Faculty
Symposium Directors
Francois Bethoux, MD
Department Chairman, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Director, Rehabilitation Services, Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis
Medical Director, Arts and Medicine Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Lainie Holman, MD, MFA
Department Chair, Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Chair, Medical Staff, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation
Planning Committee
Joanne Bickerton, MSN, APRN
Inpatient Nurse Practitioner
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic
Alyssa DeCarlo, MS, OTR/L, MSCS
Multiple Sclerosis Certified Specialist
Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy
Cleveland Clinic
Danielle Griffin, MS, OTR/L, BCP, CKTP, CEIM
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation
Kids Choice Pediatric Rehab
Randy Karim PT, DPT, NCS, CBIS, MSCS
Clinical Specialist
Director of Neurologic PT Residency Program
Rehabilitation and Sports Therapy
Cleveland Clinic
Susan Linder, PT, DPT, NCS, PhD
Assistant Staff, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic
Gianinne Loerch, PT
Clinical Manager Therapy Services (Retired)
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation
Patricia (Trish) Martin, PT, CKTI, C/NDT
Director of Therapy Services (Retired)
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation
Merissa Poreda, PT, DPT
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation
Beth Rollins, CCC-SLP
Senior Speech Language Pathologist
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation
Nicole Wurstle, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Cleveland Clinic
Guest Faculty
Elizabeth Barnes, PhD
Professor, Corcoran Department of Philosophy
University of Virginia
Sheital Bavishi, DO
Medical Director, TBI Rehabilitation Program
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Ohio State University
Christina Hardesty, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS
re+active therapy and wellness
Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Physical Therapy
University of Southern California
Lanie McManus, BA
Avon Lake Yoga
Raymond P. Onders MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Remen Chair in Surgical Innovation
University Hospitals
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Preeti Raghavan, MBBS
Director, Recovery and Rehabilitation
Sheikh Khalifa Stroke Institute
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Andrew Roth, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, ATC, CSCS
Physical Therapist
O.R.A. Orthopedics
Tracy Shannon, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Ohio State University
James Sulzer, PhD
Staff Scientist, Rehabilitation Institute, MetroHealth
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Case Western Reserve University
James R. Wilson, DO
Director, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, MetroHealth
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Audrey Yasukawa, MOT, OTR/L, CKTI
Chief of Occupational Therapy (Retired)
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
Juliet Zakel, MD
Director, Spasticity Rehabilitation, MetroHealth
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Amy Cassady, PT
Katie Chae, PT, DPT, NCS
Amy Chan, PT, DPT, NCS
Danielle Cichon, PT, DPT, NCS
Hilary B. Coughlin, PT
Geraldine Dapul, MD, MA
Christina Duncan, MS, OTR/L, CDRS
Rachel Ference, PT, DPT
Keith Filip, PT, COMS, Med, MA
Sarah Fultz, PT, MPT, SCCE, CKTP, CCI
Connor Geer, DPT, NCS
Maureen Giardina, LISW, MSSA
Nicole Gipson, OTR/L
Kush Goyal, MD
Amanda Guberinic, PT, DPT, NCS
Juliet Hou, MD
Michelle Hudson, PT, DPT
Laura Kovach, MS, OTR/L, CBIS
Janet Kucinic, PT, MSPT
Lisa Leonard, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIST, RYT
Andrew Lioi, PT, DPT, OCS
Liz May, MS, OTR/L
Matt Mitchkash, MD
Meghan Price, OTR/L
Noel Pristas, MD
Robert Robinson, PT, DPT
Junaid Siddiqui, MD, MRCP
Virginia Sullivan, OTD, OTR/L
Cristina Wells, PTA, ATC, MBA, CCI
Jennifer Williams, PT, DPT
Ernest Young, MD