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The PASS Innovative Perspective Panels were modeled on the famous TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks where people are asked to give the talk of their life in a very short period of time (you may visit www.ted.com to find out more).

We asked our invited speakers to share their most profound ideas regarding innovation and the opportunity to better meet the health care needs of society in their area of expertise and to offer comment on how those innovations and opportunities intersect with the profession of physical therapy. All communicated clearly and memorably, all in just 10 to 12 minutes.

As you will see from the pdf files provided below, the speakers rose to this challenge and delivered truly outstanding presentations. Please note: not all speakers used PowerPoint, this is why there are not files posted for all of the speakers.

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Keynote & Closing Remarks

Keynote: Clem Bezold, PhD, Founder and Chairman, Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF), Society's Expectations for Healthcare in a Time of Challenge and Opportunity

Closing Remarks: Peter and Lucy Robbins, Caregivers. Note: The Robbins chose to use photos of their son to illustrate their points. The photos in the linked pdf file show his progress from time of injury to the present day.

Innovative Perspectives: Technological Drivers of Change

• Joseph Kvedar, MD, director, Center for Connected Health (Boston, MA) - Telehealth/information technology
  
  
• Douglas E. Bidelspach, PT, National Rehabilitation Planning specialist, Rehabilitation Services, VA Central Office (Lebanon, PA) - Integrated data, including electronic medical records
  
  
• Reuben Mezrich, MD, PhD, FACR, professor and chair, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD) - Imaging and optics
  
  
• W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD, vice president for Research, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL) - Robotics
  
  
• Kenneth J. Giacin, MBA, MS, chairman & CEO, StemCyte, Inc. (Covina, CA) - Tissue engineering
  
  
• Charles R. Scoville, PT, DPT, MPT, MEd, chief, Amputee Patient Care Service, Military Advanced Training Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center Institution (Washington, DC) - Prosthetics
  

Innovative Perspectives: Drivers of Systemic Change

• Michael Weinrich, MD, director, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (Bethesda, MD) - Government-NIH perspective
  
  
• Henry R. Desmarais, MD, MPA, principal, Health Policy Alternatives, Inc. (Washington, DC) - Payment policy perspective
  
  
• Ronald F. Dixon, MD, MA, director, Virtual Practice Project, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine and Associate Medical Director at MGH Beacon Hill Internal Medicine Associates (Boston, MA) - Ambulatory practice of the future perspective
  
  
• Craig Bosworth, PT, MBA, manager, Public and Industry Affairs, Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Medibank Private (Docklands, Victoria Australia) - Non-US perspective
  
  
• Robert Siggins, chief of staff to Congressman Earl Pomeroy (Washington, DC) - Legislative perspective
  
  
• David G. Greathouse, PT, PhD, ECS, FAPTA, director, Clinical Electrophysiology Services, Texas Physical Therapy Specialists (New Braunfels, TX) - Practice models perspective

[Last updated: 04/22/09 | Contact: executivedept@apta.org]