PASC Collaborative
In March 2021, the Academy launched a Multi-Disciplinary PASC
Collaborative of experts to address Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2
infection (PASC or Long COVID) and the 3 to 10 million Americans it is
affecting. AAPM&R understood the need for focused, meaningful and
ongoing clinical exchange between the medical community to assess and
implement appropriate clinical practice for treating and following all
long-term COVID issues, not just those issues requiring PM&R
intervention. The goal of the Collaborative was to foster engagement and
share experiences to propel the health system towards defining
standards of care for persons experiencing Long COVID-19/PASC.
The Multi-Disciplinary PASC Collaborative of experts developed:
- clinical guidance to improve quality-of-care.
- formal education and resources to improve experience-of-care and health equity.
The Collaborative did this by:
- Discussing and establishing best practices and protocols, including assessment and treatment principles;
- Disseminating
learnings and developing resources for the medical community, ensuring
inclusion of primary care providers and those attempting to develop
a PASC clinic;
- Engaging patient/caregiver partners to develop and disseminate patient resources; and,
- Promote patient-centeredness and health equity.
The collaborative was led by:
- Benjamin Abramoff, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Abby Cheng, MD – Washington University – Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Eric Herman, MD – Oregon Health & Science University – Chief Primary Care and Population Health Officer
Thank you to our participating sites:
- Ascension Medical Group; Milwaukee, WI
- Ballad Health; Greeneville, TN
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, MA
- Cedars Sinai – LA; Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, MA
- Family Health West; Fruita, CO
- Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin; Wauwatosa, WI
- Gaylord Covid Rehab and Recovery Program; Wallingford, CT
- GW Medical Faculty Associates; Washington, DC
- Hartford HealthCare’s COVID Recovery Center; Hartford, CT
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; New York, NY
- JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute at Hackensack Meridian Health; Edison, NJ
- Johns Hopkins Medicine; Baltimore, MD
- Kennedy Krieger Institute - Pediatric Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation Clinic; Baltimore, MD
- Mayo Clinic; Rochester, MN
- MedStar National Rehabilitation Network; Baltimore, MD
- MetroHealth Post-COVID Clinic; Cleveland, OH
- Montefiore-Einstein COVID-19 Recovery (CORE) Clinic; Bronx, NY
- Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive COVID-19 Center; Evanston, IL
- Nuvance Health COVID Recovery Program; Rhinebeck, NY
- OHSU - Oregon Health & Science University; Portland, OR
- Parkview Health; Fort Wayne, IN
- Penn Medicine; Philadelphia, PA
- Rusk Rehabilitation, NYU Langone Health; New York, NY
- Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; Chicago, IL
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Network; Boston, MA
- Stanford Health; Stanford, CA
- Tulane Neurology Post COVID Care Clinic; Metairie, LA
- UC Davis Health; Sacramento, CA
- UF Health COVID RESTORE (Rehabilitation, Support, Training, Outreach and Research) Program; Gainesville, FL
- UNC-Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC
- University of Chicago; Chicago, IL
- University of Colorado; Boulder, CO
- University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA
- University of Kansas Health System; Kansas City, KS
- University of Minnesota Medical School; Minneapolis, MN
- University of Washington; Seattle, WA
- UT Austin Dell Medical School; Austin, TX
- UT Health San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
- UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, TX
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville, TN
- Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond, VA
- Washington University’s Post-Covid Clinic in St. Louis; St. Louis, MO