January, 2015 Table of Contents Section Member Profile –Doug Slick, PTA CSM Schedule Resident Highlight Invitation to Section Anniversary Party Congratulations Seeking Volunteers Welcome to New Section Members Dear Section Members: Happy (belated) 2015. More importantly, Happy Anniversary. That’s right – Happy Anniversary! The Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section is celebrating 40 years. That is 40 years of promoting and advancing cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy practice, education and research. I hope you will come and celebrate with us at the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 4-7. As usual, the educational and networking opportunities are diverse and I refer everyone to the CSM website at http://www.apta.org/CSM/. I invite you to attend our business meeting which will be held at 6:30 pm on Friday, February 6 th in the JW Marriott–White River Ballroom I. Please feel free to introduce yourselves and start a dialogue with me and other CVP section leaders. We are always looking for membership input. It is through strong team work that our Section will continue to grow and prosper in the future. See you in Indianapolis. Cheers, Daniel Malone PT, PhD, CCS President Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section Electronic Newsletter Letter from the CV&P Section President
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January, 2015
Table of Contents
Section Member
Profile –Doug Slick,
PTA
CSM Schedule
Resident Highlight
Invitation to Section
Anniversary Party
Congratulations
Seeking Volunteers
Welcome to New
Section Members
Dear Section Members: Happy (belated) 2015. More importantly, Happy Anniversary.
That’s right – Happy Anniversary! The Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section is celebrating 40 years. That is 40 years of promoting and advancing
cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy practice, education and research. I hope you will come and celebrate with us at the Combined
Sections Meeting (CSM) 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 4-7. As usual, the educational and networking opportunities are diverse and I refer
everyone to the CSM website at http://www.apta.org/CSM/. I invite you to attend our business meeting which will be held at 6:30 pm on
Friday, February 6th in the JW Marriott–White River Ballroom I.
Please feel free to introduce yourselves and start a dialogue with me and other CVP section leaders. We are always looking for membership input. It
is through strong team work that our Section will continue to grow and prosper in the future.
Doug Slick started his PTA career after 30 years as a performing musician in
the Philadelphia area. His initial education was a BS in Music Performance
from University of the Arts. With the economy downturn in 2008, a new career
was needed and pursuing a PTA degree made more economic sense than
redoing a BS for the science credits in the pursuit of a DPT. In 2011 Doug
graduated from Lehigh Community College and started working for Main Line
Health, Inc where he started working as an aide while in school. Doug says that
as both an aide and a PTA he has travelled to various acute care, outpatient,
SNF, homecare, and acute rehab facilities and generally works as a fill-in for
absent staff or to supplement when caseloads are heavy.
Doug says that his interest in CVP started serendipitously during his first assignment as a PTA. He was working at a hospital just starting an LVAD program. “I fell into the chance to work with LVAD patients in the CTICU and step-down unit …and was fascinated with the LVAD process and the other cardiac patients I got to work with in that setting.” His variety of work settings, sometimes following a patient from acute care through homecare has led to some strong beliefs about educating patients. Most cardiac intervention is not elective, he observes, and the patient/family are traumatized, struggling to process what has happened. It is a very difficult environment to learn something detailed like a cardiac rehab program. When in their home he finds that patients are more relaxed and often deny ever receiving any education in sternal precautions even though he spent two or three sessions discussing it with them in acute care. “Reinforcement of behaviors we are trying to instill in these patients is very important all along the process to help them have a good
outcome,” he says. When not working, Doug likes outdoor activities like biking, hiking, fly fishing, and skiing. An avid sports fans, he follows the Philly teams and is also a fan of international soccer, English Premier League, Champions League, World Cup, etc. Asked about his next dream accomplishment he responds, “I always have personal goals, but I don’t think I really have a bucket list. I’m livin’ the dream now!”
Please send in names of CV&P Section Members that you think should be profiled. We are looking for all types of members to be profiled, not just someone who has published a lot or has a
recognizable name. All of our section members do important work for our profession and we want to show that off. Send the name and contact info to [email protected].
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
~Chinese Proverb
Pre-Conference Course
Where do I begin when treating the patient with cardiopulmonary dysfunction? Speakers: Chris L. Wells, PhD, PT, CCS, ATC, Melissa L. Bednarek, PT, DPT, PhD
CSM 2015
Indianapolis, IN
Schedule of CSM Programming from the CV&P Section Thursday
Title: Opportunities for PTs to Shape Prevention Practices and Outcomes. Speakers: Anne Mejia-Downs, PT, MPH and Susan Sherer, PT, PhD
Title: Current Practice and Screening for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: Keeping Up With the Evidence. Speakers: James Farris, PhD and John Heick, PT, DPT, OCS, NCS
Title: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research Update: A Year in Review. Speakers: Lawrence Cahalin, PT, PhD, CCS and Paul Ricard, PT, DPT, CCS
Title: Linda Crane Lecture: Integrity at the Heart of our Profession. Speaker: Ethel Frese, PT, DPT, MHS, CCS
Friday Title: High-Intensity Interval Training: Rehab Considerations for Health and Cardiovascular Risk.
Speakers: Jodi Klein, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS and Lauren Mellett, PT, DPT, CCS
Title: Getting Patients Into Cardiac Rehab and Other Wellness Programs and Keeping Them Exercising After Rehab. Speakers: Pamela Bartlo, PT, DPT, CCS, Cynthia Barbe, PT, DPT, MS, and Paul Ricard, PT, DPT, CCS
Title: Venous Thromboembolism and Heart Failure: Current Clinical Practice Guidelines. Speakers: Sean Collins, PT, ScD, Ethel Frese, PT, DPT, MHS, CCS, John Heick, PT, DPT, OCS, NCS, Ellen Hillegass, PT, PhD, CCS, FAPTA, Michael Puthoff, PT, PhD, GCS, and Mary Thigpen, PT, PhD
CV&P Section Platform Presentations
CV&P Section Poster Presentations
CV&P Section MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Saturday Title: A Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy Residency? Where Do We Start?
Speakers: Rebecca Crouch, PT, DPT, CCS, Ellen Hillegass, PT, PhD, CCS, FAPTA, and Alexandra Sciaky, PT, DPT, CCS
Title: Mechanical Support and Mobility: ECMO, IABP, and TAH. Speaker: Meghan Lahart, PT, DPT
CV&P Section Platform Presentations
January, 2015
As a new feature of the CVP Section newsletter, we will highlight information about some of the CVP Advanced Practice Residents and Fellows around the country.
Erinn Barker PT, DPT
Erinn is currently a cardiopulmonary resident at Duke University. She received her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Weber State University in Ogden, UT in
2008. She then earned her DPT from the University of Utah in 2012.
Erinn reports that she didn’t not quite know what she wanted to do with her career when she graduated with her DPT. She did know that she liked being in the ICU.
Her first job out of PT school was working in the ICU at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. She states, “I was able to see so much there! The doctors were all very
helpful and the staff was all very knowledgeable about different pathologies and treatment courses.” Erinn stated that because Las Vegas is in the middle of the
desert and isn’t part of a greater metropolitan area, the complicated patient cases tend to get shipped to San Diego/LA, Salt Lake City, Denver or Phoenix where there
are more treatment options available.
She decided that in order for her to learn and grow, she would leave Las Vegas for the opportunity to continue to challenge my knowledge and skills at Duke University. She is enjoying her residency and is
learning a lot.
Resident Highlight –
Congratulations to Duke University on the Re-Accreditation of their
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary PT Residency Program.
Congratulations to the CV&P Section Research Grant Recipient Title of Grant Proposal:
“Characterization of a Quantitative Assessment Method for the Autogenic Drainage Technique” Principal Investigator:
Gail Dechman, BScPT, PhD and Kimbly MacFadyen, BScPT, MScRRPT candidate
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PTs, and
Come Celebrate
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SECTION BOOTH AT CSM 2015
The Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section needs you! Volunteer to represent the Section at CSM in Indianapolis!
The Exhibit Hall hours are as follows (Unopposed Hours – 1-3 pm):
Thursday, February 5 – 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Friday, February 6 – 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday, February 7 – 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
If you would like to volunteer, click here for the schedule and sign-up sheet cardiopt.org/booth_schedule.php
Maria Cecilia Gopez Ago-Manalansan, PT Maricel Anton, PT Heather Barackman, PT, DPT Susan Barth, PT Joseph Robert Baumgarden, PT Denise Nicole Baylor, PT, DPT, CEEAA Kristine Dawn Braun, PT Lauren Nicole Broccolo, PT Lauren Broniarczyk, SPT Elizabeth Richter Burns, SPT Megan Maureen Burt, PT Teresa Rainville Caminiti, PT Kristen Finsness Carlin, PT Erica Charee Colclough, PT Maggie Daingerfield, PT, DPT Sean Patrick Darrow, SPT Steven Gerard Dunning, PT Kelly Ann Fiorello, PT, OCS
Gayle Mary Gallo, PT
Rebecca Bravo Gold, PT
James M. Gurley, PT, DPT, NCS
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newsletter. We’re here for you.
Don’t forget to send in any research articles that may be of interest to other
section members. Here are two current articles that may be of use to members.
Ramadi A, Haennel RG, Stone JA, et al. The Sustainability of Exercise Capacity Changes in Home Versus Center-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2015 Jan-Feb; 35(1):21-28.
Farrow KN, Steinhorn, RH. Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants. Sharpening the
Tools of Detection. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Jan 1; 191(1): 12-14.
