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Genesis Rehab Services supports and encourages members of our staff to take active roles in their professional organizations.  Our staff serve on committees and boards of their professional associations, and develop and facilitate presentations for local and national audiences.

Committees

Elaine Adams, Manager, Regulatory Compliance (OTR)

Governor-appointed delegate for the State of Connecticut: White House Conference on Aging

Member, Government Affairs Committee, Connecticut Occupational Therapy Association
Regulatory Consultant, Federal Affairs/Public Affairs Division, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

Regulatory Representative, Gerontology Special Interest Section Listserv Committe, AOTA

Kerri Bednarcik, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Public Relations Chair, Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association

Alice Bell, Director, Clinical Services (PT)

Director, Section on Geriatrics, American Physical Therapy Association

Representative, Joint Commission Long Term Care Professional and Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC)

Springfield College Clinical Education Advisory Group

Springfield Technical Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Advisory Committee

Dawn Bieber, Area Director (OT)

Chair, Committee on Organizational Affair

Member, Gerontology SIS Listserv Committee, American Occupational Therapy Association

Dawn Bookshar, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Program Advisory Committee of the PTA Program at Remington College - West Cleveland Campus.

Alison Brothers, Clinical Specialist (SLP)

Member of the HealthCare Committee for New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Felicia Chew, Clinical Director - Occupational Therapy

Alternate Representative, American Occupational Therapy Association (July 2007 - July 2010)

Susan Chapman, Director, Clinical Operations (SLP)

State Advocate for Reimbursement, North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Associatio

Board of Directors, North Carolina Speech, Hearing and Language Association (NCSHLA)

Stacy Frome Christian, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Education Committee Planning Board and Memory Walk Committee, Alzheimer's Association of West Virginia.

Delle Crowe, Senior PM/CS (PT)

Advisory Committy, Horry-Georgetown Technical College PTA Program. 

Kym DeFour, SLP

Chair, Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Professional Specialty Group for Speech Language Pathology members (PSG 06).

Diane Durham, Director, Education & Staff Development (OT)

Regional Trainer, AOTA Train-the-Trainer Institute for the Fieldwork Educator Certification Program.

Karyn B. Helms, Program Manager (SLP)

Member, Multicultural Issues Board, ASHA; January 2007 - December 2009
Convention Liaison, North Carolina Association of Supervisors in Speech Pathology and Audiology Board; through April 2008.

Dan Hirschfeld, President, Genesis Rehab Services

Board of Directors, National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care

Board Member, Allied Health Research Institute

Angela Higgins-Jed, Program Manager

Convention Medical/Rehab Speakers Committee Chair, Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association Annual Convention.

Ann Kulichik, Clinical Specialist

Gerontology Special Interest Section, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Mike McGregor, Clinical Specialist (PT)

Section on Geriatrics Advocate for the North Carolina Chapter of the APTA

Rich Pell, Senior Vice President, Administration, Genesis HealthCare Corporation

Board of Directors, American Health Care Association

Garry Pezzano, Vice President, Clinical Practice

National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care (NASL) Member of the Year for work as Committee Chair, Medicare B Alternatives.

Vice President - Medical Services Committee, NASL

Joanne Wisely, Director, Regulatory Affairs (SLP)

Pennsylvania Medicare Intermediary Representative to ASHA
Chairperson, Legislation & Regulation Committee, Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA)

Chairperson, Coding and Fee Schedule Committee, National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care
AdHoc Regulatory and Reimbursement Consultant, ASHA Health Care Economics Committee
Member, ASHA Special Interest Division - Administration and Supervision
Member, ASHA Special Interest Division - Dysphagia

Presentations

Medicare Magic

Presented by Elaine Adams (Manager – Regulatory Compliance) and Joanne Wisely (Director – Regulatory Administration/ Director, Clinical Services-SLP)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, November 2008

Dispelling Medicare Myths

Co-presented by Joanne Wisely(Director – Regulatory Administration/ Director, Clinical Services-SLP)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, November 2008

Alternate Means of Supervision using Webcam

Co-presented by Carol Ashdown (Clinical Specialist) and Amanda Perrie (CFY)

Ohio Board of Speech Language Pathology, December 2008

Act on the Belief in Early Stage - Cognitive Rehab and the Possibility of Hope

Presented by Mary Lea Habegger (SLP, Director - Clinical Operations)

Miami Valley Alzheimer's Symposium, November 2008

Customizing Wellness Programs to Meet Individual Needs

Presented by Felicia Chew (MS, OTR, Clinical Director-Occupational Therapy) and Kerri Bednarcik (PT, Manager – Education and Staff Development)

Annual Club Industry Conference, October 2008

Research in Chronic Pain: Theory, Phenomenology and Assessment

Presented by Jennifer Zanghi (OTR/L), Colleen Rooney (OTR/L), Lauren Rowlands (OTR/L)and Lindsay Albright (OTR/L)

Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association Conference, October 2008