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RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine

RUSK Insights on Rehabilitation Medicine is a top podcast featuring interviews with faculty and staff of RUSK Rehabilitation as well as leaders from other rehabilitation programs around the country. These podcasts are being offered by RUSK, one of the top rehabilitation centers in the world. Your host for these interviews is Dr. Tom Elwood. He will take you behind the scenes to look at what is transpiring in the exciting world of rehabilitation research and clinical services through the eyes of those involved in making dynamic breakthroughs in health care.
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Now displaying: January, 2023
Jan 18, 2023
Dr. Kendall is a second-year resident physician at Rusk. She completed her undergraduate education in Nutrition Science with honors from Purdue University. Subsequently, she was awarded Master’s Student of the Year in 2017 by the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences for her graduate work in Cancer Epigenetics and Nutriepigenomics. Since discovering the field of physiatry as a medical student, she has adamantly pursued neurorehabilitation, spinal cord injury, and pain medicine research. She serves on the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOCPMR) Resident Council, regularly provides mentorship to aspiring physiatrists, and serves on the Rusk Rehabilitation residency wellness committee. Her current rehabilitation interests include interventional spine medicine and movement disorders.
 
The following items were discussed in this one-part interview: incidence and prevalence data for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the U.S.; the role of heredity; demographic groups more likely to experience the onset of this disease; preventability of ALS;, tools for making a clear diagnosis; ability to acquire wheelchairs in a timely fashion; when to initiate a custom power wheelchair order; training patients to use power wheelchairs; prevention of decubitus ulcers from sitting in an unchanged posture; and seeking to have an impact on legislation regarding this disease.

 

Jan 4, 2023

Originally from Brooklyn, Dr. Klyachman is the son of two Russian speaking immigrants and among the first in his family to pursue a career in medicine. He attended the University at Buffalo for his undergraduate education and continued his medical education at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem. After graduating, he went to Florida to complete an internship and currently is in the fourth year of a rehabilitation residency at NYU Rusk. He recently matched into a fellowship at NYU where he plans to continue specialty training that starts in July 2023. 

The following items were discussed in this one-part interview: a typical day in the life of a medical resident at Rusk; involvement in research at Rusk; area of specialization upon completion of the residency; types of components that should be included for residents in a skilled nursing facility level rehabilitation program, such as prediction tools for identifying and stratifying patients being discharged to a skilled nursing facility; social media developed for residents at Rusk; ways in which social media have played a constructive role in contributing to the mental and physical wellbeing of these clinicians; how social media can serve as a key adjunct to traditional residency learning in classrooms and on the wards; use of social media from the perspective of interacting with residency peers, instructors, and patients;  role for physiatrists to play in enhancing social media skill development in patients; and empowering patients by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to promote constructive behavior change. 
 
Many patients have as a rehabilitation goal a successful reintegration into the society by returning to previous employment and renewing their social networks. Self-management programs may contribute to realizing the attainment of this goal. What role do you see being played by physiatrists, if any, in empowering patients by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to promote constructive behavior changes through self-management.
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