Full Schedule

Keynote Speaker: Ross Zafonte, DO (he/him/his) – University of Missouri

Keynote Speaker: Michael J. Berger, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia/ICORD

Chair: Rajiv Reebye, MD FRCP – University of British Columbia

Faculty: Eve Boissonnault, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta

Faculty: Stefano Carda, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – CHUV

Faculty: Omar Daniel Khan, MD – Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre

Speaker: Ahmad M. Osailan, PhD (he/him/his) – Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University

Speaker: Andromachi Salacha, MD (she/her/hers) – General Hospital of ELEFSINA “THRIASIO”

Speaker: Jonathan P. Walters-Shumka (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia

Speaker: Ava Hughes, BSc – The University of British Columbia

Speaker: Britney Ha, BKin (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

Speaker: Naglaa Ali Gadallah, MD (she/her/hers) – Ain Shams university

Speaker: Katarzyna Hojan, Prof. MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Greater Poland Cancer Centre; Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Speaker: Mahdis Hashemi, MD – Vancouver Island Health Authority

Course Director: Francesca Gimigliano, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Campania "luigi Vanvitelli"

Course Director: Jorge MC Lains, MD (he/him/his) – Faculty of Medicine. University of Coimbra

Speaker: Gwen Sowa, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Speaker: Xavier de Boissezon (he/him/his) – Toulouse University

Speaker: Abderrazak Hajjioui, PhD – Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

Speaker: Fary Khan, MD – Royal Melbourne Hospital

Speaker: Bhasker Amatya, PhD (he/him/his) – Royal Melbourne Hospital

Speaker: Walter Frontera, MD, PhD, FRCP – University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine MD, PhD

Speaker: Luz H. Lugo- Agudelo, II, Doctor (she/her/hers) – Universidad de Antioquia

Speaker: Abena Tannor, MD – Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

Speaker: Vanessa Seijas, MD, MPH, PhD (she/her/hers) – Swiss Paraplegic Centre Switzerland and University of Antioquia Colombia

Course Director: Terrence C. Carolan, MSPT, MBA – CARF International

Course Director: Chantel T. Debert, MD, MSc – University of Calgary

Speaker: Cheryl Wellington, PhD – University of British Columbia

Speaker: Sandy Shultz, PhD – Monash University

Course Director: Edward A. hurvitz, MD (he/him/his) – Department of PM&R, Michigan Medicine

Speaker: Mark D. Peterson, PhD – Department of PM&R, Michigan Medicine

Course Director: Ana Carolina Méndez-SIlva, MD (she/her/hers) – Particular

Speaker: Ilse joadán Santiago-Escamilla, MD (she/her/hers) – UNAM

Speaker: Alejandra .. Mancilla Ramírez, N/A, MD – Particular

Speaker: Gabriela Legorreta Ramirez, MD – DIF

Course Director: Ariane Kwiet, MD (she/her/hers) – Norwegian Resource Centre for Rare Diseases, Sunnaas Hospital

Speaker: Trine Bathen, MSc (she/her/hers) – Norwegian Centre for Rare Diseases

Speaker: Anne-Mette Bredahl, PhD – Norwegian Centre for Rare Diseases

Course Director: Jimena Quinzaños, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – instituto nacional de rehabilitación

Faculty: Alberto Isaac Pérez Sanpablo, PhD (he/him/his) – INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACION LUIS GUILLERMO IBARRA IBARRA

Faculty: Marlene Alejandra Rodríguez Barragán, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación

Course Director: Julio C. Furlan, MD, LLB, MBA, PhD, MSc, FRCPC, FAAN, FASIA – University of Toronto

Speaker: Vanessa K. Noonan, MSc, PhD, PT (she/her/hers) – Praxis Spinal Cord Institute

Course Director: Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu, MD – Stanford School of Medicine

Speaker: Catherine Stratton, MPH – University of Toronto

Moderator: Nora Newcomb, MD – St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus Program

Speaker: Chantal Nguyen, MD – Stanford University

Speaker: Rihab Mastouri

Speaker: Mohammed Arman, MD

Speaker: David Y. Balser, MD – University of Minnesota

Speaker: Abderracak Hajjoui, MD, MPM – University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah & University Hospital Hassan II

Speaker: Yukiyo Shimizu, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University Of Tsukuba

Speaker: Iffat Islam Khan, MD (she/her/hers) – Bangladesh Institute of Health Science

Speaker: Taslim Uddin, MD – Bangladesh Medical University

Course Director: Rajiv Reebye, MD FRCP – University of British Columbia

Speaker: Stefano Carda, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – CHUV

Speaker: Rita Pane, MD (she/her/hers) – UNUSA University Faculty of Medicine

Speaker: Mary Elizabeth S. Nelson-Biersach, DNP – Medical College of Wisconsin

Course Director: Thomas A. Miller, MD (he/him/his) – University of Western Ontario

Speaker: Colin K. Franz, MD, PhD, FAAPMR (he/him/his) – Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Speaker: Sarah Smith, MD – University of Washington

Speaker: Ming Chan, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alberta

Speaker: Jenna Senger

Speaker: Christopher Doherty, MD – The University of British Columbia

Speaker: Michael J. Berger, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia/ICORD

Speaker: Adenike A. Adewuyi, MD, PhD – Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Presenter: Alberto Esquenazi, MD – Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation

Presenter: Atul T. Patel, MD (he/him/his) – Kansas City Bone & Joint Clinic, Overland Park, Kansas, USA

Presenter: Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD – Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, TX, USA

Keynote Speaker: Abderrazak Hajjioui, PhD – Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

Speaker: John Chae, MD – MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University

Course Director: Carley Trentman, MD – Rehabilitation and Human Performance at Mount Sinai

Faculty: Laurenie G. Louissant, MD (she/her/hers) – Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at SUNY Downstate

Course Director: Karen Barr, MD – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh

Faculty: Kevin Franzese, DO – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh

Faculty: Haylie Lecker, DO – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh

Speaker: Kylie S. Johnson, MD – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh

Speaker: Caroline Vail, DO – UPMC/University of Pittsburgh

Course Director: Lester S. Duplechan, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Arizona

Course Director: Antimo Moretti, MD (he/him/his) – Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Speaker: Giovanni Iolascon, MD – Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Speaker: Francesca Gimigliano, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Campania "luigi Vanvitelli"

Course Director: Pavel Loeza Magana, MD (he/him/his) – ISSSTE - UNAM

Moderator: Ana Belem Dávila Tejeida, MD (she/her/hers) – Movium

Faculty: Ana Esther Román Álvarez, MD (she/her/hers) – IMSS

Speaker: Lezly Elizabeth Alcalá Morales, MD – Instituto Nacional de Geriatría

Speaker: Laura Beatriz Salas López, MD (she/her/hers) – IMSS

Course Director: Eun Jae Ko, MD – Asan Medical Center

Speaker: In Jin Yoon, BS – Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation Unit, Asan Medical Center

Course Director: Niña R. Carmela Tamayo, DO MS MPH (she/her/hers) – Prime Directives PM&R, Cleveland, OH and PAPA

Speaker: Robbie Badillo, DO – Penn State Health

Speaker: Alyson Galanga, MD (she/her/hers) – Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

Speaker: Mackenzie J. Hancock, BSc – University of Calgary

Course Director: Chantel T. Debert, MD, MSc – University of Calgary

Speaker: Joseph Abinader, MD FRCPC (he/him/his) – University of Calgary

Speaker: Zahra Goodarzi, MD MSc FRCPC – University of Calgary

Course Director: Mary Elizabeth S. Nelson-Biersach, DNP – Medical College of Wisconsin

Speaker: Andrew J. Haig, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

Speaker: Abena Tannor, MD (she/her/hers) – Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons / Alera Rehabilitation and Sports Centre

Speaker: Rajiv Reebye, MD FRCP – University of British Columbia

Speaker: Taslim Uddin, MD – Bangladesh Medical University

Speaker: Virginia Wilson, MD – Southern African Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Speaker: Klemen Grablijevec, MD (he/him/his) – European Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Course Director: Catherine Stratton, MPH – University of Toronto

Speaker: Nora Newcomb, MD – St. Luke's Hospital Anderson Campus Program

Speaker: Abderrazak Hajjioui, PhD – Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University

Faculty: Mark D. Peterson, PhD – Department of PM&R, Michigan Medicine

Faculty: Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu, MD – Stanford School of Medicine

Speaker: Samantha Finkelstein, MD – University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: Chantal Nguyen, MD – Stanford University

Speaker: Andrei Krassioukov, MD – ICORD

Speaker: Raj Kumar Yadav, MD (PMR) (he/him/his) – AIIMS Rishikesh, India

Speaker: Beom Suk Kim, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Chung-Ang University College of Medicine

Speaker: Syoichi Tashiro, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Kyorin University School of Medicine

Speaker: Davood Khavari Ardestani, MD – SBMU

Speaker: Beom Suk Kim, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Chung-Ang University College of Medicine

Speaker: Astrid DeSouza, PhD (she/her/hers) – Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University

Presenter: Sean P. Dukelow, MD, PhD – University of Calgary

Presenter: Karen Ethans, MD – University of Manitoba, Max Rady College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Presenter: Paul J. Winston, MD – Vancouver Island Health Authority

Presenter: Heather Finlayson, MD

Course Director: Colleen O'Connell, MD (she/her/hers) – Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine and Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation

Faculty: Melinda S. Kavanaugh, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Moderator: Cathy Cummings, MA – International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations

Speaker: Yoko Inamoto, PhD – Fujita Health University

Course Director: Eiichi Saitoh, MD (he/him/his) – Fujita Health University

Speaker: Masahiko Mukaino, MD, PhD – Hokkaido University Hospital

Speaker: Junichi Ushiba, PhD – Keio Univerrsity

Course Director: Shanti M. Pinto, MD, MSCS (she/her/hers) – Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Speaker: Simon Driver, PhD (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School - Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Course Director: Simra Javaid, DO (she/her/hers) – UTHealth Houston/TIRR Memorial Hermann

Speaker: Eboni A. Reed, MD – UTHealth Houston

Course Director: Gita Handa Thukral, MD (she/her/hers) – All India Institute Of Medical Sciences , New Delhi

Faculty: Ravinder Singh, PhD (he/him/his) – ICMR

Moderator: Suman Badhal, MD (she/her/hers) – Vardhman Mahavir Medical college & Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi

Speaker: Brandon Lieu, MD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

Speaker: Jana Dengler, MD (she/her/hers) – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto

Course Director: Carl Froilan D. Leochico, PTRP, MD, FPARM, MHSc (he/him/his) – UHN - Toronto Rehab

Speaker: Mark T. Bayley, MD, FRCPC – University of Toronto

Speaker: Meiqi Guo, MD, MSc – UHN-Toronto Rehab; University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

Speaker: McKyla McIntyre, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto

Faculty: Angie Andreoli, BSc(PT), MSc – Toronto Rehab - University Health Network

Faculty: Brenda Colella, MA, CPsych Assoc – KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehab - University Health Network

Faculty: Robin Green, PhD – KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehab - University Health Network

Faculty: Ailene Kua, MSc, PMP – Toronto Rehab - University Health Network

Course Director: Yang-Soo Lee, MD – Kyungpook National University

Speaker: Seong-Hun Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Bobath hospital

Speaker: Yunjung Yang, PhD – Physical Education(Adapted Physical Activitiy)

Moderator: Kayla Roddick, MD – SUNY Upstate Medical University

Speaker: Britney A. Soll, DCPsych Candidate – Affiliate Therapy & Therapy Horses

Speaker: Daniel Rozenkwit – Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMUSP)

Speaker: FATIMAH AHMEDY, MRehabMed – UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH

Speaker: Ewen Lavoie, MD PhD – University of Alberta

Speaker: Noritaka Kawashima, PhD – Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities

Speaker: Kathryn A. Radford, PhD – University of Nottingham