The Role of Rehabilitation in Comprehensive Cancer Care – Non CME

The New York Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Presents:

September Lecture

 The Role of Rehabilitation in Comprehensive Cancer Care 

Guest Speaker:  

 Dr. Michael Stubblefield  

Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

National Medical Director for Select Medical’s ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Program 

National Medical Director for Complex Medical Rehabilitation for Select Medical’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Division.

Wednesday Sept 6, 2023,

Lecture: 7:00 to 8:00 PM (EST)

Zoom link also available 

*Board Review with Dr. Susan Stickevers
6:15 to 6:45 PM EST

Topic: Review of Rehab Bowl Questions

*(Non-CME event)

Refreshments provided

About our Speaker:

Dr. Michael D. Stubblefield is the Medical Director for Cancer Rehabilitation at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, National Medical Director for Select Medical’s ReVital Cancer Rehabilitation Program and National Medical Director for Complex Medical Rehabilitation for Select Medical’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Division.

He is the former Chief of Cancer Rehabilitation at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Internal Medicine, and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. His primary clinical expertise is in the identification, evaluation, and rehabilitation of neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, pain, and functional disorders resulting from cancer and its treatment, particularly those caused by radiation and neurotoxic chemotherapy.

Dr. Stubblefield is an accomplished researcher who has published extensively, not only in the rehabilitation literature, but in oncology, pain management, palliative care, neurophysiology, and other journals. He has authored numerous review articles and book chapters in the field of cancer rehabilitation and is the editor of Cancer Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, the only comprehensive textbook in this emerging field now in its second edition. Dr. Stubblefield is a fierce advocate for the development of cancer rehabilitation and survivorship programs and champions their role in restoring function and quality of life to cancer patients.

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Accreditation Requirements and Policies of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) through the joint providership of the Westchester Academy of Medicine and the New York Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The Westchester Academy of Medicine is accredited by MSSNY to provide Continuing
Medical Education for physicians.

The Westchester Academy of Medicine designates this Live Presentation activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement
Policies and standards of the Westchester Academy of Medicine, Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial
interests whose products, devices or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.

● The planners and faculty participants do not have any financial arrangements or affiliations with any commercial entities whose products, research or services may be discussed in these materials.

Funding Statements
● No commercial funding has been accepted for this activity.