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Clinical Session Proposals

General Medicine

Session Name: Concurrent Sessions

Essential Updates in the Physiatric Management of Post COVID Conditions: Fatigue, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Pain Disorders

Friday, November 17, 2023
9:15 AM – 10:30 AM 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)

  • Jason H. Maley, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Disclosure(s): Goodpath: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

  • Joseph E. Herrera, DO

    Chair
    Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai PM&R Program
    New York, New York

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Surendra S. Barshikar, MBA, MD

    Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Irving, Texas

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Matthew N. Bartels, MD, MPH

    Professor and Chairman
    Montefiore Med Center
    Bronx, New York

    Disclosure(s): AposHealth: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Research Grant or Support (Ongoing); EHE Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); LIH Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

  • Benjamin Abramoff, MD

    Attending
    Penn Medicine
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • EH

    Eric Herman

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Alba Azola, MD

    Attending Physician
    Johns Hopkins
    Baltimore, Maryland

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Carmen M. Terzic, MD PhD

    Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    Mayo Clinic of Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • Lyn D. Weiss, MD

    Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    New York University Langone Hospital Long Island
    Jericho, New York

    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 fatigue, cardiovascular disorders, breathing disorders and pain. 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 - Fatigue, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Pain Disorders
  • Conduct a thorough evaluation of common PASC organ / system based disabilities - Fatigue, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Pain Disorders
  • Understand the advances in management and outcomes monitoring of common PASC organ / system based disabilities - Fatigue, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary and Pain Disorders