Saturday, July 15, 2023
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Pacific Time
Duration: 2 Hours
CEU credit: 2
Description: This webinar aims to provide an overview of peripheral nerve injuries and will discuss surgical options for restoring function, approaches to postoperative rehabilitation, and therapy and recovery from a patient’s perspective. The session will offer insights into the multidisciplinary management of peripheral nerve injuries and highlight the importance of patient-centered care.
Objectives: To discuss surgical techniques for treating peripheral nerve injuries, including nerve reconstruction, nerve transfers, and tendon transfers. – To explore rehabilitation strategies, including donor activated rehabilitation protocols as well as novel research on surface EMG-based therapeutic technologies. – To provide a patient’s perspective and personal experiences on rehabilitation after nerve injuries, highlighting the challenges, achievements, and impact on quality of life.
Speakers:
Yusha Katie Liu, MD, PhD completed her medical education, graduate research in neurobiology, and plastic surgery residency training at the University of Washington, and is currently finishing her hand surgery fellowship at Stanford. She will be returning to Seattle in the fall to build a multidisciplinary center providing comprehensive care to patients after peripheral nerve injuries.
Jennifer Erickson, OT CHT completed her BS from Texas Woman’s University in 1999. For the next 15 year she worked as a staff Occupational Therapist in Acute Inpatient Rehab, Acute Care, and as a Traveler OT until 2013; when she started her journey to becoming a hand therapist and passed her CHT exam in 2016. Currently she is working as the Clinical Specialist in Hand Therapy at Harborview Medical Center working mostly with Hand trauma, including nerve injuries.
Christopher Janney is president of the United Brachial Plexus Network.
This event is an online webinar.
Rules for 2023. In order to earn CEU credits:
- You must be a paid up 2023 HTA-CA member
- Attended the Event (logged into the Zoom webinar) for at least 85% of the run time
- Complete the quiz with a score of 80% or higher
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**This webinar will be recorded. If you are not able to attend live, please register anyway and we will email you a link to the recording after the event. All members need to complete the post-session quiz in order the receive the CEU. Make sure that the correct contact information and credentials are entered in the registration and quiz. Thank you!**