2010
Topic
'Brain Tumor
Rehabilitation:
Changing
Outcomes, Changing Lives'
The 17th Annual SNERC Conference
will be held on October 1, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Warwick,
Rhode Island. This year's theme, "Brain Tumor Rehabilitation:
Changing Outcomes, Changing Lives," will provide a professional
forum for discussing complex therapeutic issues in rehabilitation.
The objectives of this year's conference
will address the challenges of providing rehabilitation for patients
with brain tumors. Conference topics have been selected to address
complex rehabilitation issues for these patients, in order to
improve their functional outcomes and quality of life. In addition
to cognitive rehabilitation, keynote lectures will address the
impact of surgery and radiation therapy on rehabilitation therapies.
Workshop sessions will discuss psychosocial issues, community
resources, speech-language pathology treatments and pain management.
Keynote
Speakers
Prakash Sampath, MD
Chief of Neurosurgery
Roger Williams Medical Center
Providence, RI
Topic:
New Surgical Paradigms in the Treatment of Brain Tumors
Prakash B. Chougule, MD
Radiation Oncologist
Maddock Center for Radiation Oncology
Warwick, RI
Topic:
Radiation Therapy: Implications For Rehabilitation
Thomas J. Guilmette, PhD, ABPP-CN
Director of Neuropsychology
Southern New England Rehabilitation Center
North Providence, RI
Topic:
Brain Tumor and Treatment Effects on Cognition
Workshop
Presenters
TRACK 1 - A
Jennifer E. Lobley, MA, CCC-SLP
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
Topic:
Management of Communication and Swallowing Disorders in
Patients
with Brain Tumors: Case Presentations
TRACK 1 - B
Shannon Levesque, PharmD
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
Topic:
Pain Management in Patients with Brain Tumors
TRACK 2- A
Marie Kessel, FACHE
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island
Pawtucket, RI
Topic:
Brain Tumor - Lessons Learned from a Bedside View
TRACK 1 - B
Jorge C. Armesto, PhD, EdM
Latino Psychological Institute, Inc.
Providence, RI
XristIn Maestri, MS, RNP
The Miriam Hospital
Providence, RI
Topic:
Psychological Presence: How to Help Patients and Families Cope
with Loss
For more information, please call the
Southern New England Rehabilitation Center at 401.456.3825
Conference
Registration Form
* Special Student Rates*
