Rehab Team Lead
The Ohio State University- James Cancer Hospital
Worthington, OH, United States
Amy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Respiratory Therapy and Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Wheeling Jesuit University and has her certification in lymphedema management. She currently is the evidence-based practice rehab team lead for The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital Acute and Outpatient rehab services (PT, OT, SLP and Audiolology). In her tenure, she has served on several collaborative multidisciplinary committees to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to oncology patients. Several quality initiatives resulted in the cancer and ageing resiliency (CARE) multidisciplinary clinic, comprehensive amyloidosis clinic as well as led a pilot project to improve patient outcomes in the orthopedic oncology population. This clinic now serves not only the area of orthopedic oncology, but thoracic, hematology, otolaryngology, geriatric oncology and benign hematology. Amy has collaborated on several research publications in the fields of lymphedema, sarcoma, lung cancer and geriatric oncology resulting in co-author of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation in Oncologic Amputees: Early Experience of a Novel Institutional Protocol published in the Journal of Surgical Oncology and primary author of Rotationplasty Rehabilitation Protocol: A Complex Case Report published in the Rehabilitation Oncology Journal. Most recently she was a content reviewer for the Oncology Rehabilitation Comprehensive Guidebook for Clinicians textbook published in 2023. She received the 2019 OPTA Emerging Leader Award and the 2020 APTA Emerging Leader Award. She has served as a delegate for the Ohio Physical Therapy Association and completed her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.
Impact of Internal Lymphedema on Airway Difficulty Assessments in HNC Survivals With Dysphagia
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
10:00 AM – 10:06 AM EDT
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faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.