2025 Acquired Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Symposium

Course Description

This interdisciplinary symposium will focus on the current evidenced-based practice and research for the treatment of those with acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury. The symposium will provide an education opportunity for rehabilitation professionals focusing on the medical management and rehabilitative treatment interventions.

Course Learning Objectives

The participant will be able to describe how medical interventions affect functional recovery.
The participant will describe current research in acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury.
The participant will be able to list therapeutic interventions utilized post acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury.

Registration Information

	Early Bird (Before 9/27/25)	Late registration (after 9/27/25)
Visiting Professionals	$225.00	$250.00
Barrow/Dignity Health Employees	$200.00	$225.00
Student Attendee	$100.00	$100.00

Registration fee includes: Symposium, program materials, and continuing education credits.
Refund and cancellation policy: Barrow reserves the right to cancel or change the program for due causes. Cancellation of this program by Barrow or by the participant before October 12th will result in a full refund of tuition. Please contact the CME office at CME@BarrowNeuro.org at least 7 days prior to the start of the symposium for any special needs requests or accommodations.

CME Information

*CEUs will be awarded to participants after they have successfully completed the post-symposium assessment and learning outcomes assessment.

Hybrid Event
October 11-12, 2025

Date, Time, and Location

In-Person Goldman Auditorium & Virtual Availability
Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12, 2025

Target Audience

This program is designed for allied health professionals who treat people with acquired brain injury and spinal cord injury, such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language pathologists.

Speaker Information

All times refer to Arizona time (Pacific Daylight Time).

SPeaker	Topic/Time
Day 1	7:55 AM
Candyce Williams, MD	Welcome (7:55 AM)
Keynote: Austin Mueller, BSBE, NSc	Building Breakthrough Technology for the Brain (8:00 AM)
Keynote: Rachel Bond, MD	TBD (9:00 AM)
Break	9:55 AM
Christina Kwasnica, MD	Neuromodulation and Robotics for Stroke Motor Recovery (10:15 AM)
Christopher E. Wolter, MD	Urologic Management after SCI (11:00 AM)
Lunch Break	12:00 PM
Mark Linsenmeyer, MD	Guiding Families Through Disorders of Consciousness: Evidence-Based Approaches to Prognosis and Treatment (1:00 PM)
Danielle Eagan, PhD	Differentiating Neurodegenerative vs Post Stroke Aphasia, Treatment Considerations (Concurrent at 1:45 PM)
Steve Frey, OTR/L	All Subluxed Shoulders Need T-L-C: A Shoulder Assessment and Kinesio Taping Protocol for Tone Management, Pain Management, and Subluxation Alleviation (Concurrent at 1:45 PM)
Julie Liss, PhD	The Utilization of AI Speech Monitoring in ALS Management (Concurrent at 2:30 PM)
Steve Frey, OTR/L	Continuation—All Subluxed Shoulders Need T-L-C: A Shoulder Assessment and Kinesio Taping Protocol for Tone Management, Pain Management and Subluxation Alleviation (Concurrent at 2:30 PM)
Break	3:15 PM
Tamiko Azuma, PhD Ileana Ratiu, PhD, CCC-SLP	From Research to Rehab: Supporting Bilingual Clients After TBI (3:30 PM)
Kaitlyn Verfuerth, CTRS	Embrace the Journey: Aging With a Disability (4:30 PM)
Adjourn	5:15 PM

Day 2	7:55 AM
Candyce Williams, MD	Welcome (7:55 AM)
Andrei Krassioukov MD, PhD, FRCPC	Spinal Cord Stimulation and Recovery of Motor and Autonomic Functions Following Spinal Cord Injury (8:00 AM)
Liza Criswell, OTR, ATP	Sex and the SCIty: Addressing Sexuality after Spinal Cord Injury (9:00 AM)
Break	9:45 AM
Bradley Bennin, DO	Aspects of Palliative Care Support in Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries (10:00 AM)
Katie Asher, PT, DPT Claire Wareham, OTD, OTR/L	Strength After Stroke: Optimizing Force Production Through Resistance Training (Concurrent at 10:45 AM)
Stepanie Voss, CCC-SLP Gloria Interiano, CCC-SLP Caitlin Sherry, OTR/L	Brains Club: A Community-Based Approach to Functional Cognition in the Domestic Violence Population (Concurrent at 10:45 AM)
Yvette Brown-Shirley, MD	Health Care Considerations for Native American Patients (Concurrent at 11:30 AM)
Stepanie Voss, CCC-SLP Gloria Interiano, CCC-SLP Caitlin Sherry, OTR/L	Continuation—Brains Club: A Community-Based Approach to Functional Cognition in the Domestic Violence Population (Concurrent at 11:30 AM)
Lunch Break	12:30 PM
Marissa Miller, SLP-CCC Sammi Kesler, OTR/L Amanda Beltran, PT, DPT Tiffany Meites, PhD, ABPP	An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cognition After Spinal Cord Injury (1:30 PM)
Katie Chun, PT, DPT, Ernie Chun	SCI Patient Experience: Babies and Parenting Post SCI: One Family’s Experience (2:15 PM)
Adjourn	3:00 PM