Cancer Rehabilitation Symposium 2025

Registration

Sprint for Life

Day 1 Schedule

Time	Topic
8-8:30 a.m.	Coffee & Registration
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Education Information (Victoria Zegarrundo, PT)
8:45-9 a.m.	Welcome (Ekta Gupta, MD; Carolina Gutierrez, MD; Jack Fu, MD)
9-10 a.m.	Keynote: Exercise as Medicine (Kristen Campbell, PT)
10-10:15 a.m.	BREAK
10:15-10:45 a.m.	Pre-hab & Exercise (An Ngo, MD & Rhodora Fontillas, PT)
10:45-11:45 a.m.	Pre-hab & Biomarkers (An Ngo, MD & Keri Schadler, BS, PhD)
11:45-12:30 p.m.	Lunch with Exhibitors
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Inflammation & Greenspace (Arash Asher, MD)
1:30-2:15 p.m.	Nutrition & Cancer Rehabilitation (Scarla Garcia, RD)
2:15-2:45 p.m.	Break with Exhibitors
2:45-3:45 p.m.	Pain - Interventional Procedures (Brian Bruel, MD)
3:45-4:15 p.m.	Pain & Opiod Management (Akhila Reddy, MD)
4:15-4:45 p.m.	Integrative Medicine (Meroe Morse, MD)
4:45-5:30 p.m.	Use of Botulinum Toxin for Radiation Related Spasms in Cancer Survivors (Jack Fu, MD)
5:30-5:35 p.m.	Closing Remarks (Jack Fu, MD)

Day 2 Schedule

Time	Topic
8-8:30 a.m.	Coffee & Registration
8:20-8:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks (Carolina Gutierrez, MD)
8:30-9 a.m.	Lifestyle Medicine - Motivation (Jessica Engle, DO)
9-9:30 a.m.	Survivorship - Integrating cancer rehab within a hospital or rehab system (Mandy Owens, BSN, RN, OCN, CPHON, CPN)
9:30-10 a.m.	Sex & Intimacy (Asfia Mohammed, OT, PhD)
10-10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15-11:15 a.m.	Keynote: Body Image (Michelle Fingeret, PhD)
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Survivor Panel - Learning from Those we Serve about Body Image (Dana Cherry, PT)
12:15-1 p.m.	Lunch with Exhibitors
1-1:45 p.m.	Access to Care (Katie Polo, DHS, OTR, CLT-LANA, FAOTA & Ekta Gupta, MD)
1:45-2:15 p.m.	Access to Equipment (Leslie Ott, OT, MOT & Julie Jennings, PT)
2:15-2:45 p.m.	Orthostatic Hypertension (Ying Guo, MD)
2:45-3 p.m.	Closing Remarks (Victoria Zegarrundo, PT & Ekta Gupta, MD)
3-3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15-5 p.m.	All Conference Poster Reception & Networking with Exhibitors (Voting for Best Poster opens)

Day 3 Schedule

Time	Topic
6-9:30 a.m.	Sprint for Life - Sign Up Separately Join in the Fun!
9:30-9:50 a.m.	Daily Registration
9:50-10 a.m.	Introduction to the Day
10-11 a.m.	Keynote: Social Inequities - Health Disparities (Lorna McNeil, PhD, MPH)
11-11:15 a.m.	BREAK
Break-Out Sessions	Room 1: Breast Cancer	Room 2: Head & Neck Cancer	Room 3: Brain Tumors	Room 4: Pelvic Floor
11:15 a.m. -12 p.m.	Axillary Web Syndrome & Cording (Kathleen Valis, PT, DPT, & Stephanie Gilliam, OT)	Head and Neck Cancer related Dysphagia & Lymphedema (Kate Hutcheson, PhD)	Choosing Intensity: Neuro vs. Cancer rehab (Stacey Rivers, PT & William "Schuyler" Lamm, PT)	Prostate Cancer: Rehab Management for Cancer Survivorship (Susan Doherty, PT, DPT)
12-12:45 p.m.	Lymphedema & Breast Cancer: Plastic Surgery - (Mark Schavarien, MD)	Internal lymph and the swallow (Brad Smith, SLP)	Recognizing Disorders of Consciousness (DoC) TBA	Imaging & Assessment of Musculature after Cancer Treatment (Gail Zitterkopf, PT, DPT, CLT)
12:45-1:30 p.m.	Lunch - Voting for Best Poster Concludes
Break-Out Sessions	Room 1: Breast Cancer	Room 2: Head & Neck	Room 3: Spinal Tumor	Room 4: Pelvic Floor
1:30-2:15 p.m.	Cancer Rehab & Mastectomy & Musculoskeletal Issues (Brian Fricke, MD)	Laryngectomy (Kristen Abraham, SLP & Esther Volmer, SLP)	Bowel & Bladder considerations for those with spinal tumor (Argyrios Stampas, MD)	Voiding Dysfunction Management during Inpatient Rehab (Jegy Tennison, MD)
2:15-3 p.m.	Round Table Discussion with Breast Cancer Speakers - Moderator - (Ekta Gupta, MD)	Round Table Discussion - Delivery & Access to Care: Moderators (Amy Greebon & Carolina Gutierrez)	Intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation for vertebral fractures (Robert North, MD)	Manual Therapy & Pelvic Floor (Brittany Sudbrook, PT, DPT)
3-3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15-4:15 p.m.	Ethics Round Table Discussion - Helping Mitigate Clinical Struggles (Nico Nortje, PhD, MA (Psyc), MPhil, HEC-C)
4:15-4:30 p.m.	Best Poster Awards & Closing Remarks (Ekta Gupta, MD, Carolina Gutierrez, MD, & Jack Fu, MD)
4:30 p.m.	Departures