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Meet the 2019-2020 Member Community Chairs

Sep 27, 2019, 09:30 by Lisa Borcovan

AAPM&R Member Communities are self-identified, organically established communities offering opportunities for members to connect with each other, share experiences, and advance the future of the specialty together! AAPM&R is pleased to recognize our 2019-2020 Member Community chairs who raised their hands and joined Team Physiatry as Academy volunteers. Add your name to our team roster at phyzforum.aapmr.org.

D'Wan Carpenter, DO, MS: African American Physiatrists
Danielle Zelnick, MD: Alternative Pain Medicine
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD; Amputee/Limb Loss Restoration Rehabilitation
Kirk Lercher, MD: Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Directors
Ekta Gupta, MD: Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine
David Ripley, MD, MS: Central Nervous System
Max Fitzgerald, MD: Chicago Physiatrists
Colleen Sullivan, MD: Early-Career Physiatrists
Jonathan Whiteson, MD: Exercise as Medicine
Kanakadurg Poduri, MD: Geriatric Rehabilitation
Lauren Shapiro, MD: Inpatient Rehabilitation
Priya Chandan, MD, MPH: Intellectual Disability
David Lee, MD: Interventional Pain
Edward Hurvitz, MD: Kosher Physiatry
Glendaliz Bosques-Mendez, MD: LatinX in Physiatry
R. Samuel Mayer, MD: Medical Educators
Mehul Desai, MD, MPH: Neuromodulation
Shawn Jorgensen, MD: Neuromuscular Medicine
Jason Zaremski, MD: Overhead Athlete
Erik Shaw, DO: Pain Medicine
Melissa Tinney, MD: Para/Adaptive Athletes and Sports
Joline Brandenburg, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation
Theodore Yip, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Current Fellows/Combination Residents and Future Candidates
David Pruitt, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program Directors
Mary Dubon, MD: Pediatric Sports Medicine
Lauren Elson, MD: Performing Arts Medicine
Sasha Iversen, DO: Physiatry Life Care Planners
No Chair: Private Practice Physiatrists
Isaac P. Syrop, MD: Regenerative Medicine
Heather Vincent, PhD, MS: Research in Physiatry
Kevin Vincent, MD, PhD: Running Medicine
Aaron Yang, MD: Spine Medicine
Mark Ellen, MD: Sports Medicine
Kenneth Mautner, MD: Sports Medicine Fellowship Directors
Stephanie Tow, MD: Sports Medicine Current Fellows and Future Candidates
Jason Marchetti, MD: Texas Physiatrists
Mary Russell, DO, MS: Women Physiatrists
Mark Griffith, MD: Wound Medicine

Meet the 2019-2020 Member Community Chairs

Sep 27, 2019, 09:30 by Lisa Borcovan

D'Wan Carpenter, DO, MS: African American Physiatrists
Danielle Zelnick, MD: Alternative Pain Medicine
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD; Amputee/Limb Loss Restoration Rehabilitation
Kirk Lercher, MD: Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Directors
Ekta Gupta, MD: Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine
David Ripley, MD, MS: Central Nervous System
Max Fitzgerald, MD: Chicago Physiatrists
Colleen Sullivan, MD: Early-Career Physiatrists
Jonathan Whiteson, MD: Exercise as Medicine
Kanakadurg Poduri, MD: Geriatric Rehabilitation
Lauren Shapiro, MD: Inpatient Rehabilitation
Priya Chandan, MD, MPH: Intellectual Disability
David Lee, MD: Interventional Pain
Edward Hurvitz, MD: Kosher Physiatry
Glendaliz Bosques-Mendez, MD: LatinX in Physiatry
R. Samuel Mayer, MD: Medical Educators
Mehul Desai, MD, MPH: Neuromodulation
Shawn Jorgensen, MD: Neuromuscular Medicine
Jason Zaremski, MD: Overhead Athlete
Erik Shaw, DO: Pain Medicine
Melissa Tinney, MD: Para/Adaptive Athletes and Sports
Joline Brandenburg, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation
Theodore Yip, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Current Fellows/Combination Residents and Future Candidates
David Pruitt, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program Directors
Mary Dubon, MD: Pediatric Sports Medicine
Lauren Elson, MD: Performing Arts Medicine
Sasha Iversen, DO: Physiatry Life Care Planners
No Chair: Private Practice Physiatrists
Isaac P. Syrop, MD: Regenerative Medicine
Heather Vincent, PhD, MS: Research in Physiatry
Kevin Vincent, MD, PhD: Running Medicine
Aaron Yang, MD: Spine Medicine
Mark Ellen, MD: Sports Medicine
Kenneth Mautner, MD: Sports Medicine Fellowship Directors
Stephanie Tow, MD: Sports Medicine Current Fellows and Future Candidates
Jason Marchetti, MD: Texas Physiatrists
Mary Russell, DO, MS: Women Physiatrists
Mark Griffith, MD: Wound Medicine

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Meet the 2019-2020 Member Community Chairs

Sep 27, 2019

D'Wan Carpenter, DO, MS: African American Physiatrists
Danielle Zelnick, MD: Alternative Pain Medicine
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD; Amputee/Limb Loss Restoration Rehabilitation
Kirk Lercher, MD: Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Directors
Ekta Gupta, MD: Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine
David Ripley, MD, MS: Central Nervous System
Max Fitzgerald, MD: Chicago Physiatrists
Colleen Sullivan, MD: Early-Career Physiatrists
Jonathan Whiteson, MD: Exercise as Medicine
Kanakadurg Poduri, MD: Geriatric Rehabilitation
Lauren Shapiro, MD: Inpatient Rehabilitation
Priya Chandan, MD, MPH: Intellectual Disability
David Lee, MD: Interventional Pain
Edward Hurvitz, MD: Kosher Physiatry
Glendaliz Bosques-Mendez, MD: LatinX in Physiatry
R. Samuel Mayer, MD: Medical Educators
Mehul Desai, MD, MPH: Neuromodulation
Shawn Jorgensen, MD: Neuromuscular Medicine
Jason Zaremski, MD: Overhead Athlete
Erik Shaw, DO: Pain Medicine
Melissa Tinney, MD: Para/Adaptive Athletes and Sports
Joline Brandenburg, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation
Theodore Yip, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Current Fellows/Combination Residents and Future Candidates
David Pruitt, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program Directors
Mary Dubon, MD: Pediatric Sports Medicine
Lauren Elson, MD: Performing Arts Medicine
Sasha Iversen, DO: Physiatry Life Care Planners
No Chair: Private Practice Physiatrists
Isaac P. Syrop, MD: Regenerative Medicine
Heather Vincent, PhD, MS: Research in Physiatry
Kevin Vincent, MD, PhD: Running Medicine
Aaron Yang, MD: Spine Medicine
Mark Ellen, MD: Sports Medicine
Kenneth Mautner, MD: Sports Medicine Fellowship Directors
Stephanie Tow, MD: Sports Medicine Current Fellows and Future Candidates
Jason Marchetti, MD: Texas Physiatrists
Mary Russell, DO, MS: Women Physiatrists
Mark Griffith, MD: Wound Medicine

Physiatry News

Meet the 2019-2020 Member Community Chairs

Sep 27, 2019

D'Wan Carpenter, DO, MS: African American Physiatrists
Danielle Zelnick, MD: Alternative Pain Medicine
Marlis Gonzalez-Fernandez, MD, PhD; Amputee/Limb Loss Restoration Rehabilitation
Kirk Lercher, MD: Brain Injury Medicine Fellowship Directors
Ekta Gupta, MD: Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine
David Ripley, MD, MS: Central Nervous System
Max Fitzgerald, MD: Chicago Physiatrists
Colleen Sullivan, MD: Early-Career Physiatrists
Jonathan Whiteson, MD: Exercise as Medicine
Kanakadurg Poduri, MD: Geriatric Rehabilitation
Lauren Shapiro, MD: Inpatient Rehabilitation
Priya Chandan, MD, MPH: Intellectual Disability
David Lee, MD: Interventional Pain
Edward Hurvitz, MD: Kosher Physiatry
Glendaliz Bosques-Mendez, MD: LatinX in Physiatry
R. Samuel Mayer, MD: Medical Educators
Mehul Desai, MD, MPH: Neuromodulation
Shawn Jorgensen, MD: Neuromuscular Medicine
Jason Zaremski, MD: Overhead Athlete
Erik Shaw, DO: Pain Medicine
Melissa Tinney, MD: Para/Adaptive Athletes and Sports
Joline Brandenburg, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation
Theodore Yip, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Current Fellows/Combination Residents and Future Candidates
David Pruitt, MD: Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Fellowship Program Directors
Mary Dubon, MD: Pediatric Sports Medicine
Lauren Elson, MD: Performing Arts Medicine
Sasha Iversen, DO: Physiatry Life Care Planners
No Chair: Private Practice Physiatrists
Isaac P. Syrop, MD: Regenerative Medicine
Heather Vincent, PhD, MS: Research in Physiatry
Kevin Vincent, MD, PhD: Running Medicine
Aaron Yang, MD: Spine Medicine
Mark Ellen, MD: Sports Medicine
Kenneth Mautner, MD: Sports Medicine Fellowship Directors
Stephanie Tow, MD: Sports Medicine Current Fellows and Future Candidates
Jason Marchetti, MD: Texas Physiatrists
Mary Russell, DO, MS: Women Physiatrists
Mark Griffith, MD: Wound Medicine

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AAPM&R's STEP Ultrasound Certificate Program is the premiere ultrasound training program—designed by physiatrists, for physiatrists.

As the only formal, standardized training pathway available for honing and validating your ultrasound skill set, successful completion of the STEP Ultrasound Program will clearly demonstrate to your patients, fellow health care professionals, employers, and the medical facilities you work with that you are a competent professional, expertly trained in ultrasound.

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