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.

Note: Participants will receive a certificate of participation for 0.8 CEUS at the conclusion of the course

Location

Marie Yaeger Cancer Center, Kinney Conference Room
3900 Hollywood Road
St. Joseph, Michigan

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.

Course Schedule

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

• 7:30 am      Registration
• 8:00 am – 12:00 pm      Session
• 12:00 – 1:00 pm      Lunch
• 1:00 – 6:00 pm      Session

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.

Hotels

• Hilton Garden Inn Benton Harbor/St. Joseph
• Courtyard St. Joseph/Benton Harbor
• Springhill Suites St. Joseph/Benton Harbor
• Baymont by Wyndham St. Joseph/Stevensville

Cancers of the head and neck make up 3 – 5% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States and 5 year survival rates vary widely (30 – 94%) depending on the specific site. Although prevalence rates for head and neck cancer related to tobacco and alcohol use are decreasing, rates are increasing for HPV-related cancers. Medical management of head and neck cancer may include a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy treatments, which can result in a multitude of impairments in body function and structure. Survivorship plans span the point of diagnosis through end of life, and must include caregivers and family members. This one day educational session and lab will review associated outcomes of treatment including surgical/anatomical changes, prosthetic needs and reconstruction implications, TMJ dysfunction/trismus, shoulder and neck impairments, pain, radiation fibrosis, lymphedema, cancer related fatigue, deconditioning and nutritional deficits. A focus on the role of the physical therapist in the interprofessional team will include the best available evidence for the evaluation and treatment of patients with 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.
• Describe the role of the physical therapist as part of the interprofessional team in treating patients with head and neck cancer.
• 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.
• Identify appropriate physical therapy outcome measures for use in the head and neck cancer population.
• Apply hands-on approaches for the management of shoulder and neck impairments, TMJ dysfunction and lymphedema through small lab experiences.

Note: Participants will receive a certificate of participation for 0.8 CEUS at the conclusion of the course

Snacks will be provided and lunch is on your own. Please dress comfortably.

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 A. Spinelli is an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University in the Department of Physical Therapy. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy (2000) and a Master of Science (2001) from Northeastern University. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy (2016) at Drexel University. Bryan is an American Physical Therapy Association Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist and Lymphology Association of North America Certified Lymphedema Therapist. He has experience assisting persons diagnosed with cancer manage neuro-musculoskeletal disorders, lymphedema, fatigue, weakness, deconditioning, and balance deficits. He has lectured, published and/or presented at conferences in the areas of cancer rehabilitation, lymphedema, shoulder biomechanics, and shoulder pain and dysfunction in cancer survivors.

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

Course Description

In the past, cancer survivors were encouraged not to exercise for fear that such activities were detrimental. Today, however, exercise is increasingly viewed as an integral component of the treatment plan regardless of where these survivors are on the cancer spectrum. Cancer and its treatment often results in patients with complex medical problems, making it clinically more challenging to utilize exercise training as a therapeutic intervention. This course will address issues associated with using exercise interventions with this population including why exercise interventions are needed for this patient population, how to implement exercise programs for this patient population and do so safely, and how to assess changes in fitness in this patient population. The course includes a lab component which provides the attendees with hands on instruction in both the assessment of exercise capacity survivors and the application of exercise training methodologies to these individuals. Completion of this course will increase the ability of a practicing rehabilitation professional to more successfully treat cancer survivors.

Location

Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Meijer Conference Center
Professional Building
350 Lafayette Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Course Objectives

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

• Explain the basic biology of exercise, cancer and acute and adaptive responses to exercise
• Describe cancer diagnoses, cancer treatments, and side effects particularly as they relate to impairments
• Understand how exercise training can improve functional capacity, quality of life, and improve prognosis following a cancer diagnosis.
• Recognize and respond to adverse responses to exercise training
• Appropriately modify exercise program in response to acute patient status
• Write exercise prescriptions for the oncology patient and survivor
• Identify and use of appropriate outcome measures in the oncology setting
• Discuss safety concerns associated with exercising this patient population
• Discuss the use of exercise training across the cancer spectrum
• Discuss exercise interventions in the context of  lymphedema and treatment associated peripheral edema
• Describe the role of exercise in treating the cancer survivor

Participants will receive a certificate of participation for 0.8 CEUS (8 contact hours) at the conclusion of the course.

Snacks will be provided and lunch is on your own. Please dress comfortably.

Course Schedule

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

• 7:30 am      Registration
• 8:00 am – 12:00 pm      Session
• 12:00 – 1:00 pm      Lunch
• 1:00 – 6:00 pm      Session

Instructors: G Stephen Morris, PT, PhD, Fellow American College of Sports Medicine

Biography:

G. Stephen Morris, PT, PhD, FACSM received his PhD from the University of Texas and completed a NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at UC Irvine.  Seeking credentials to do human research, he later earned a MS degree in Physical Therapy from Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas and a license in Physical Therapy.  After teaching stints in physical therapy programs at Texas Woman’s University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, he joined the Dept. of Rehabilitation Services at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.  There he both treated patients and pursued research focused on identifying treatment outcome measures that are most appropriate for use in the oncology rehabilitation setting and the integration of the principles of exercise physiology into oncology rehabilitation.

He served briefly as the Director of Rehabilitation Services at St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital and conducted research in the area of cancer survivorship. He recently retired from the Physical Therapy Program at Wingate University, Wingate, NC and was named the University’s first Distinguish Professor.  He currently serves as the President of the Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association. Dr. Morris has published over 60 manuscripts and 3 book chapters and has spoken nationally and internationally on the utility and implementation of exercise training principals in the context of oncology rehabilitation.

Hotels

Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
187 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.774.2000
0.9 miles west of Mary Free Bed 

Holiday Inn
310 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616.235.7611
One mile northwest of Mary Free Bed 

Downtown Courtyard by Marriott
11 Monroe NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616.242.6000 or 800.321.2211
One mile west of Mary Free Bed 

Hampton Inn & Suites – Downtown
433 Dudley Pl. NE, Grand Rapids 49503
616.456.2000
One mile north of Mary Free Bed