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Professor, Chair, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
CU Medicine Endowed Chair
We have discovered the next miracle in medicine -- and it is you. The fields of Rehabilitation believe in using your whole body to improve your human performance. The department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Colorado
(which we affectionately call "CU PM&R") is at the forefront of using team science, regenerative medicine, and exercise treatments. It is uniquely situated in the state-of-the-art CU Anschutz Medical Campus, the first campus in the nation to be built from the ground up to bring research, education, and patient care into one visionary collaboration. Like the Rocky Mountains that provide a backdrop of our institutions, CU PM&R is on the rise! We combine the disciplines of rehabilitation medicine, physical therapy, psychology, speech/language therapy, and rehabilitation sciences into a singular department. The following video stories reinforce the mission of the department: "Growing the Value of Rehab."
The stories
of CU PM&R are countless, but here are a few. Joyce Oleszek, MD, a pediatric rehabilitation medicine physician at Children's Hospital Colorado, made an emotional appearance on the Dr. Oz Show describing medical miracles. She was part of the
CHCO team that rehabilitated severely brain-injured high schoolers to later walk across the stage at his high school graduation. The miracle of rehabilitation was clearly evident in this story.
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Date | Presenter | Topic |
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Kathleen Bechtold, PhD | Head Injury Versus Traumatic Brain Injury: Post-Injury Symptom Trajectories and Outcomes |
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | Amy Bonomi, PhD | Navigating Difficult Conversations: Guidance for Clinicians, Staff, and Trainees |
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 | Nazanin Bahraini, PhD & Vik Bebarta, MD | Veteran Mental Health Research |
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Vineet Chopra, MD | Mentor/Mentee Relationships |
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 | Lotte Dyrbye, MD | Provider Wellbeing |
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | Yoni Ashar, PhD | Pain Reprocessing Theory |
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | Andrew Park, MD | SCI Medicine |
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | Michelle Gittler, MD | 8th Annual Dennis J. Matthews Lectureship |
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Mark Manago, PhD | Neurorehab |
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | Pam Wilson, MD & Stephanie Tow, MD | Paralympic Sport Classification |
Date | Recognition |
March | Brain Injury Awareness Month |
March | Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month |
March 8th | International Women's Day |
March 30th | National Doctors' Day |
May | National Stroke Awareness Month |
May 27th | Psychology Day |
September | National Pain Awareness Month |
September | National Rehabilitation Awareness Month |
September | National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month |
September 4-10 | Suicide Prevention Week |
September 7th | World Duchenne Awareness Day |
October | National Physical Therapy Month |
November 11th | Veteran's Day |
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