LIVE WEBINAR FORMAT

Agenda

Friday, May 1st

All sessions will be delivered by webinar. Agenda updates and connection details will be emailed to attendees.

12:30 pm          Log-in, Tech Check and Virtual Networking
1:00 pm            Welcome
1:15 pm            Mild TBI Diagnosis and Management – What’s the Evidence? Gerry Gioia, PhD
2:15 pm            Consequences of Multiple Concussion, CTE and Concussion Related Affective Disorders in Children and Adults. Gerry Gioia, PhD
3:15 pm            Break
3:30 pm            Return to Work and School: PEARLS of Concussion Management in Workers Comp and MVA Litigation. Viviane Ugalde, MD and Bill Rosen, MD
4:30 pm            New Research in Mild TBI Management. James Chesnutt, MD
5:30 pm            Online Assessments and Evaluation and Virtual Networking

Saturday, May 2nd

All sessions will be delivered by webinar. Agenda updates and connection details will be emailed to attendees.

8:00 am            Log-in, Tech Check and Virtual Networking
8:30 am            Role of Protective Equipment and Head Impact Sensors in Reducing Concussion Injury Risk. Jason Mihalik, PhD, CAT(C), ATC
9:15 am            Prevention and Education of Concussions in the Local Community. Johna Register-Mihalik, PhD, LAT, ATC
10:00 am          Break
10:15 am          Persistent Post-Concussion Symptoms in Children and Adults. Viviane Ugalide MD
10:45 am          Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Management in Central Oregon. Viviane Ugalde, MD
11:45 am          PT Panel. Laura Ahmed, PT, DPT, Lindsey Berg, DPT, and Lisa Corrigan, PT, DPT, ATC
12:45 pm          Online Assessments and Evaluation and Virtual Networking

Certificates will be sent by email once all online assessments and evaluations have been completed.

Cancellations and Refunds

Cancellations with full refund available up to 48 hours prior to start of conference.
No refunds after start of conference.
* Illness or death in the immediate family are mitigating circumstances considered for refunds, if written request is received no later than ten days after the last day of the conference.

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CME/CEU Credit Information

CME credit for physicians
8 hours CME credits available.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of St. Charles Health System and The Center Foundation. St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Oregon Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CEU credit for Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers

This program qualifies as continuing education units approved by the Board of Certification, provider number P563. Full conference 8 CEU.

Certificates of attendance are available for occupational therapists and speech pathologists.

This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the requirements and policies of the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC) through the joint sponsorship of The Center Foundation and St. Charles Health System. The Center Foundation is approved by the BOC to provide continuing education for Athletic Trainers.

Faculty

Laura Ahmed, PT, DPT
Physical Therapist, Step and Spine Physical Therapy
Laura Ahmed, PT, DPT, is a 2013 graduate of Duke University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Laura has a passion for providing high quality, compassionate, evidenced based care and has over six years of experience with the delivery of post concussion care. She loves teaching both her patients and peers about concussion to optimize recovery for those in Central Oregon and beyond. 

Lindsey Berg, DPT
Physical Therapist, St. Charles Health System
Lindsey Berg received her Doctor of Physical Therapy in 2009 from the University of Washington and has worked at St, Charles since 2010. She has broad experience in treating patients with neurological and orthopedic conditions in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. She has a special interest in treating patients with vestibular and balance impairments. When Lindsey is not at work, she is busy with her family, including three young children, and enjoys getting outside.

James Chesnutt, MD
Family Practice Sports Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University
Dr. Jim Chesnutt is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Neurology, and Orthopedics & Rehabilitation at OHSU and is board certified in Sports Medicine.  Jim is Medical Director of the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Concussion Program, and focuses his practice on sports medicine and concussion care and research. His research focuses on concussion rehabilitation, balance and gait assessment and modelling of concussion injury, sub-types and recovery.  He  has been a member of the  Oregon Governor’s Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force, co-directs the Oregon Concussion Awareness and Management Program (OCAMP) and is a member of the OSAA Medical Advisory Committee  and  develops other policy and state laws to improve safe and healthy sports in Oregon. Dr. Chesnutt also practices Sports Medicine at Rebound Orthopedics and is one of the Team Physicians for the Portland Trail Blazers.

Lisa Corrigan, PT, DPT, ATC
Physical Therapist, Certified in Vestibular Rehabilitation and Concussion, Therapeutic Associates
Lisa Corrigan PT, DPT, AT Ret, CSCS.  Physical Therapist at Therapuetic Associates Bend Physical Therapy from 2001 to present.  Certified in Vestibular Rehabilitation and Concussion through the American Institute of Balance.

Gerard Gioia, PhD
Division Chief, Neuropsychology, Director, Safe Concussion Recovery and Education (SCORE) Program, Consultant for CDC, Heads Up. Children’s National Health System
BIO – Dr. Gioia is the Division Chief of Pediatric Neuropsychology at Children’s National Health System, where he directs the SCORE Concussion Program. He is Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the GWU School of Medicine. He has developed a number of post-concussion tools for children, and worked with the CDC on their “Heads Up” concussion educational toolkits. Dr. Gioia has participated in the International Concussion in Sport Group Consensus meetings, American Academy of Neurology Sports Concussion Guideline panel, and the CDC’s mild TBI guideline development. He provided concussion management services to youth, high school, college and professional teams. He is the current President and Fellow of the Sports Neuropsychology Society.

Jason Mihalik, PhD, CAT(C), ATC
Co-Director Matthew A Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, University of North Carolina
Dr. Jason Mihalik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. He is the Co-Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, and also serves as Affiliate Faculty at the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center in the TBI focus area. Jason teaches courses in Biomechanics (EXSS 385) and Undergraduate Research Methods (EXSS 273), and Graduate Statistics and Research Methods. Jason completed his undergraduate degree in Exercise Science with a specialization in Athletic Therapy at Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) in 2001. He completed his graduate work in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), earning his Master’s Degree in December 2004. He was a recipient of a 5-year Royster Fellowship, allowing him to ultimately complete his doctoral work in Human Movement Science at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the summer of 2009. Jason’s primary research interest intersects head trauma biomechanics with clinical outcomes in civilian athletes and military warfighters. He investigates the effectiveness of innovative concussion assessment, management, and rehabilitation technologies. He is additionally interested in the interrelationships between ocular and vestibular function, as well as the utility of neuroimaging and neurophysiology, in the context of the concussion management paradigm. He has developed smartphone applications designed to assist lay rescuers in recognize concussion signs and symptoms and intervene accordingly. He is also the Chief Science Officer for Senaptec Inc., a startup company in the visual and sensory performance space. Jason also studies field management of neurotraumatic spine-related injuries.

Johna Register-Mihalik, PhD, LAT, ATC
Professor of Athletic Training and Research Scientist, University of North Carolina
Dr. Johna Register-Mihalik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC-Chapel Hill. In addition to her role in the Gfeller Center, she serves as a Core Faculty member with the Injury Prevention Research Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. She has also worked clinically at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels as an Athletic Trainer. Dr. Register-Mihalik’s research work centers on novel behavioral and clinical interventions to improve the prevention and care for concussion across the lifespan. She has been the recipient of several research grants to pursue this line of work. Her work has been published in a variety of journals across the sports medicine and brain injury literature and she was the 2018 recipient of the NATA Foundation’s New Investigator Award and is a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine.

Bill Rosen, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine, Missoula, MT
Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Rosen obtained his MD degree from St. Louis University, in 1988.  Following his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UC Davis, where he had the good fortune to train with Dr. Ugalde, Dr. Rosen began practicing physiatry in Montana. Throughout his career, he has focused on the rehabilitation aspects of neurotrauma patients and their co-morbid conditions.  In 2014, he qualified for the new subspecialty of Brain Injury Medicine. Since 2017, he has been a member of the Neural Injury Center at the University of Montana, where he is now the Clinical Director of the Center’s Advisory Board.  His research interests include improving the physical examination of individuals who have suffered neural injuries and/or have acquired neurologic dysfunction. This has included using virtual reality as an assessment tool. For more than 20 years, Dr. Rosen has also provided medical-legal consulting, for both plaintiff and defense, throughout the United States and on occasion overseas.

Viviane Ugalde, MD
Physiatry, Medical Director Concussion Management for The Center Foundation 
Dr. Viviane Ugalde is a board certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation doctor with a subspecialty certification in Brain Injury Medicine. Dr. Ugalde has practiced concussion management since 1990 and serves as the Medical Director for The Center Foundation’s concussion management program in Central Oregon. She joined the team of physicians at The Center in 2007 and runs a weekly concussion clinic to help coordinate care for both pediatric and adult patients

Pricing

PLEASE NOTE UPDATED WEBINAR FORMAT PRICING

Full Conference
Physician and Physician Assistant Registration (CME) $300
Allied Health Care Provider Registration (BOC CEU) $200

If you are only able to attend one day, please contact Sonja Donohue [email protected] to discuss price adjustments.

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