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  • Wednesday, Oct 22nd
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM PDT
    SPC03--Role of Airway Clearance Techniques including Exercise as an ACT in an Era of Change
    Location: 327-329
    Chair: Gemma Stanford, PhD, B.Sc. Physiotherapy – Royal Brompton Hospital, Guys and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust and NHLI, Imperial College, London
    Speaker: Melissa Richmond, MPT – Vancouver, Canada
    Speaker: Dabney Eidson, RRT-NPS – Wellstar MCG Health Children's Hospital of Georgia
    PT&RT
  • Wednesday, Oct 22nd
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    DG01--Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes: Addressing Common Musculoskeletal Complaints in Patients with CF
    Location: 340-342
    Chair: Julie Christiansen, PTA – Children's Minnesota
    Chair: Andrew Clendenen, PT, DPT – Nebraska Medicine
    Speaker: John D. Lowman, PhD, PT, CCS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Speaker: Andrew Clendenen, PT, DPT – Nebraska Medicine
    Speaker: Julie Christiansen, PTA – Children's Minnesota
    Speaker: Jamie Anderson, PT, DPT – Boston Children's Hospital
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG04--Trivia Night
    Location: 343-344
    Chair: Donna Germuga, BS, RRT, NPS, CPFT – University Of Rochester Medical Center
    Chair: Jacqueline Vicencio, PT DPT – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Speaker: Donna Germuga, BS, RRT, NPS, CPFT – University Of Rochester Medical Center
    Speaker: Jacqueline Vicencio, PT DPT – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W05--Year in Review
    Location: 431-432
    Chair: James A. Reed, RRT, NPS, RPFT – Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health
    Chair: Sean P. Duffy, PT, DPT – The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL04--Finding Your Calm: Strategies for Managing Pulmonary Function Testing Anxiety
    Location: 320-322
    Chair: Rachel Heritage, RRT – UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
    Chair: Patricia  Allerton , BSIHS, RRT, RPFT – University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's
    Speaker: Chelsea Rogen, PT, DPT – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Speaker: Tess Smith-Thomas, PhD – University of Kentucky
    Speaker: Darcie Revay, CPFT – Banner University Medicine- Tucson
    Community Speaker: Janeil Whitworth – Breathe Bravely
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.1- Movement Matters: Navigating Developmental Concerns in Pediatric
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Samantha E. Rasmussen, PT, DPT – Childrens Nebraska
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.2- Every Breath You take: Utilizing Inspiratory/Respiratory Muscle Training in CF
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Kerri Breznak, PT, DPT – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.3- Knack Three Times; Addressing Pelvic Floor Issues
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Jamie Anderson, PT, DPT – Boston Children's Hospital
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.4- Take 2 Steps Forward-Using the A-Step in Clinic
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Sean Elliott – Johns Hopkins Hospital - Children's Center
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.5- Staying Afloat: Strategies for Sustainable CF PT Services
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Chris Tapley, MS PT – Pediatric Pulmonology, C.S Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.6- PT & RT Impact: Measuring What Matters Using QI projects
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Lauren M. Mitchell, PT, DPT – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.7- Providing CF Care to Military Families
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Dawn Kostlan – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.8- Baby Bump-Discussing Pregnancy Related Issues for the Mom with CF
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Caroline Chaloner, PT, DPT, PCS – MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.9- Succession Planning
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Kathy Vazquez, RRT – Adult CF Center of Central Texas
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT03.10- Sweat Testing
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Catherine Glass, RRT, RPFT – Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
    PT&RT
  • Thursday, Oct 23rd
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S04--Growing Up is Getting Old
    Location: 431-432
    Chair: Jennifer Sherwood, RRT – University of Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center
    Chair: Gemma Stanford, PhD, B.Sc. Physiotherapy – Royal Brompton Hospital, Guys and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust and NHLI, Imperial College, London
    PT&RT
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG17--Seeing More Than CF 3.0
    Location: 340-342
    Chair: Kim Villari, BS, RRT – Children's of Alabama
    Chair: Dawn Selhorst, RRT-NPS, RPFT – Nemours Children's Hospital~Delaware
    Speaker: Anna M. Georgiopoulos, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Cadence Kuklinkski, DO – Washington University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Marissa Kilberg, MD, MSEd – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Speaker: Blythe Owen – The Hospital for Sick Children
    PT&RT
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG20--It's Important to be Dense: Nutrition & Exercise to Improve Bone Density & Working with Other Endocrine Issues
    Location: 347-348
    Chair: Allison Usher, PT, DPT – Primary Children's Hospital
    Chair: Mackalah Green, DPT – Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center of Central Texas
    Speaker: Jennifer Walzel, PT, DPT, PCS – Dell Children's Medical Center
    Speaker: Sara Hendrix, MS, RD – Medical University of South Carolina
    Speaker: Sarah Haroon, MD – UTSW
    PT&RT
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W21--Updates in Care
    Location: 431-432
    Chair: Lucy Wadsworth, BSc(HONs) – Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, UK
    Chair: Karen Hamill, PT, DPT – UCLA
    PT&RT
  • Friday, Oct 24th
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S21--For Your Consideration: A Debate on De-escalating Therapies?
    Location: 427-429
    Chair: Melissa Richmond, MPT – Vancouver, Canada
    Chair: Dabney Eidson, RRT-NPS – Wellstar MCG Health Children's Hospital of Georgia
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    7:45 AM - 9:45 AM PDT
    DG27--On the Road Again; Transitions Through the Lifespan of the CF Patient
    Location: 331-332
    Chair: Elena Bochicchio, PT, DPT, MBA – Yale New Haven Hospital
    Chair: Christina Rael, CRT – National Jewish Health-Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
    Speaker: Kaylynn Bernardo-Stagg, RRT, B.S. – Primary Children's Hospital
    Speaker: Allison Usher, PT, DPT – Primary Children's Hospital
    Speaker: Aastha Joshi, CEP, PT, DPT – Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Adult CF Clinic
    Community Speaker: Katelyn Garcia, none – physical therapy
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PDT
    CC06--It's Complicated: A Review of Complex Patients Therapies & Outcomes
    Location: 323-325
    Chair: Amy Pridgen, PT MPT – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Chair: Carolina Herrera, RRT – Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    S31--It's New & Improved! Innovations in RT/PT
    Location: 436
    Chair: Gina Collins, MPH, RRT – Inova Fairfax Hospital
    Chair: Lisa Morrison, BSc – West of Scotland Adult CF Unit
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM PDT
    W33--Non-Modulator Eligible/Advanced Lung Disease
    Location: 435
    Chair: DeeAnna Serna, RRT-NPS, AE-C – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Chair: John D. Lowman, PhD, PT, CCS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    LL08--Let's Get Physical: HIIT It Up
    Location: 347-348
    Chair: Chelsea Rogen, PT, DPT – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Chair: Taylor Lewis, PhD, CEP, CSCS, CMT – Precision Performance Institute
    Speaker: Dave Felton, DPT, CCS – JW Ruby Memorial Hospital, WVU Medicine
    Speaker: Chelsea Rogen, PT, DPT – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Speaker: Drew Strube, CSCS – Waukee High School
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT3.10- I Didn't Learn This in RT School
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Natalie Harris Shelton, RT – University of Missouri
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT3.11- Inpatient Education Post HEMT
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Kimberly Simmons, RRT-CPFT – Children's Nebraska
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT3.12- LCI Measurements
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Brittany Sines, RRT – Mountain State Cystic Fibrosis Center
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT3.13- Sputum Induction
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Melissa Vriseno, BAS, RRT – Adult CF Center of Central Texas
    PT&RT
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    12:30 PM - 2:00 PM PDT
    RT3.14- Collaboration Between Physical Therapy & Dietitians
    Location: 447 - 448
    Facilitator: Emily Nageotte, RDN, LD – UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
    PT&RT