November 3 - 4, 2011
DoubleTree by Hilton® Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown
One Bigelow Square | Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Speakers and Course Directors
Course Directors
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- Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD, MPT
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Director, Cellular Rehabilitation Laboratory
University of Pittsburgh
- Alan J. Russell, PhD
Distinguished University Professor of Surgery & Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
UPMC and University of Pittsburgh
- Michael Boninger, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Pittsburgh
Guest Faculty
Christopher J. Centeno, MD
Centeno Schultz Clinic
Martin K. Childers, DO, PhD
Professor of Neurology and Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, NC
W. P. Andrew Lee, MD
Chairman, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Silvestro Micera, PhD
Assistant Professor of BioRobotics
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Pisa, Italy
Leslie Morse, DO
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Heather Ross, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Richard K. Shields, PT, PHD, FAPTA
Professor and Chair
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Carmen Terzic, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Randy D. Trumbower, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Emory University
School of Medicine
Decatur, GA
Steve L. Wolf, Ph.D., PT, FAPTA, FAHA
Professor, Departments of Rehab Medicine, Medicine, Cell Biology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Local Faculty
Stephen Badylak, DVM, PhD, MD
Professor, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Professor and Associate Dean of Research
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Johnny Huard, PhD
Professor , Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Pathology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Amy C. Nau, OD, FAAO
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Monica Perez, PhD, PT
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Kittie Verdolini Abbott, PhD
Professor of Communication Science and Disorders
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
James Wang, PhD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Vonda Wright, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
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