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Pre-congress Workshop: Strengthening Academic Leadership

Sunday, May 17, 2026

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT

Location: 113

Moderator(s)

John Chae, MD

Chief Academic Officer/Senior Associate Dean
MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University
Case Western University School of Medicine

Course Director(s)

Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD

Vanderbilt University
Maria Gabriella Ceravolo, MD, PhD (she/her/hers)

Full Professor of PRM, Chair
Marche Polytechnic University

Speaker(s)

RH

Rumaisah Hasan, PhD

Professor
Hasanuddin University. Tajuddin Chalid Hospital. Indonesia.

Course Director(s)

Gwen Sowa, MD, PhD

Chair
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Jorge MC Lains, MD (he/him/his)

Professor, MD
Faculty of Medicine. University of Coimbra
Jianan Li, MD

Chief
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Rehabilitation Medicine Center
Carolina Schiappacasse, MD

Head of Rehabilitation Department
British Hospital Buenos Aires
Xavier de Boissezon (he/him/his)

Prof
Toulouse University

Speaker(s)

TK

Tawab Khalil, MD

Assistant Professor
CMH, Gilgit

Course Director(s)

Colleen O'Connell, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor and Medical Director
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine and Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation
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Abena Tannor, MD

Technical Advisor
UNOPS/ATScale

Speaker(s)

Reynaldo R. Rey-Matias, MD (he/him/his)

Associate Professor and Chairman
St Luke’s Medical Center- Rehabilitation Medicine

Take your leadership skills to the next level! ISPRM is collaborating with the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) to bring a sneak-peek of the highly-successful Program for Academic Leadership (PAL). Designed as a highly interactive experience, the course will introduce participants to essential leadership skills including emotional intelligence, leadership styles, effective communication, team building, and advocacy within academic and clinical environments. Through a blend of targeted didactic content, real-world case discussions, and small-group activities, attendees will gain insight into their own leadership strengths, learn how to adapt communication strategies to different personalities and situations, and develop practical approaches to managing difficult conversations and leading high-performing teams. The workshop will also emphasize advocacy skills needed to champion patients, collaborate across specialties, and influence decision-makers within academic institutions. This course is ideal for early- to mid-career faculty and clinician-educators seeking foundational tools to lead with confidence and impact in academic physiatry and rehabilitation medicine.

Price: $249 for members; $299 for non-members

Schedule:
- 8:00-8:30: Welcome and Introduction
- 8:30-10:00: Session 1: Leadership Skills and Emotional Intelligence
- 10:00-10:30: Coffee and Networking Break
- 10:30-12:00: Session 2: Building and Leading High Performing Teams
- 12:00-13:30: Lunch Break
- 13:30-15:00: Session 3: Communication
- 15:00-15:30: Coffee and Networking Break
- 15:30-17:00: Session 4: Advocacy in Practice: Championing Patients and Advancing the Specialty

COI
Unless noted below there are none.
Colleen O'Connell, MD – Disclosed honoraria and research grant funding (Biogen, Tanabe)