This one-day course will allow for the outpatient clinician to evaluate and treat a patient with a history of cancer diagnosis or is currently undergoing cancer treatments. The clinician will understand the various types of cancer treatments and how the side effects may present in their clinic.

Location

Virtual Via Zoom
Contact: Suzie Callan

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, a participant should be able to:

• Review pathophysiology of cancer, prevalence and important statistics.
• Explain techniques used to diagnose, surgically and medically treat cancer.
• Review appropriate exercise prescriptions when treating patients who have a past or current diagnosis of cancer.
• Learn precautions, contraindications and red flags to look for when working with cancer survivors.
• Review of oncologic emergencies, lab values and screening used to determine safety when treating a patient with a history of cancer.

Specific cancers to be covered in this class: prostate, breast, colorectal, pelvic, melanoma, leukemia, lymphoma and head and neck cancer.

Participants will receive a certificate of completion for 0.8 CEUs (8 Contact Hours) at the conclusion of the course.

Speaker Information

Frannie Westlake, PT, DPT, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic and Oncologic Physical Therapy
Frannie Westlake, PT, DPT, NCS received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL in 2012. She went on to complete her Neurological residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA and received her NCS in 2014. Since 2015, Frannie has worked at Oncology Rehab in Denver, CO and is the clinical coordinator for neurological and exercise rehab program.  She treats a variety of oncology, vestibular and neurological diagnosis.  Her passion is working with patients who are currently undergoing chemotherapy and has complaints of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy.  She is also actively working on a pre-op protocol for patients who have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 13 month old son and black lab.  They enjoy going on hikes and spending time in the mountains of Colorado.

Frannie actively lectures at CSM with APTA and has published 2 journal articles in Rehabilitation Oncology.  She is the current education chair for the Oncology Section.

Cancers of the head and neck make up about 4% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States. Although cancers of the head and neck are not the most common cancers, there is a high frequency, severity, and complexity of needs experienced by persons diagnosed and treated for head and neck cancer.  Medical management of head and neck cancer includes a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatments, which can result in a multitude of impairments in body function and structure, contributing to activity limitations, participation restrictions, and reduced health related quality of life.

This one-day educational session will review the medical management of head and neck cancer and associated side effects, along with the evaluation and treatment of neck dysfunction, temporomandibular dysfunction/trismus, and shoulder dysfunction/spinal accessory neuropathy. This educational session will include lecture, demonstration, hands-on or lab activities, and group discussion.  A focus will be to provide the best available evidence for addressing the rehabilitation needs of survivors of head and neck cancer.

Location

City of Hope
1500 E Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, a participant should be able to:

• Describe the common medical management strategies for patients with a diagnosis of head and neck cancer.
• Understand how medical management (surgery and radiation) may affect the temporomandibular joint, cervical spine, and shoulder.
• Evaluate impairments in body function and structure, activity limitations and participation restrictions related to a head and neck cancer diagnosis and the side effects of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
• Select and prescribe interventions to address temporomandibular, neck, and shoulder dysfunction.
• Recognize side effects of head and neck cancer and its treatment warranting referral.

Course Schedule

Saturday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

• 7:30 am: Registration
• 8:00 am – 12:00 pm: Session
• 12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch (on your own)
• 1:00 – 6:00 pm: Session/Q&A

Instructor

Bryan Spinelli, PT, PhD, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy

Bryan is a physical therapist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Thomas Jefferson University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy in 2000 and a Master of Science in 2001 from Northeastern University.  He received his Doctorate of Philosophy from Drexel University in 2016.

Bryan is a Lymphology Association of North America Certified Lymphedema Therapist and continues to practice as a physical therapist at Jefferson Rehabilitation, Jefferson University Hospitals.  Bryan works predominantly with persons living with and beyond head and neck cancer. He has experience with assisting patients in managing head and neck lymphedema, neck and shoulder dysfunction, and trismus. He has lectured, published and/or presented at conferences in the areas of cancer rehabilitation, lymphedema, and shoulder pain and dysfunction in cancer survivors.  Bryan’s research interests focus on promoting physical activity and exercise in cancer survivors, assessment and management of cancer-related lymphedema, and shoulder dysfunction.

Hotel

• Doubletree Inn by Hilton, 924 Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016
• Courtyard Marriott Los Angeles/Pasadena, Monrovia, 700 Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016
• Embassy Suites by Hilton Arcadia Pasadena Area, 211 E Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91006