Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Conference – Barbados
The Amputee Patient – More Than A Loss of a Limb
Saturday, 4 November 2017, 8.30AM-4.00PM
Location: 3W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael
Objective: To educate the practitioner on the holistic aspect of amputations and amputee care
Guest Speakers:
Dr. Heikke Uustal
Medical Director, Prosthetic/Orthotic Team, JFK Johnson Rehab Institute
Wound Care Physician, St. Peter’s University Hospital Wound Care Center
Associate Clinical Professor, Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Faculty from the Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Department, Quinnipiac University, CT, USA
Brent White, Physiotherapist/ Prosthetist, New Life Brace and Limb, Texas
Programme
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 8.30-9.00 | Current Situation: – Why Amputation? Understanding the Barbados | Mr. Selwyn Ferdinand, Surgeon |
| 9.00 – 9.40 | Options for upper and lower extremities | Dr. Heikke Uustal, Physiatrist |
| 9.40-10.20 | Rehabilitation – A Team Approach: The Role of the Amputee Clinic – A Local Perspective | Dr. Harley Moseley, Physiatrist |
| 10.20-10.45 | Break | |
| 10.45-11.15 | Living with an amputation: | Tyrone Greene & Maxine Phillips |
| 11.15- 11.55 | Upper Limb Considerations | TBA |
| 11.55-12.45 | Phantom Limb Pain | Dr. Heikke Uustal, Physiatrist |
| 12.45-1.45 | Lunch | |
| 1.45-2.25 | Physiotherapy for Lower Limb Amputations | Brent White Physiotherapist/ Prosthetist |
| 2.25-3.05 | Camp No Limits: Multidisciplinary Support for Children with Limb Differences & Their Families | OT & PT Dept, Quinnipiac University, Connecticut |
| 3.05-4.00 | Exploring options for an IPOP (Immediate Post-Operative Prosthesis) Programme in Barbados | Multidisciplinary Team
Dr. Anthony Harris; Dr. Harley Moseley, Dr. Heikke Uustal, Brent White, Paula Jordan |
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