CU PM&R congratulates Dr. Susan Apkon and her team at Children's Hospital Colorado on being the recipients of a grant to partner with the Cure SMA Clinical Data Registry, which works to improve the lives of all those with Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Dr. Jason Friedrich was featured on the The North American Spine Society podcast to discuss "Managing The Gray Areas of Degenerative Cervical Stenosis".
The President of the American Physical Therapy Association, Roger Herr, PT, MPA, visited the CU Anschutz Medical Campus on November 2, 2022. He toured UCHealth, met with faculty, and did a Q&A session with current Physical Therapy students.
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Dr. William Niehaus was featured in this article by Steamboat Pilot & Today regarding patients experiencing symptoms of long COVID.
A recent finding saw that suicide among Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans had significantly increased. The findings prompted a study launched by a team from the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center in Denver.
Dr. Gregory Arends joined the CU PM&R faculty on October 1, 2022. He will be practicing at the CU Sports Medicine and Performance Center in Boulder, CO, as well as a new location in Longmont, Colorado.
Dr. Lisa Brenner was recently featured in Military Times and Yahoo! News for her testimony before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on September 29, 2022.
Cristina Sarmiento, MD, assistant professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, was selected as the winner of the Gabriella Molnar Pediatric PM&R Research Grant Award for her project titled: “Growing Pains: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding the Transition of Care Needs of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy in a Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic."
On Wednesday, July 20th, the CU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation welcomed our incoming residents, fellow, faculty, staff, and congratulated 6 faculty members for their recent promotions, and 2 for their retirements.
The CU Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation celebrated it's 35th Annual Gersten Day Rehabilitation Scientific Symposium. Attendees heard presentations from our outgoing residents as fellows, as well as CU PM&R faculty members Drs. Noel So and Cory Christiansen, and our keynote speaker Colonel Benjamin Kyle Potter, MD, FACS.
Learn how to know if you or someone you care about is in crisis. Dr. Lisa Brenner describes crisis resources that can help. Visit www.ptsd.va.gov for more information.
The ABPMR is pleased to announce the addition of Susan Apkon, MD, to its board of directors. Dr. Apkon was elected to serve on the board at the ABPMR Winter Board Meeting in January.
Dr. Apkon received her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed residency at the University of Colorado. She holds board certification in PM&R and is sub-certified in pediatric rehabilitation medicine; she is also board certified with the American Board of Pediatrics.
When it comes to concussion treatment, Dr. Michael Kirkwood, co-director of the Concussion Program at Children’s Hospital Colorado, tells a cautionary tale. One day, a 15-year-old boy suffered a concussion during a high school soccer game. After a day of rest, the young man returned to school; after a week, he seemed fully recovered. Then, 10 days following the injury, he started feeling tired and suffering headaches.
Pam Wilson, MD, was your typical recreational athlete before the 1978 car accident that left her partially paralyzed and using a wheelchair for mobility, but after the accident, sports became a vital part of her recovery — a way to strive, compete, improve, and measure her progress as she went through physical therapy and rehabilitation.
The road to 2022 is demanding, but for the Wheelchair National Curling Team (Matthew Thums, Steven Emt, David Samsa, Oyuna Uranchimeg, and Pam Wilson), it was not guaranteed as the American squad needed to first qualify for the World Wheelchair Curling Championship through the World-B Wheelchair Curling Championship to earn Paralympic Qualification Points.