Speaker Series

[On Demand] Educational Speaker Program

Note: Continuing education (CE) credits are no longer available on recorded programs.

  • Management of Pain and Wound Care in the Patient with a Spinal Cord Injury

    Ruth Iliuta, APRN, CNS-BC, CWON

    In this session, presenter, Ruth Iliuta, APRN, CNS-BC, CWON and guest, Ryan Gebauer, will discuss pain pathophysiology after spinal cord injury, pressure injury development and wound treatment.

    Objectives:

    • Identify the Types of Pain Pathophysiology Occurring after Spinal Cord Injury
    • Understand the Pathophysiology Occurring after Spinal Cord Injury that Affects Pressure Injury Development
    • Apply Basic and Advanced Wound Treatment Modalities to Prevent and or Treat Wound Infection

  • Prevention & Treatment of Radiation Dermatitis in Breast Cancer

    Lior Braunstein, MD

    This session will be presented by Lior Braunstein, MD, a board-certified radiation oncologist and scientist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, specializing in treating localized or metastatic breast cancer. In this session, Dr. Braunstein will be discussing how to prevent and treat Radiation Dermatitis in breast cancer patients.

    Objectives:

    • Recognize the Types of Breast Radiation
    • Identify Radiation Dermatitis and Prevention
    • Understand Symptomatic Dermatitis Management
    • Understand Long Term Outcomes of Radiation Dermatitis

  • Managing Wound Pain During Dressing Changes

    Ruth Illiuta, APRN, CNS BC, CWCN, COCN

    In this session, Ruth Illiuta, APRN, CNS BC, CWCN, COCN discusses managing wound pain through the use of ALOCANE® Plus.

    Objectives:

    • Understand the Types of Wound-Related Pain and Abnormal Pain Response
    • Identify Assessment Methods to Understand the Patient’s Pain
    • Recognize the Emotional Component and Its Effect on the Perception of Pain
    • Evaluate treatment strategies to Reduce Pain During Cleansing, Applying or Removing Dressings

  • Brain Injury & Bowel Care

    Linda Schultz, PhD, CRRN

    In this session Linda Schultz, PhD, CRRN, covers the topic of brain injury and bowel care.

    Objectives:

    • Distinguish the three types of brain injury
    • Understand the effects of brain injury and body function
    • Understand the brain-gut axis in brain injury (BI)
    • Understand the effect of brain injury on the bowel
    • Discuss the treatment for neurogenic bowel

  • The Neurologically Impaired Gut in Children: Little Brain Issues in the Large Intestine

    Rinarani Sanghavi, MD

    In this session, Rinarani Sanghavi, MD, a pediatric gastroenterologist in Dallas, Texas, will discuss causes, symptoms, and treatment for dysfunctional bowel in adolescence.

    Objectives:

    • Normal Gut Motility
    • Physiology of Defecation
    • Clinical Features
    • Neurogenic Bowel Management – Medical
    • Neurogenic Bowel Management – Surgical

  • Assessment and Management of Bowel Issues Post Stroke

    Cissi Wimberly Oloomi MSN, RN, CNS, FNP, CNRN, CRRN

    In this session, presenter, Cissi Wimberly Oloomi MSN, RN, CNS, FNP, CNRN, CRRN will discuss stroke types, clinical presentation, bowel issues and assessment and intervention.

    Objectives:

    • Describe the 2 Types of Stroke and Contributing Factors and Causes
    • Discuss Common Clinical Presentation of Stroke
    • Compare and Contrast Common Bowel Issues Post-Stroke
    • Describe Assessment and Intervention for Motor and Sensory Disturbances, Language Communication, Cognitive Thinking and Emotion and Personality changes

Speakers

Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe

Cindy Ivanhoe
MD

William McKinley
MD

Jonathan Myers
MD

Aryavarta Kumar
MD, PhD

David Turk
MD, Rehabilitation

Wesley Mizutani
MD, Rheumatologist

Robert Cutler
MD, Gastroenterology

Ruth Illiuta
APRN, CNS BC, CWCN, COCN

Lior Braunstein 
MD

Linda M Schultz
PhD, CRRN

Rina Sanghavi
MD, MBA, FAAP

Cissi Wimberly Oloomi
MSN, RN, CNS, FNP, CNRN, CRRN

Steve Hodges
MD

Ryan Gebauer

Scott Chesney

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