AHTF 2020 “Happy Hour with a Scholar”

Publish Date: July 20, 2020

6 PM – 7:30 PM CDT, Thursday, October 22, 2020

Online Event

Scott Kozin, MD

When You Have Nothing, a Little is a Lot: Nerve Transfers in Distressed Patient Populations

Acute flaccid myelitis is the modern era poliomyelitis. The disease preys on healthy children. The virus affects the anterior horn cells and cranial nerves with devastating consequences. Timely evaluation affords the opportunity to perform nerve transfers to regain function and lessen impairment. Innovative nerve transfers are required including reanimation of the diaphragm. The epidemiology, diagnosis, evaluation, and surgical management will be discussed in detail.

Spinal cord injury effects children, adolescents, and adults. Cervical spinal cord injury results in quadriplegia with upper and lower limb deficits. Persons will spinal cord injury can benefit from nerve transfers to improve upper limb function and increase independence. Timely evaluation and referral is required to a center of experienced in spinal cord injury and nerve surgery. The evaluation of a person with cervical spine injury will be discussed along with the indications and techniques of nerve transfer surgery.

1 hour continuing education credit

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Sponsorship Opportunities Available!

$5000+ – Principal Investigator

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$2500 – $4999 Scholar Circle

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$1500 -$2499 – Academic Circle

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$1,000 – $1499 -Research Circle

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$500 – $999 -Mentor Circle

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$250 – $499 – Explorer Circle

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$150 – $249 – Partner of AHTF

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Recognition in the AHTF Annual Report

Past Scholar Honorees:

2019 Lee Osterman, MA, FAOA

2018 Joy MacDermid, BSc, BScPT, MSc, PhD

2017 Roy Meals, MD

2016 Sue Blackmore, MS, OTR/L, CHT, COMT, UL

2015 Peter Amadio, MD & Nancy Cannon, OTR, CHT