INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE GRAND ROUNDS

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2017 @ 8:00AM

www.oshercenter.org |617.525.8737

2017 SCHEDULE: MONTHLY| FIRST TUESDAY’S | 8:00–9:00AM | @ BWH

HMS CME CREDITS AVAILABLE

Oct. 3rd: Harvard Business School - Amy J. C. Cuddy, PhD

Nov. 7th: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine - Matthew Kowalski, DC Dec. 5th: Cambridge Health Alliance presents “Complementary and Integrative Therapies for Depression: State of the Evidence” - Dr. Pieter Cohen, MD

*FOLLOWED BY COFFEE HOUR FROM 9-10AM*

BORNSTEIN FAMILY AMPHITHEATER, BWH | 45 FRANCIS ST., BOSTON, MA 02115

“ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY DURING ACUTE AND SUBACUTE STROKE REHABILITATION:

INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT TO SUPPORT PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH/LANGUAGE THERAPY OUTCOMES ”

Presenter Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc Director, Acupuncture Services, NYU Langone Hospital

Discussant Jasmine Tam, M.S., OTR/L Occupational Therapist, Augustana Center, NYU Langone Hospital

Discussant Stephanie Wu, PT, DPT Physical Therapist, Augustana Center, NYU Langone Hospital

Discussant Lauren Glokler, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist, Augustana Center, NYU Langone Hospital

Integrative Medicine Grand Rounds Speaker Biography

Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, LAc., has led the Acupuncture Service at NYU Lutheran since 2004,

supervising 10 acupuncturists who provide inpatient care and clinical instruction in the areas of neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation, labor and delivery, and pain management. Dr. Citkovitz studied acupuncture at the Pacific and Tri-State colleges in New York, and Chinese language in Beijing. An internationally known lecturer on acupuncture practice and research methodology, she is a faculty member of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Her PhD study on acupuncture during acute stroke rehabilitation was the first conducted

in the United States, as was her 2006 study of acupuncture during labor and delivery. Dr. Citkovitz is a frequent peer reviewer for academic journals and an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine as well as Meridians, the journal of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). She is a past member of the NCCAOM’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Hospital Based Acupuncture, and Touro College’s Institutional Review Board.

Jasmine Tam, M.S., OTR/L , was originally born and raised in Hong Kong, China. She immigrated to

United States and settled in New York where she completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at City University of New York- City College. She further pursued a Master degree in occupational therapy at State University of New York- Downstate Medical Center. She has shown particular interest in working with geriatric population at both home care and sub-acute settings. Jasmine joined New York University- Langone Augustana in December, 2016. She has been extensively trained in working with adults who exhibit orthopedic and/or neurological impairments. She has been serving bilingual Chinese patients at Augustana as she is fluent in both Cantonese and Mandarin languages.

Lauren Glokler, M.S. CCC-SLP, is a speech language pathologist practicing with the adult and

geriatric population in NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn's subacute and long term care facilities. Her work has focused on the evaluation and rehabilitation of patients with dysphagia, aphasia, speech, language, and/or cognitive disorders, apraxia, dysarthria, fluency and voice disorders resulting from neurological disorders including stroke, brain cancer, TBI, Parkinson's disease, dementia and cardiopulmonary diseases. She co-facilitates a monthly stroke support group for inpatient and outpatient members. And she provides the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) to people afflicted with Parkinson's disease.

Stephanie Wu, PT, DPT, is a Doctor of physical therapy, graduating from Long Island University. She

currently works in a sub-acute rehabilitation setting in NYU Langone Augustana Rehabilitation. Dr. Wu has always maintained a strong passion for treating neurological conditions. She is also a candidate to be a board certified Neurological Clinical Specialist by ABPTS. Her approach to treatment applies dynamic and varied evidence based treatments to achieve a patient’s maximum potential and result in rehab. As a clinical physical therapist, she also continuously mentors soon to be therapists to apply the same approach adapted to their ability to maximize their education in treating neurological conditions.