Program
Keynote Speakers
Invited Speakers
Professor Geoffrey Donnan
Associate Professor Jacinta Douglas
Helen Harrington
Professor Thomas Kossman
Associate Professor Michael Nicholas
Julie Pryor
Pre-Conference Workshops
Participation in the Workshops is not included in the Conference Registration Fee. The Workshop fees for delegates are listed below. Workshop fees include morning or afternoon tea.
Workshop 1
Gaitbusters: Demystifying Clinical Gait Analysis
Workshop 2 - CANCELLED
Creative Partnerships
Workshop 3
Improving Outcomes with Integrated Pain Management
Workshop 4A
Return to Study Following ABI
Workshop 4B
Return to Work and Driving Following ABI
Workshop 5
New Evidence for Treatments of Spasticity
Workshop 6
Family Wisdom
Workshop 1
Title: Gaitbusters: Demystifying Clinical Gait Analysis
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Time: 13:00 to 16:00
Cost: $100.00
Venue: Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre
Presenters: Mary Galea & Alberto Esquenazi
The workshop will include an introduction to gait analysis, a demonstration of the process with a patient, followed by a discussion of the interpretation of the data and an illustration of how a specific
Intervention might affect gait parameters. The workshop is geared towards clinicians who would like to have a better understanding of the application of clinical gait analysis to different patient populations.
Workshop 3
Title: Improving Outcomes with Integrated Pain Management
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Time: 13:00 to 16:00
Cost: $100.00
Venue: Royal Talbot
Presenter: Michael Nicholas
Workshop 4A
Title: Return to Study Following ABI
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Time: 09:00 to 12:00
Cost: $100 ($90 if also registering for workshop 4B)
Venue: Epworth HealthCare Richmond - Meeting Room
Presenter: Margaret Mealings, Cathy Bucolo
Sustaining a traumatic brain injury as an adolescent has implications for the transition back to the school, University, TAFE or other study environments. This workshop will explore these issues and processes in relation to return to study following acquired brain injury. Transition issues will be considered and strategies discussed. This is a valuable workshop for all clinicians working with clients who were or who are planning to study. This workshop will complement the return to work and driving session in the afternoon.
Workshop 4B
Title: Return to Work and Driving Following ABI
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Time: 13:00 to 16:00
Cost: $100 ($90 if also registering for workshop 4A)
Venue: Epworth HealthCare Richmond - Meeting Room
Presenters: Pamela Ross, Anne Sutherland and Jo Siketa
Successful outcome following acquired brain injury is often measured by whether someone has returned to work or driving. Processes and strategies for return to work and driving will be explored. This workshop will complement the morning session on return to study, by also addressing difficulties specific to adolescents transitioning from a student to worker role, and the added complexities of acquiring a driver's licence in this population. This workshop is relevant to clinicians involved with clients, who are transitioning to, or returning to work and driving.
Workshop 5
Title: New Evidence for Treatments of Spasticity
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Time: 09:00 to 12:00
Cost: $100.00
Venue: Epworth HealthCare Richmond - Auditorium
Presenters: A/Prof John Olver (Convenor), Dr Gavin Williams, A/Prof Barry Rawicki and Dr Stephen de Graaff
This workshop will present new data looking at measuring functional improvements after the use of botulinum toxin in adults with spasticity. Data will be presented from both lower limb and upper limb studies. The use of gait analysis in managing spasticity will be explored and there will be a demonstration, which will include video case studies. As well a long-term analysis of the use of intrathecal baclofen pumps for spasticity will be presented.
Workshop 6
Title: Family Wisdom
Date: Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Time: 09:00 to 12:00
Cost: Family members $5; Clinicians $100
Venue: Epworth HealthCare Richmond - Wesley Room
Presenter: Helen Harrington
This session will explore the process of how families can positively adapt to their changed life after a family member suffers a brain injury. This interactive session will include both research outcomes and the wisdom of family members. It is open for family members and clinicians to attend.
Dr Alberto Esquenazi
Dr Esquenazi, is Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Chief Medical Officer at Moss Rehab and the Albert Einstein Medical Centre in Philadelphia, USA. He is the Director of Moss Rehabilitation's Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory, and Clinical Director of the Moss Regional Amputee Centre, as well as Director of Prosthetics and Orthotics Clinics, and Co-director of the Neuro-Orthopaedic Treatment Team. He holds a number of additional posts, including Professor of PM&R at Jefferson Medical College, and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University (both in Philadelphia). Dr Esquenazi's research has focused on gait analysis, limb prosthetics, orthoses and spasticity management.
Dr Tim Feeney
Dr Tim Feeney is the Executive Director of School and Community Support Services and, for the past ten years, the Project Director of the New York Neurobehavioral Resource Project at STIC, a New York State Department of Health grant-funded program developed to support individuals with brain injury and significant behavioural challenges to live successfully in their home communities. Dr Feeney has co-authored over 40 scholarly journal articles and book chapters on brain injury, is co-author of the book ‘Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines’, and speaks and consults the world over on issues related to supporting individuals with difficult behaviours.
Professor Geoffrey Donnan
Geoffrey A. Donnan is Professor of Neurology, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital and Director of the National Stroke Research Institute. His research interest is clinical stroke management and he was co – founder of the Australian Stroke Trials Network. He is President of the World Stroke Organisation. He received the American Stroke Association William Feinberg award for excellence in clinical stroke research in 2007.
Associate Professor Jacinta Douglas
Jacinta is a speech pathologist with a Masters degree in clinical psychology and a PhD in clinical neuropsychology. Currently, she is Associate Professor in the School of Human Communication Sciences at La Trobe University. Jacinta has more than 20 years of clinical experience working in neurological rehabilitation and has published numerous research articles. She is also co-editor of Brain Impairment.
Helen Harrington
Helen Harrington is an Occupational Therapist & Family Therapist with over 20 years of experience. Over the past 18 years she has specialised in providing innovative community based rehabilitation for clients with acquired brain injury, and their families. Helen is the manager of the Community Integration Team & Transitional Living Centre, Epworth Rehabilitation. She also works part-time as a family therapist at the Bouverie Centre. Helen is currently involved in a number of research projects investigating the family’s ways of adapting after a member has suffered a brain injury.
Professor Thomas Kossmann
Professor Thomas Kossmann was appointed as Professor/Director of the Department of Trauma Surgery at the Alfred Hospital and Monash University in September 2001. He is also the Director of the National Trauma Research Institute at Alfred Hospital. His previous appointment was Associate Professor of Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. His specific areas of interest are spinal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, multi-trauma and neurotrauma. Professor Kossmann has co-authored over 90 Medline listed publications on a variety of trauma related topics. He is also Trauma Section Editor of the ANZ Journal of Surgery, member of the Editorial Board of INJURY and Advisory Board Member of the European Journal of Trauma.
Associate Professor Michael Nicholas
Michael is Director of the ADAPT Pain Management Program at the Pain Management & Research Centre (PMRC), Royal North Shore Hospital (Sydney) and he holds a conjoint appointment as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. His main research interests are the psychological assessment and management of persisting pain. He has been working in this field since 1980 and has over 70 publications, including the popular self-management book ‘Manage Your Pain’. Michael has conducted courses internationally for healthcare providers of all disciplines in the management of pain in people with soft tissue injuries. Currently, he is researching the self-management of chronic pain in older Australians, as well as ways of reducing distress associated with chronic pain.
Julie Pryor
Julie is a registered nurse who has worked in rehabilitation since 1985, holding a variety of clinical, management, education and research positions. During this time her research and publications have focused on documenting Nursing’s contribution to rehabilitation and developing client-focused rehabilitation service delivery. In her current role as a researcher and consultant at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Sydney, Julie works collaboratively with many organisations in metropolitan, regional and rural Australia to improve the provision of rehabilitation services. Over the past 22 years, Julie has also completed a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Nursing and a PhD and, in partnership with her husband, guided four children into young adulthood.