Program
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Level: Ticketed Event
Speakers:
- Casting Motion to Mobilize Stiffness (CMMS): Changing the Way We Treat the Stiff Hand
- Treating the Tricky Elbow: Fractures, Tendonitis, and Pain
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Level: Ticketed Event
- Essentials of Rehabilitation for Partial Hand Amputees: A Multi-disciplinary Approach
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Speakers:
- Bridging the Gap in Orthotic Inclusivity: Sustainable, Accessible, and Customizable 3D-Printed Finger Orthoses Compared to Traditional Methods
- Going for Gold in the Golden Years: Safely Returning Older Adults to Sports and Fitness Following Upper Extremity Injuries
- What Happened to My Hands? Treating the Breast Cancer Survivor with Medication Induced Musculoskeletal Conditions
- Wrist Stabilization: Starting a Resistive Wrist Strengthening Program After Wrist Injury
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Speakers:
- Building a Stronger Profession: Promoting Racial Diversity and Clinician Resilience in Hand Therapy
- Promoting Awareness and Early Intervention for Pregnancy-Induced Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- The Hypermobile Hand: Evidence-based Evaluation and Treatment Solutions
- When the Glove Doesn't Fit: Applying Lymphedema Techniques to Treat Severe Edema
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Speakers:
- Lori Algar, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
- Sarah Doerrer, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, CLT
- Jenny Dorich, PhD, MBA, OTR/L, CHT
- Alta Fried, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Sabrina Glover, OTD, OTR/L
- Sophie Goloff, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Theresa Hallenen, DHSc, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Julia Laughlin, OTD
- Katherine Loomis, PhD, OTR/L, CHT
- Rose McAndrew, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
- Shaun Mendenhall, MD
- Vijay Muni, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Meagan Pehnke, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT
- Megan Vrooman, MOT, OTR/L
- Answering Your Hand Therapy Research Questions: A Panel Discussion from ASHT's Research Division
- Forging the Future of Ulnar Wrist Pain Management: Sustainable Practices for Lasting Relief
- Integrating Cognitive Behavioral Information Therapy (CBIT) into Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Holistic Approach to Hand Therapy
- Pediatric Flexor Tendon Repair and Rehabilitation: Kids' Hands Are Not Just Tiny Adult Hands
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Level: Plenary
- Treating Neuropathic Pain in 2025: From the OR to VR
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Speakers:
- Elizabeth Allstadt, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Priya Bakshi, OTD, OTR, CHT
- Tauni Bird, OTD, OTR/L
- Sakina Bohra, OTD, CHT
- Tondalaya Brainard, DrOT, CHT, CLT
- Hayley Brown, Physiotherapist, CHT
- Jee Yoon Chong, OTD, CHT, CLT
- Alexis Clapper
- Kasey Donaldson, OTD-S
- Sarah Donley, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CHT, COMT-UL, ITOT
- Jenny Dorich, PhD, MBA, OTR/L, CHT
- Christine Eddow, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, WCS, CHT, CLT
- Ho Wing Kelvin Fung, PT, CHT
- Sudhagar Gangatharam, OTD, CHT, CKTP
- Eugene Gersh, OTR/L, CHT
- Hannah Gift, OTR/L, CHT, COMT, CEAS
- Ritu Goel, DHSc, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Eric Grispo, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, CWT
- Nicole Hoover, MS, OTR, CHT
- Heather Hopkins, MA, OTR/L, CHT
- Sarah Johnson, OTRL
- Jessica Knapp-Johnson, MOT, OTR/L, CHT
- Julia Laughlin, OTD
- Shani Marcelle, OTD Student
- McCauley Medlin
- Gwen Morris, PhD, OTD, OTR, CHT, CLT
- AJ Mullholand, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, LSVT Big
- Savannah Olsen , OTD, OTR/L
- Ingrid Parry, PhD, MS, PT, BT-C
- Jessie Perchaluk, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT
- Brooke Piazza, OTS
- Sharniece Pierce, OTD, OTR/L, CLT-UE, CEAS, CSC, CPT, CAFS, CKTP, MFDc, AIB-V
- David Plutschack, OTD
- Emilia Pollnow, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Jennifer Radziak, OTD, OTR/L, CHT
- Jacqueline Reese Walter, PhD, OTR/L, CHT
- Alexander Richey, PTA
- Madeline Ritenour
- Richard Rodriguez, OTD
- Ella Schnepp, OTR/L
- Emma Screws, BA, OTS
- Nathan Short, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA
- Natalie Sipes
- Amy Sitabkhan, OTR, OTD
- Steven Sorensen, PT, DPT, CHT, OCS
- Adrienne Tesarek, OTR/L,CHT
- Blayne Townsend, OTR, OTD
- Nicole Tran, OTS
- Sarah Whitworth, OTR, OTD, CHT
- Jennifer Wingrat, ScD, OTR/L
- Courtney Wood, OTR/L, CHT