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Clinical Session Proposals

General Medicine

Session Name: Concurrent Sessions

Essential Updates in the Physiatric Management of Post COVID Conditions: Autonomic, Neurologic, Cognitive and Pediatric Disorders

Friday, November 17, 2023
1:45 PM – 3:00 PM CT
Location: CC 225-227
In-Person Live Stream On Demand

    Session Director(s)

  • Jonathan H. Whiteson, MD (he/him/his)

    Vice Chair, Clinical Operations. Medical Director of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
    Rusk Rehabilitation
    New York, New York

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Faculty(s)

  • Leslie Rydberg, MD

    Attending
    McGaw MC of NW University NW Med Schl/RIC
    Chicago, Illinois

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Jeffrey S. Fine, MD (he/him/his)

    Medical Director Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Rusk Brooklyn
    NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn
    Mamaroneck, New York

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Amanda Morrow, MD

    Physician
    Johns Hopkins/Kennedy Krieger
    BALTIMORE, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Talya K. Fleming, MD (she/her/hers)

    Assoc Prof: Hackensack Meridian SOM, Rutgers-RWJMS; Medical Director: Stroke Recovery Program
    JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Hackensack Meridian Health
    Edison, New Jersey

    Disclosure(s): American Heart Association, Volunteer Speaker's Bureau: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); NeuroTechR3, Volunteer Advisory Board: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); NuStep, Co-Principal Investigator-research grant awarded to institution: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Terminated, October 31, 2021)

  • John Baratta

    Assistant Professor
    University of North Carolina School of Medicine

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (she/her/hers)

    Chair of Rehab Medicine
    UT Health San Antonio
    San Antonio, Texas

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Laura A. Malone

    Assistant Professor
    Kennedy Krieger Institute & Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Esther Melamed

    No financial relationships to disclose.

This session will provide updates on the central role of Physiatrists and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) in defining and guiding the care of individuals with functional limitations due to Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). Physiatrists are essential physicians to manage the rehabilitation of individuals with PASC – a chronic disabling condition affecting up to 1/3rd of individuals who get COVID-19. This session will provide updates to the essential knowledge needed by Physiatrists to deliver excellence in care to individuals with PASC-related autonomic, neurologic, cognitive and pediatric disorders. Attendees will be engaged through a panel discussion, case examples and questions / answers. This session will summarize the initial work completed by the AAPM&R PASC Collaborative and provide detailed updates on our understanding of PASC pathology and the specific management of PASC symptoms and system disorders. As, for many, PASC becomes a chronic (3+ years) condition, advances in understanding opens new therapeutic opportunities to individuals with persistent PASC. Over the past year, the AAPM&R PASC collaborative has advanced its knowledge and understanding of post COVID conditions and this session is focused on updating Physiatrists on these advances in evaluation and management of PASC. Individuals with PASC often have a protracted course with persistent limitations in vocational and avocational activity tolerance with significant negative impact on quality of life. This session will reinforce the essential knowledge required by Physiatrists in the short and long term management of individuals with PASC and provide the latest updates in management.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the presentation of common PASC organ / system specific dysfunction - Autonomic, Neurologic, Cognitive and Pediatric Disorders
  • Conduct a thorough evaluation of common PASC organ / system based disabilities - Autonomic, Neurologic, Cognitive and Pediatric Disorders
  • Understand the advances in management and outcomes monitoring of common PASC organ / system based disabilities - Autonomic, Neurologic, Cognitive and Pediatric Disorders