confident we’ll be able to provide the very best experience for our patients,” said UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital President and CEO Diane Cookson.

The six-story hospital features a birth center including C-section operating rooms and Level III NICU, an 18-bed intensive care unit, six operating rooms, a Level III trauma center and emergency department, advanced cardiac services and complete imaging capabilities including 3D mammography and PET/CT. The adjoining UCHealth Highlands Ranch Medical Center houses a two-story cancer center with advanced oncology services.

Many patients living in the Douglas County communities of Highlands Ranch, Littleton, Roxborough, Sterling Ranch, Ken Caryl and Columbine have been traveling to University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus for care.

“Specialists from the CU School of Medicine and University of Colorado Hospital offer clinical trials and innovative treatments sometimes years before they’re more broadly

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PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Welcoming Dr. Kilby Mann The University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation welcomes Kilby Mann, MD as Assistant Professor effective February 1, 2020.

Mann comes to CU from the University of Utah, working in the Division of Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and as a pediatric physiatrist in their Comprehensive Care Program. She received her medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, completed her Pediatrics Residency at Rush University and her PM&R residency at the University of Washington.

“Kilby brings an expertise in the care of complex kids with a special interest in care provided in the hospital setting,” noted Dr. Sue Apkon, Vice-Chair for CU PM&R Department and Pediatric Rehabilitation Chief.

“I’m excited to join a new team and continue to take care of children with a range of disabilities across the inpatient and outpatient settings,” said Mann. “I’m looking forward to joining a large group of pediatric providers and working in a hospital where PM&R is so well-known and respected.”

You have a special interest in care provided in the hospital setting, what led you to that specialization?

I enjoy working with patients and their families from initial injury/illness to successful discharge home.

Being part of a patient’s initial rehabilitation and improvement is a highlight of working in Pediatric Rehabilitation. So many providers in the inpatient setting are focused on acute needs and as part of the rehabilitation team we can bring that long-term view and goal-setting for patients and their families and help them see the path towards home.

What kind of work will you be doing?

I will be working in the hospital on consults and the acute rehabilitation unit. I will also be working in outpatient clinics. I have been exploring options for providing a rehabilitation presence to the new EDS clinic and would also be interested in working with the pain clinic as that is a population I have been caring for in Salt Lake. Overall, I hope to continue to provide care for patients with a range of diagnoses and impairments.

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What excited about joining CU PM&R? I have always enjoyed working in the inpatient and outpatient setting. In my last position, I had transitioned to working primarily outpatient, but with the birth of our first son, I reexamined my work goals and identified a desire to get back to doing more inpatient work. When the opportunity here arose, I was excited to explore a new position where I can work in both inpatient and outpatients settings, and to get to work with Dr. Sue Apkon again, having worked with her previously in Seattle.

Coming from a Comprehensive Care Program which focused on interdisciplinary care, how important do you find that approach?

I think one of the best things about working in rehabilitation medicine is being part of an interdisciplinary team. Having people of different backgrounds and training provides a depth of knowledge and care that benefits both the patients and all of the medical providers. I look forward to continuing to work with people of different backgrounds to provide the best care to our patients and to continue my own learning and growth.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

Free time has been in short demand since my son was born last year! But kidding aside, I love spending time with family including my husband Joel, our almost one-year-old son Simon, and our two dogs: a lab mix named Buttercup (yes, I am a big fan of The Princess Bride) and our Leonberger, Daisy (petite for her giant breed at 85 pounds). My major hobby is knitting and buying yarn to knit with.

Joel and I love to travel and make a point of visiting a local yarn store everywhere we go. In the winter we enjoy skiing and in the summer, camping and hiking.

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2019

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5280 TOP DOCS Each year, 5280 Magazine surveys Denver physicians and asks them, specialty by specialty, which metro-area physicians they would trust to treat themselves and their families. The 2019 Top Docs list includes a handful of our esteemed colleagues.

Dr. Venu Akuthota

MEDICAL SPECIALTY: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PREVIOUS HONORS: Since 2012 HOSPITAL AFFILIATION: University

Dr. Susan Apkon

MEDICAL SPECIALTY: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine PREVIOUS HONORS: 2008, 2007, 2006 HOSPITAL AFFILIATION: Children’s

Dr. Michael L. Blei

MEDICAL SPECIALTY: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation PREVIOUS HONORS: 2018, 2016, 2015, 2008 HOSPITAL AFFILIATION: Denver Health

Dr. Joyce L. Oleszek

MEDICAL SPECIALTY: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine PREVIOUS HONORS: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2011 HOSPITAL AFFILIATION: Children’s

Dr. Alan Weintraub

MEDICAL SPECIALTY: Brain Injury Medicine PREVIOUS HONORS: Since 2013 HOSPITAL AFFILIATION: Craig

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PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

RSVP Clinic

DEDICATED TO VULNERABLE POPULATION AND GROWTH A commitment of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus as a whole is serving its local communities, particularly those that are underserved. In early 2015, a group of rehabilitation professionals banded together in hopes of creating a clinic where they could volunteer, providing care to uninsured individuals with disabilities.

Fast forward to the spring of 2017, after obtaining 501(c) (3) nonprofit status and receiving a donation from the Lanig Family Fund, the Rehabilitation Services Volunteer Project (RSVP) was established.

and commitment,” said Wagner, who also noted other key physicians who are transforming lives there. “I hope this gift will be the beginning of a longer term partnership,” he said.

Niehaus said that financial support to the clinic is very important. “We do not have a storage space or equipment library which means that any equipment item that a patient needs, we purchase for them.”

“The care we are providing is not different from what we do at our regular jobs, but we make a larger impact and feel so much better about it.”

RSVP is a community in which people with disabilities lead lives of maximum independence, inclusion, and meaning.

Recognizing that rehabilitation can contribute to this outcome, their mission is to provide outpatient services and medical equipment to people who lack access to these services.

Thanks to partnerships with prosthetics and seating companies, they are able to minimize the cost. In addition to their overhead costs, RSVP also pays for insurance to cover patients, providers and the Board for clinic operations.

PM&R Assistant Professor and UCHealth Physician William Niehaus, MD serves as President on the Board for RSVP. Niehaus quoted one of the RSVP volunteers noting, “The care we are providing is not different from what we do at our regular jobs, but we make a larger impact and feel so much better about it.”

Looking to the future, a primary goal is nationwide growth, with hopes of having five operating clinics by 2030. Niehaus noted there is a group meeting in Georgia gaining steam.

“There are conversations with providers in New York, Tennessee, and Washington State about growing there as well,” he said. He also added that they are planning and coordinating with groups in Latin America and hope to plan an international trip over the next 18 months.

More recently, Denver personal injury lawyer Bob Wagner made an impactful donation to the clinic, after the clinic represented one of his clients on a patient visit with Niehaus. “It became apparent that Dr. Niehaus treated his patients at the RSVP clinic with the utmost professionalism

“Growing this system of clinics that collect model system data will help us include these currently excluded patients from national research and help advocate for these patients on a national scale,” said Niehaus.

Leadership at the clinic is composed of a multi-disciplinary, coordinated team of healthcare professionals committed to providing high quality rehabilitative care that is comprehensive, compassionate, and community-oriented.

In addition to CU PM&R, other partners include Craig Hospital, the Lanig Family Fund, Cedar Cares, as well as service, technology and product leader companies Hanger, Inc and Numotion. @CO_RSVP

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In addition to her keynote at the conference, Ladley spent time at Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City, speaking to their rehab floor, as well as a community hospital. Following their discussions, the surgeons at those hospitals were able to get some baseline data, and ROMP hopes to do some follow-up and expand discussions to future hospitals in the area.

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LEADS TO PASSION PROJECT

As a physician at Denver Health Medical Center, Associate Professor Susan Ladley, MD, PT consults in trauma rehabilitation, educates physicians in training and leads multidisciplinary program development.

About six years ago, she connected with Range of Motion Project (ROMP) Co-Founder, Eric Neufeld, to help her access prosthetic and orthotic care for her uninsured patients.

ROMP is an international non-profit, for-impact healthcare organization dedicated to providing prosthetic and orthotic care for amputees without access to these services. They provide high-quality prosthetic care, community-based rehabilitation, and product innovation through permanent operations in Guatemala, Ecuador, and the United States.

“It’s been a nice partnership,” noted Ladley. “Before, we would have to beg and plead to get the funds needed for this patient population.”

Several years ago, ROMP and the Denver Health Foundation formed an emerging alliance which provides prostheses to uninsured patients with limb loss at home and abroad. Both share their mission of providing the highest quality of care regardless of ability to pay.

“It’s really become a passion project of mine,” said Ladley.

ROMP operates the largest prosthetics clinic in the country of Guatemala, treating a major number of the patients amputated in the public health system.

Last year, ROMP CEO David Krupa reached out to Ladley to participate in a conference in Guatemala. The conference, “La Lectura de Movilidad” (Mobility Conference), was sponsored by ROMP. Ladley focused on educating surgeons on best practices, with hopes of impacting functional outcomes for individuals with limb loss. “Many surgeons don’t necessarily think functionally,” said Ladley. “Combined with limited resources and not accessing other healthcare such as physical therapy, these patients often see more disability and functional challenges as a result of amputation.”

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Through the help of volunteer energy and resources, ROMP has been able to implement some community care such as nursing and health interventions into some of their initiatives, which excited not only Ladley, but also Chief Program Officer Jonathan Naber.

Naber became interested in receiving funding to expand services in Latin America, and with Ladley’s assistance, wrote an abstract that was accepted by the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) for their 14th World Congress in March. “We’ve been able to connect with Dr. Lisa Brenner and are working to develop research questions and key interventions,” noted Ladley.

“It’s really become a passion project of mine.”

“I’d love to see this initiative really connect academic physiatry with the work that ROMP is doing and increase the community impact.”

ROMP also provides care to patients in the United States facing the barriers of immigration, insurance, or financial issues through their US Assistance Program (USAP). Patients apply for assistance via a USAP practitioner, who treats the patient with volunteer labor and ROMP components. ROMP also operates Components for a Cause (C4C), the nation’s largest component collection program. C4C sites collect and ship components cost-free to Denver, where they are triaged and sent to our sites in Guatemala and Ecuador.

Volunteers within the organization include students, residents, and practitioners of prosthetics and orthotics, physical and occupational therapy, public health and social work, medicine and nursing, and engineering and design.

To learn more, visit www.rompglobal.org

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2019

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Venu Akuthota, MD was named the CU Medicine Endowed Chair in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

David Baker, PsyD, ABPP-CN was recognized as Provider of the Month by Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Catherine Bilyeu, PT, DPT, OCS was accepted to a competitive grants workshop through the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) & American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT), Grantsmanship and Mentorship in Education Research.

Rachel Brakke, MD was awarded the Gersten Award.

Lisa Brenner, PhD, ABPP was awarded the Resident Research Mentor Award.

Cory Christiansen, PT, PhD was awarded three research grants, including principal investigator on two newly awarded research grants: 1) a five year, $1.9 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS and 2) a four year, $0.6 million Merit Award from VA RR&D. These studies will examine novel interventions for improving walking activity and walking patterns after dysvascular amputation. In addition, he is site principal investigator on a new multi-site, five-year, $3.2 million U01 grant (NIH/NINDS) that supports a clinical trial for the study of endurance exercise for people with Parkinson disease. He was also promoted to Professor.

Lisa Dannemiller, PT, DSc, PCS was awarded the Bob Doctor Service Award at the APTA Colorado Chapter meeting.

She is a newly elected member of the Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy Nominating Committee.

Robyn Gisbert, PT, DPT received the 2019 Professor Bernie Karshmer Award from the Center for Bioethics and Humanities.

Michael Harris-Love, PT, MPT, DSc, FGSA was awarded the Eugene Michaels New Investigator Award by the APTA. He also served as a Special Issue Editor for the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. Additionally, the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) recognized him as a 2019 Health Sciences Fellow. He is the inaugural Joanne Posner-Mayer Endowed Chair in Physical Therapy.

Sharon Jordan, MA, PT was awarded the Bob Doctor Service Award at the APTA Colorado Chapter meeting.

Dana Judd, PT, DPT, PhD was awarded the University of Colorado School of Medicine Academy’s Medical Educator Award for Curriculum Development or Educational Innovation.

Wendy Kriekels, PT, DPT, NCS was recognized for Outstanding Leadership and Service to the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy as Director of Education.

Susan Ladley, MD was recognized as a Range of Motion Project Mobility Partner.

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Dawn Magnusson, PT, PhD participated in the 2019 Symposium on the Culture of Disability in Xi’an China. She was also invited to speak about the role of physical therapists in promoting population health at APTA’s Insurer’s Forum.

Daniel Malone, PT, PhD was promoted to Associate Professor and completed his 2nd and final term as President of the Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Section.

Mark Manago, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS was invited to be on the steering committee for the International Symposium in Gait and Balance in Multiple Sclerosis for 2020.

Amy McDevitt, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT was elected to the APTA, Academy of Orthopaedics Awards Committee.

Amy and Paul Mintken, PT DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT received the AAOMPT Cardon Research Grant for the project: “Dry needing and eccentric-concentric exercise versus traditional physical therapy in the treatment of individuals with bicipital tendinopathy: a pilot study.” They were also awarded the Dick Erhard first place overall platform presentation at the AAOMPT conference.

Paul Mintken was awarded the James A. Gould Excellence in Teaching Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Award at the 2019 APTA CSM in Washington, D.C. He was also the keynote speaker for the Middle East Manual Therapy Conference.

Amy Nordon-Craft, PT, DSc was elected Director-at-Large for the National Interprofessional Education Collaborative for ACAPT. R. Joe Palmer, PT, DPT was accepted and began a PhD Program in Education Leadership Policy & Research at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Mike Pascoe, PhD gave an invited presentation in London at the 19th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) on social media and anatomy education. He was also awarded Best Poster Abstract Award at the 7th Annual Education Innovation and Scholarship Symposium, TSP Project title: Nice to know vs. need to know: A survey of PT program stakeholders on essential anatomy content required for excellent clinical care. Pascoe was also an invited keynote speaker at the Transforming the Learning Environment in Biomedical Education symposium at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Margaret Schenkman, PT, PhD, FAPTA delivered the prestigious Anne Shumway-Cook Lectureship at APTA CSM. Noel So, MD was awarded the Golden Goniometer Teaching Award.

Tess Simpson, PhD was awarded the Dr. Jeffrey Dolgan Award for Exemplary Supervision and Mentorship.

Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, PhD was awarded the Marion Williams Research Award and the Dorothy Briggs Memorial Scientific Inquiry Award by the APTA. She was also appointed to the American Physical Therapy Association’s Scientific and Practice Affairs Advisory Committee and Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Board for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults: The Role of Co-Existing Hip Impairments.

Tami Struessel, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC completed 10 years of service on the State of Colorado Physical Therapy Board/ Advisory Committee through the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA).

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giving

Investing in the Future of PM&R The future takes shape for University of Colorado Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation through the support of five new endowments established in 2019. The CU Medicine Endowed Chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation held by Department Chair Dr. Venu Akuthota will be a catalyst for innovation.

Dr. Akuthota will serve as the inaugural CU Medicine Endowed Chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation was funded from the income of rented building space through CU Medicine. This Chair is the third to be funded by this income stream. Lilly Marks, the founder and first director of CU Medicine, played an integral role in encouraging the Board to consider directing funds into creating endowed chairs within the CU School of Medicine.

Additionally, Physical Therapy Program Director, Dr. Michael Harris-Love was awarded the inaugural Joanne Posner-Mayer Chair in Physical Therapy, which was made possible through matching funds from the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the School of Medicine Dean’s Office.

The Fischahs Endowed Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine was transferred from Dr. Dennis Matthews to Vice Chair Dr. Susan Apkon. The Scottish Rite Endowed Chair was transferred to Associate Professor Dr. Kristin Uhler. Uhler is an audiologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

In 2017, Associate Professor Dr. Jim Carollo, received the J.T. Tai Endowed Chair for the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis. He leads at the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis and the Musculoskeletal Research Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Endowed chairs such as these provide valuable resources to attract and retain the world’s finest physicians focused on conducting groundbreaking research. Our talented physician-scientists are what make the Anschutz Medical Campus a growing medical destination for the world’s best clinical care, informed by leading-edge research and bolstered by excellent academic programs. The resources provided by endowed faculty chair positions enable distinguished experts in their fields to advance key initiatives. They also help our faculty take new developments from the laboratory into the clinical care environment more quickly than otherwise possible.

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Celebrating the Establishment of the JOANNE POSNER-MAYER ENDOWED CHAIR

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Joanne Posner-Mayer Endowed Chair in Physical Therapy at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus. This Chair is made possible with generous commitments from alumna, philanthropist and physical therapy entrepreneur Joanne Posner-Mayer, Class of 1973, and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. This endowed chair is the first in the CU PT Program and one of only a few in the country; it was created specifically to recognize and support the CU PT Program’s continued growth and development.

Michael Harris-Love speaking at the Chair Celebration

Through this philanthropic support, talented faculty leaders will have the valuable resources they need to keep the University of Colorado Physical Therapy Program at the forefront of innovation and support future generations of physical therapists.

“It’s hard to acknowledge the privilege of having an endowed chair without first recognizing the generosity of Joanne and the strong advocacy of the Office of Advancement,” noted inaugural Chair recipient, Dr. Michael HarrisLove. “But more than that, this generous gift is in many ways a reflection of the growth and maturity of the physical therapy profession itself.”

Posner-Mayer has been a longtime supporter of the program, including developing named scholarships that have been instrumental in recruiting students, as well as hosting an annual scholarship reception.

Guests in attendance

“It is a wonderful milestone for the CU PT Program, and we are so fortunate to have benefactors like Joanne as well as institutional support from the CU School of Medicine and the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,” remarked Department Chair Dr. Venu Akuthota.

“The endowment is a living thing with roots that are bound to this campus, helping to sustain the program long after our time ends, and new leaders emerge to take the reins,” noted Harris-Love. “Thanks to the commitment of people like Joanne, and the vision of people like our immediate-past Director, Margaret Schenkman, that vision of the future starts today.”

Back row, L to R: John Reilly, Venu Akuthota, Chancellor Donald Elliman, Front row, L to R: Michael Harris-Love, Joanne Posner-Mayer, Bill Silberstein, Jason Mayer

The establishment of the Joanne Posner-Mayer Endowed Chair in Physical Therapy would not have been possible without the generosity and vision of Joanne Posner-Mayer, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Chair Venu Akuthota, MD, and Dean John J. Reilly, Jr., MD, and in close partnership with Travis Leiker and Karen Aarestad in the CU Anschutz Office of Advancement.

What is an endowed chair?

An endowed chair is a position permanently paid for with the revenue from an endowment fund specifically set up for that purpose. Typically, the position is designated to be in a certain department. The donor might be allowed to name the position. The endowed chair is structured so that the principal value is kept intact, while the investment income or a small part of the principal is available for use each year.

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Recognizing the Leadership of DR. MARGARET SCHENKMAN

After 15 years at the helm of Program Director, Margaret Schenkman, PT, PhD, FAPTA has transitioned to the role of Professor. The program and university are incredibly grateful for her leadership, accomplishments and elevating the Program on a national level. Schenkman came to the program in 1999 as the Director of Research and Professor. In 2004, she assumed the position of Director, following Carolyn Heriza, PT, EdD, FAPTA.

MORE ABOUT JOANNE After earning her degree at CU in 1973, Posner-Mayer worked for more than six years in Switzerland where she became acquainted with the use of “Swiss Balls” in physical therapy. Ten years after returning to the United States, she left clinical practice to lecture and train others on the orthopedic and sports uses of the ball. Joanne Posner-Mayer then embarked upon an entrepreneurial journey in the private sector, founding Ball Dynamics International, Inc. in 1991 – meeting the growing market demand she created through her teaching. She subsequently pioneered the use of the Swiss Balls in the fitness market through her second company, Fitball, Inc. As a first-generation college graduate and the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Joanne Posner-Mayer has a profound appreciation for the University of Colorado and the Physical Therapy Program. The Joanne Posner-Mayer Endowed Chair will honor all that she has accomplished and the lives she has touched through education, clinical practice, entrepreneurship and her personal philanthropy.

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“Dr. Schenkman has been a phenomenal architect of a Physical Therapy Program recognized across the country as a leader in research and innovative curriculum,” said Dr. Venu Akuthoka, Chair of the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Department.

“Margaret’s legacy of dedication to the profession of Physical Therapy, the Program and University of Colorado community is truly unmatched. While she may be down-sizing, she will continue to have a tremendous presence through her impactful research and instruction.”

In recognition of her years of service to the Physical Therapy Program, the university, and the physical therapy profession, two anonymous benefactors established the Margaret Schenkman Scholarship Endowment Fund.

The scholarship will support outstanding students pursuing a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree who also demonstrate academic merit and financial need. The scholarship fund will be administered by the start of 2020 academic year.

This new endowment fund is a testament to Margaret’s incredible work within the program and the collaboration between the Physical Therapy Endowment Board and Scholarship Committee. The program would like to thank the benefactors for their vison and incredible generosity. Support at giving.cu.edu/physicaltherapy Margaret Schenkman with Venu Akuthota

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RESEARCH AIMS TO EASE

Post-Deployment Transitions As the daughter of a Navy veteran, Dr. Lisa Brenner has long been passionate about working with Veterans, beginning her association with Veterans Affairs (VA) back in 1996 through a psychology internship. Brenner notes that she finds her work at the Veterans Health Administration to be most gratifying.

Brenner has regularly received grant funding to pursue research related to Veterans and the causes and treatments of mental health disorders. More recently, she was awarded a grant related to Sailors and the evaluation of smartphone technology in reducing suicide risk.

It is well-understood that Naval personnel experience concerning levels of anxiety, stress, and suicidal ideation while deployed. Moreover, periods of post-deployment transition also present stressors that lead to increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior. Current strategies have limited utility in identifying symptoms that may develop in the weeks or months following these vulnerable periods of transition. Combined with stigma, negative attitudes toward mental health, and poor recognition of the need for treatment, there are significant barriers to sailors seeking and obtaining necessary help.

Brenner’s grant, Facilitating Assessment of At-Risk Sailors with Technology (FAAST), aims to assess a non-stigmatizing and portable upstream suicide prevention intervention. The intervention, Companion Mx, is a smartphone app that was developed to monitor behavioral health of military personnel.

Previously researched by Brenner and her team, the app has functionalities to assess mood, record audio diaries that analyze voice and can provide patterned views over time. Behavioral indicators are passively collected through a mobile sensing platform, accurately predicting mental health symptoms.

As Principal Investigator, Brenner recognizes that through early identification of risk as well as prompt intervention we may be able to help Sailors before they reach a point of contemplating or attempting suicide. She hopes to demonstrate that this intervention can effectively facilitate early identification of what was previously undetected risk for transitioning Sailors, while appealing to the digital age, and avoiding any stigma or negative perception of receiving treatment.

In December 2019, Brenner and her research team traveled to Joint Base Pearl HarborHickman to recruit and enroll Sailors into the study. Their study is expected to conclude in March of 2021.

Lisa A. Brenner, PhD, ABPP is a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation as well as Vice Chair of Research for the Department. She is also the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC).

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Groundbreaking Research

BY DR. CORY CHRISTIANSEN Cory Christiansen, PT, PhD was awarded three research grants in 2019, including principal investigator on two newly awarded research grants: a five-year, $1.9 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH/DHHS and a four-year, $0.6 million Merit Award from the VA Office of Research and Development (VA RR&D).

In addition, Christiansen is site principal investigator on a new multi-site, five-year, $3.2 million U01 grant (NIH/NINDS) that supports a clinical trial for the study of endurance exercise for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD).

These studies will examine novel interventions for improving walking activity and walking patterns after dysvascular amputation. Sedentary lifestyles and high levels of disability are relevant public and personal health issues resulting from the chronic comorbid condition of dysvascular lower limb amputation.

This is a multi-site study, with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus being one of nearly 30 performance sites nationwide, and the primary site location being Northwestern University. This Phase III clinical trial is designed to establish the efficacy of progressive high-intensity, endurance treadmill exercise to slow the progression of the signs of PD. If successful, this study will have a significant impact on the quality of life of people with PD and their caregivers, as well as public health since it will slow progression of the signs of PD. Establishing high-intensity endurance treadmill exercise as a means to slow the progression of the signs of the disease would mark a significant breakthrough in treating PD and would have a significant public health impact.

This R01 grant will examine the use of an evidencebased walking biobehavioral intervention to increase physical activity after dysvascular amputation.

The proposed intervention leverages successes in conventional prosthetic rehabilitation, while addressing the complex health conditions and chronic sedentary behaviors that underlie dysvascular amputation, with the ultimate goal of improved physical activity selfmanagement to minimize disability.

The population of older Veterans with non-traumatic lower limb amputation is growing. Following a dysvascular amputation, individuals often negatively adapt their walking patterns to accommodate for loss. The Merit Award from the VA RR&D study seeks to address chronic gait asymmetry by evaluating the efficacy of two error-manipulation gait training programs to improve gait symmetry for Veterans with nontraumatic lower limb amputation. Additionally, this study will evaluate the potential of error-manipulation training programs to improve secondary measures of disability and residual limb skin health.

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Christiansen is a Professor within the physical therapy program and is the Director of the Interdisciplinary Movement Science Laboratory (IMSL). The IMSL’s mission is to promote active and healthy aging through movement with a vision of improving the lives of aging adults through novel rehabilitation practices. His scholarly agenda is to, “advance clinical research evidence by applying movement science principles to optimize rehabilitation for older adults with movement dysfunction.”

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Faculty Publication Exemplars VENU AKUTHOTA, MD Akuthota, V., Meron, A. J., Singh, J. R., Boimbo, S., Laker, S. R., Brakke, R., . . . Sullivan, W. J. (2019).

The Utility of MRI Results in Physician Decision Making Prior to Initial Lumbar Spinal Injection. Spine J. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2019.04.016. PMID: 31009770 LISA BETTHAUSER, MBA, PhD Betthauser, L. M., Adams, R. S., Hostetter, T. A., Scher, A. I., Schwab, K., & Brenner, L. A. (2019).

Characterization of lifetime TBIs in a cohort of recently deployed soldiers: The warrior strong study.

Rehabilitation Psychology. doi:10.1037/rep0000286. PMID: 31368742 LISA BRENNER, PhD, ABPP Hostetter, T. A., Hoffmire, C. A., Forster, J. E., Adams, R. S., Stearns-Yoder, K. A., & Brenner, L. A. (2019).

Suicide and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Individuals Seeking Veterans Health Administration Services Between Fiscal Years 2006 and 2015. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 34(5), E1-e9. doi:10.1097/ htr.0000000000000489. PMID: 31369450 JAMES CAROLLO, PhD Heyn, P. C., Tagawa, A., Pan, Z., Thomas, S., & Carollo, J. J. (2019). Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adults with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 61(4), 477-483. doi:10.1111/dmcn.14148. PMID: 30663044 CORY CHRISTIANSEN, PT, PhD Miller, M. J., Cook, P. F., Kline, P. W., Anderson, C. B., Stevens-Lapsley, J. E., & Christiansen, C. L. (2019).

Physical function and pre-amputation characteristics explain daily step count after dysvascular amputation.

Pm r. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12121. PMID: 30729727 MICHAEL HARRIS-LOVE, PhD Harris-Love, M. O., Gonzales, T. I., Wei, Q., Ismail, C., Zabal, J., Woletz, P., . . . Blackman, M. R. (2019).

Association Between Muscle Strength and Modeling Estimates of Muscle Tissue Heterogeneity in Young and Old Adults. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 38(7), 1757-1768. doi:10.1002/jum.14864. PMID: 30548644 DANA JUDD, PT, DPT, PhD Judd, D. L., Wolfe, P., LeDoux, C. V., Hogan, C., Dayton, M. R., & Stevens-Lapsley, J. E. (2019). Trajectories of functional performance and muscle strength recovery differ after total knee and total hip replacement: a performance-based, longitudinal study. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. doi:10.1097/ mrr.0000000000000344. PMID: 31219844 ADAM KINNEY, PhD, OTR/L Kinney, A. R., Schmid, A. A., Henry, K. L., Douglas Coatsworth, J., & Eakman, A. M. (2019). Combat exposure undermines student veterans’ achievement of a meaningful life through its association with health-related symptoms: A longitudinal study. Journal of American College Health, 1-9. doi:10.1080/07448481.2019.16566 37. PMID: 31765275

ANDREW KITTELSON, PT, DPT Kittelson, A. J., Hoogeboom, T. J., Schenkman, M., Stevens-Lapsley, J. E., & van Meeteren, N. L. U. (2019). PersonCentered Care and Physical Therapy: A “People-Like-Me” Approach. Physical Therapy. doi:10.1093/ptj/pzz139. PMID: 31608928 PAUL KLINE, PhD Kline, P. W., Jacobs, C. A., Duncan, S. T., & Noehren, B. (2019). Step descent strategy is altered bilaterally despite unilateral muscle strength impairment after total knee arthroplasty. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. doi:10.1007/s00167-019-05554-8. PMID: 31201440 DAWN MAGNUSSON, PT, PhD Magnusson, D. M., Eisenhart, M., Gorman, I., Kennedy, V. K., & Davenport, T. (2019). Adopting Population Health Frameworks in Physical Therapist Practice, Research, and Education: The Urgency of Now. Physical Therapy. doi:10.1093/ptj/pzz048. PMID: 31220323 MARK MANAGO, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS Mañago, M. M., Cameron, M., & Schenkman, M. (2019). Association of the Dynamic Gait Index to fall history and muscle function in people with multiple sclerosis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-6. doi:10.1080/09638288.2019.1607912. PMID: BETH MCMANUS, MPH, PsyD Richardson, Z. S., Scully, E. A., Dooling-Litfin, J. K., Murphy, N. J., Rigau, B., Khetani, M. A., & McManus, B. M. (2019).

Early Intervention Service Intensity and Change in Children’s Functional Capabilities. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2019.10.188. PMID: 31778660 WILLIAM NIEHAUS, MD Niehaus, W. N., Sharma, R., Verduzco-Gutierrez, M., Knowlton, S. E., Poorman, J. A., Paganoni, S., . . . Silver, J. K. (2019). Highest-Ranking Articles by Altmetric Attention Scores in Three Rehabilitation Journals. Pm r. doi:10.1002/ pmrj.12220. PMID: 31325349 JENNIFER STEVENS-LAPSLEY, PT, PhD Falvey, J. R., Burke, R. E., Ridgeway, K. J., Malone, D. J., Forster, J. E., & Stevens-Lapsley, J. E. (2019). Involvement of Acute Care Physical Therapists in Care Transitions for Older Adults Following Acute Hospitalization: A Cross-sectional National Survey. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 42(3), E73-E80. doi:10.1519/JPT.0000000000000187. PMID: 29533283 KRISTIN UHLER, PhD Sininger, Y. S., Hunter, L. L., Roush, P. A., Windmill, S., Hayes, D., & Uhler, K. M. (2019). Protocol for Rapid, Accurate, Electrophysiologic, Auditory Assessment of Infants and Toddlers. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 0. doi:10.3766/jaaa.19046. PMID: 31870467

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