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Elections to the Board of Governors of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine were held at the 1996 ACRM Annual Business Meeting in mid-October in Chicago. Karen A. Hart, PhD, assumed the presidency of ACRM for the 19961997 term. Members chose Theodore M. Cole, MD, as president-elect, and Donald H. Ratner, MBA, CPA, as treasurer. Martin Grabois, MD, and Jessica Robins Miller, ACSW, were chosen as members-at-large for the 1996-1998 term. In addition, Constance Burgess, MS, RN, Jane D. MattsonPrince, PhD, and Barry S. Smith, MD, were elected to the nominating committee. Board members continuing their terms are Linda Hemrig, EdD, RN, secretary, Kathleen Fralish, PhD, Steven R. Hinderer, MD, James S. Liljestrand, MD, and Karen E. Wunch, MS, RN, all of whom are members-at-large. Thomas P. Dixon, PhD, is the immediate past president. President. Karen Hart is currently an assistant professor and director of education in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She is also vice president for education at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston and codirector of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC), where she overseestraining for a program focused on integrating individuals with spinal cord injuries into the community. In addition, she is director of a training program involving rehabilitation interventions for people who have traumatic brain injuries. Hart, a member-at-large on the Congress Board of Governors since 1993, has also most recently been serving as chair of the
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Professional Education Committee of the Brain Injury Special Interest Group. Since joining ACRM in 1979, she has participated at its annual meetings as a researcher, course instructor, and moderator. President-elect. Theodore M. Cole, who retired last year from his position at the University of Michigan Medical School, served as president of ACRM for the 1992-1993 term. Treasurer. Donald H. Ratner, vice president of finance and government relations at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) since 1985, is responsible for all accounting and budget matters at RIC. He is also in charge of reimbursement, government relations, and all managed care contracting. Ratner has been ACRM’s treasurer since 1994. In addition, he currently
serveson the board of directors for the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (NARF) and as chair of NARF’s Medical Facilities Advisory Committee. Members-at-large. Martin Grabois is professor and chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He practices general physical medicine and rehabilitation within a subspecialty in the evaluation and treatment of patients with chronic pain syndrome. Grabois has been a member of ACRM since 1971 and has served on several committees, including Awards and Prizes, Membership, Program, and Professional Development. He was chair of the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Practice Committee from 1993 to 1994, and he currently serveson the Public Policy and Govemental Affairs Committee and the Finance Committee. Grabois received the ACRM Gold Key Award from the Congress in 1993 for his service to the cause of rehabilitation. JessicaRobins Miller has been working in the rehabilitation field for 17 years. Currently, she is the vice president of clinical services at the Meeting Street Center/Easter Seal Society of Rhode Island, Inc., in East Providence, RI, where she manages the delivery of therapy services for three main programs: a school for children with physical disabilities, early intervention, and an outpatient rehabilitation program for children and adults. Miller has been an ACRM member since 1984. She has taught many courses for the organization and has presented several posters at annual meetings. Miller’s most recent ACRM involvement was serving as chair for the 1996 ACRM Annual Meeting.
Honors Award Recipients at Annual Meeting
The Congress presented its annual awards on Monday, October 14, 1996, in Chicago, at the Awards Luncheon during the 73rd Annual Meeting. 46th Annual John Stanley Memorial Lecture
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Robert G. Frank, PhD, ABPP, delivered the 46th Annual John Stanley Coulter Memorial Lecture, titled, “Lessons from the Great Battle: Healthcare Reform 19921994.” This distinguished lectureship was created to honor John Stanley Coulter, MD, in commemoration of his many contributions to medical rehabilitation. Dr. Frank is dean of the University of Arch
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Florida’s College of Health Professions and vice president of the Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health System in Gainesville. In 1979 he joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Medicine, where he served as vice chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation and as director of the Division of Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology. In 1991, Frank was named a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. During his fellowship, which gave him the opportunity to spend a year working on national health policy, Frank served on the staff of Senator Jeff
Bingaman (D-NM), a member of the US Senate Human Resources and Labor Committee. After completing his fellowship, Frank returned to the University of Missouri to serve as the assistant to the dean for health policy. In this role, he was responsible for federal and state health policy issues for the School of Medicine. He served as chairman of Missouri’s “Show Me” Health Reform Initiative, which was instrumental in writing comprehensive health reform legislation considered during the 1994 legislative session. He also worked on a number of federal health reform bills introduced during the 102nd and 103rd US Congresses.
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Frank, who received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His research has focused on psychological responses to catastrophic illness or injury, and he has published more than 100 papers in peerreviewed journals. Edward W. Lowman Award This award honors Edward W. Lowman, MD, who recognized the importance of all members of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team during his career. The Lowman Award honors a member of ACRM who is distinguishedfor energeticallypromoting the interdisciplinary spirit of medical rehabilitation, as evidenced by clinical accomplishments, leadership, personal characteristics, and philosophy of interdisciplinary care. Robert Hogan, MS This year’s recipient was Robert Hogan, MS, who began his career in brain injury rehabilitation nearly 18 years ago when he codeveloped the first postacute neurobehavioral program in the United States at Tangram Ranch in San Marcos, TX. In 1984 he was instrumental in establishing New Medico’s first neurobehavioral program at the Highwatch Center in New Hampshire. As the southern regional director for NeuroCare, Hogan developed the company’s first neurobehavioral program at Stone Mountain in San Diego. After becoming NeuroCare’s director of neurobehavioral programs, Hogan developed NeuroCare’s’ successful neurobehavioral program in Davis, CA. He also was responsible for directing the development of community reentry programs in Southern California and Arizona. Hogan joined Accessible Space, Inc., in
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1992 as the executivedirector of Nevada programs. In an innovative and unique private and public partnership with the State of Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation--Rehabilitation Division, he has directed the development and ongoing operation of the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program, Supported Living Program, Personal Assistance ServicesProgram, and Assistive Technology Centers in both Las Vegas and Reno, NV. Hogan was appointed by the Governor of Nevada’s Title XX Block Grant Commission to revise the state’s block grant review process. He is a board member of the Head Injury Association of Southern Nevada and has served on several national committees for ACRM and the Brain Injury Association, Hogan is also a commissioned member of Nevada’s Advisory Board on Traumatic Brain Injury. He received Nevada’s 1994 Thousand Points of Light Award and the 1996 Dr. Sydney Payne Community Services Award.
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Distinguished Member Service Award In 1988 ACRM established the Distinguished Member Service Award to honor those who have contributed to the development and functioning of the organization, demonstrated evidence of leadership skills, organizationalabilities, and/or public service, and shown a dedication to the objectives of ACRM. This year’s recipients are Douglas Ham&ton, PhD, ABPN/ACPN, and Danese Malkmus, MA, CCP-SLP, CCM. Douglas E. Harrington, PbD, ABPN/ ACPN Douglas E. Harrington is a neuropsychologist in independent practice in Newport Beach, CA. He servesas a consultantin neuropsychology to Coastline Community College’s Traumatic Head Injury Program and to Learning Services-Southern California. In 1979 he was given a unique opportunity at a community college in California to help formulate the first educational program in the nation for studentswith acquired brain injuries. This opportunity brought him into the field of brain injury rehabilitation, which has remained his primary focus. Harrington’s professional focus is minimizing disability and handicap for survivors of brain injury as they reintegrate into society. His interests are ensuring longterm educational opportunities in K- 12 and adult education settings, long-term supported living, vocational reintegration, and lifelong activity and quality of life endeavors for survivors of brain injury. In the early 1980s through the Consortium for the Study of Programs for the Brain Injured in California Community Colleges, Harrington met the late Sheldon Arch
E. Harrington,
PhD
Berrol, MD, who invited him to participate in the Head Injury Task Force of ACRM. In 1988, he became chair of the Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury of ACRM’s Head Injury ISIG and facilitated the development of the definition adopted for mild traumatic brain injury. In 1991, he became chair of the committee; under his leadership, the newly renamed Brain Injury ISIG has continued to thrive and expand its membership and scope of influence. Harrington was instrumental in arranging ACRM’s sponsorship of the Sheldon Berrol Chautauqua at its annual meeting. He also initiated the development of a graduated rating for describing brain injuries, which has evolved into the Six Area-Brain Injury Assessment System (6A-BIAS). Harrington served as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation through 1994. In addition, he has served as a board member and chair of the Professional Advisory Board to the Betty Clooney Foundation for Persons with Brain Injury, a member of the National Head Injury Foundation Task Force on the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Agreement, a member of the California State Department of Rehabilitation Task Force on Traumatic Brain Injury, a member of the Advisory Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury to the California State Department of Education, and president of the Orange County Neurobehavioral Study Group. Danese Malkmus, MA, CCP-SLP, CCM Danese Malkmus is vice president of professional service at American Rehabilitation Services (ARS), a national provider of contract therapies, rehabilitation management, and inpatient and outpatient services. Following the completion of her education at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Malkmus was on the faculty of that institution for 12 years while Phys Med Rehabil
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also working at Ranch0 Los Amigos Medical Center. While she was at Ranch0 Los Amigos, she founded the Brain Injury Service, researched and coauthored the “Rancho Levels of Cognitive Functioning.” She also has published and lectured widely on treatment for adults with traumatic brain injury. More recently, Malkmus has developed and published information on internal case management systems to drive outcome attainment, quality management systems, and quality rehabilitation practices in a managed care environment. Malkmus has been active in promoting rehabilitation quality and innovation through her affiliations with a number of professional associations. As cofounder of the Southern California Head Injury Foundation, she served as chair of numerous committees and served on the board of directors for 12 years. She has also served as a member of six CARF advisory committees and as a CARF surveyor. Malkmus is a member of the ACRM Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group, and is a reviewer for the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has worked closely with the ACRM board and office staff to assess, plan, and implement solutions to meet members’ needs within a changing health care environment and to build a core of organizational support. She has been a member of the ACRM Planning and Development Committee for 5 years and has served as chair for the last 2 years.
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Cole, MD
Dr. Cole graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1959. Over the next 4 years,he completed a residencyin internal medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He then joined the medical faculty at the University of Minnesota, rising to the rank of professor in 1974. During his tenure there, he was especially active in spinal cord injury care and was project director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center. He was one of the founders of the medical school’s program in human sexuality, which he directed during the 19761977 period. In 1977 Dr. Cole was appointed chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan Medical School. He retired as chair of that department last year to refocus on patient care and research development. Cole has interestsin a variety of rehabihtation-related areassuch as international rehabilitation, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, behavior modification therapy for people with chronic pain syndromes, graduate and undergraduate medical education, sexual function in physically disabled people, health economics, and health care delivery systems for rehabilitation. His work in these areas has resulted in more than 50 publications, including articlesthat have appearedin medical journals, books, and texts. Cole also served as senior medical consultant for Project Hope to establish pediatric rehabilitation services in Armenia. In 1991 he served as chairperson of the rehabilitation panel that prepared the national agenda for injury control sponsored by the Division of Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, and as cochair of the Task Force on Medical Rehabilitation Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He currently is the chair of the advisory
Gold Key Award
The Gold Key Award was established in 1932 as a certificate of merit to members of the medical and allied professions who have rendered extraordinary service to the cause of rehabilitation. It is the highest honor given by the Congress. The 1996 Gold Key recipients are Theodore M. Cole, MD, and Thomas E. Strax, MD. Arch
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Dr. Strax is currently medical director of the JKF Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, NJ. He is also professor and chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at UMDNJ-Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School in New Brunswick NJ. He also servesas the Associationof Academic Physiatrists’ representative to the American Association of Medical Colleges. Strax, who was born with cerebral palsy, has devoted his life to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. In 1967, he became the second person with cerebral palsy ever to practice medicine after having received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and having completed his residencyin rehabiitation medicine at the Howard A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Through medical practice, administration, and teaching, he remains an advocate for the community with disabilities. Strax serves a number of professional organizations. He was president of ACRM for the 1994-1995 term and is the current chair of the ACRM Nominating Committee. He also is vice president of the Intemational Rehabilitation Medicine Association and president of the board of directors of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of New Jersey. Among the honors Strax has received are the William A. Spencer, MD, Lectureship Award from Baylor College of Medicine, the Arthur Rubloff Memorial Award from the United Cerebral Palsy Association of America, and the Clara Barton Medical Service Award for the New JerseyGovernor’s Pride Award. He was also the recipient of the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni
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Achievement Award in Health Sciencefrom the New York University School of Medicine in 1995 and the Elizabeth M. Boggs Citizenship Award from United Cerebral PalsyAssociation of New Jerseyin 1996. Sidney and Elizabeth Licbt Award Excellence in Scientific Writing
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Establishedin 1979, the Licht Award honors a former Congresspresident and his wife. Sidney Licht was the editor and Elizabeth Licht was the publisher of the widely recognized
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ACRM Board of Governorsdirected that this award be given to the authors of papers who present “potential significance and empirical and theoretical contributions to rehabilitation medicine.” Since 1980, the Sidney and Elizabeth Licht Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing has been presented annually to the authors of the scientific article judged by the editorial board of the Archives ofPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation to be the most outstanding article published in the journal in the previous year. Receiving the award this year were the three authors of the article, “Orgasm in Women with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Laboratory-Based Assessment,” published in the December 1995 issue of the Archives. The following authors are recognized for their contribution: Marcia L. Sipski, MD, Craig J. Alexander, PhD, and Raymond C. Rosen, PhD. The abstract of the winning article:
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ABSTRACT. Sipski ML, Alexander CJ, Rosen RC. Orgasm in women with spinal cord injuries: a laboratory-based assessment. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1995; 76:1097-102. Objective: To understand the characteristics and physiological sexual responses of women with spinal cord injuries (SCI) during orgasm. Design: Controlled laboratory-based analysis of women’s physiological and subjective responses during a single session in which they attempted to perform stimulation to orgasm. Setting: The sexualphysiology laboratory at our free-standing rehabilitation hospital. Participants: A volunteer sample of 25 women with SC1 and 10 able-bodied control subjects, matched for age. Intervention: A 75minute protocol designed to obtain information on the physiological events accompanying orgasm. Dependent Variables: Included vaginal pulse amplitude, heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, subjective arousal and subscoreson the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory (DSFI). Results: Data were analyzed both within and across neurological groups: complete SCI, incomplete SCI, and able-bodied controls. All able-bodied subjects achieved orgasm whereas 52% of SC1 subjects achieved orgasm. Degree and type of SC1 did not significantly relate to subjects’ ability to achieve orgasm. Subjects with no lower extremity function took significantly
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Awards and Prizes: Karen Wunch, MS, RN (Chair); Stanley Ducharme, PhD; Kathleen Fralish, PhD; Charles C. Ho, MD, PhD; Sigmund Hough, PhD; Peter A. C. Lim, MD; and Janet Shapiro, MA. Bylaws: Linda Hemrig, MA, RN (Chair); Brad Hutchins, MA, Sherri Tepper, ScD, and Mary McKenzie, MSEd, OTR. Continuing Education: J. Kent Canine, PhD (Cochair); Greg Worsowicz, MD (Cochair); Albert Ackil, MD; Susan Garber, MA, OTR; Teresa Gillis, MD; Perry Goldstein, PhD, PA; David Good, MD; Barbara G. Harris, PhD; David 0. Kyllo, MDiv; Peter A. C. Lim, MD; Ada LopezMendez, MD; Ralph Marino, MD; Robert Sandstrom, PhD, PT; Melinda Staveley, MS, RN. Nominating: Thomas P. Dixon, PhD (Chair); Thomas E. Strax, MD; Constance S. Burgess, MS, RN; Jane Mattson Prince, PhD; Barry Smith, MD. Planning and Development: Danese Malkmus, MA (Chair); Kathleen Fralish,
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longer than able-bodied subjectsto achieve orgasm. Differences between baseline and orgasm readings are described for each of the major physiological measures. Results of DSFI revealed that able-bodied subjects acknowledged greater sexual satisfaction than SC1 subjects. Subjects who achieved orgasm scored higher on sexual information and sex drive. Conclusion: Results support previous self-report studies,in that a large percentage of SC1 women achieved orgasm regardless of pattern or degree of neurological injury. No consistentcharacteristicswere identified that would allow prediction of which women with SC1 would be able to experience orgasm. However, subjects who achieved orgasms had a higher sex drive and greater sexual knowledge. Implications for sex tberapy treatment programs with spinal cord injured women are discussed. 1996 ACRM
Essay Contest
Winners
Bernard M. Baruch Essay for Medical Students: Trina Boice, California College for Health Sciences, Alpharetta, GA. The Annual Conrad Jobst Foundation Essay: Debra Braverman, MD, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. 41st Essay for Professionals in Rehabilitation: Maria Pirraglia, MD; The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
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PhD; Martin Grabois, MD; Anita Halper, MA; Patrick Johnson, MS; Pat Kitchell Landrum, MA, CCC; Steve Kirshblum, MD; Sally A. Kneipp, PhD; Ruth Torkelson Lynch, PhD; Chris MacDonell, BS, OTR; M. Scott Manley, EdD; Virginia Mills, MS; Lou Papa&at, MBA; Karen Wunch, MS, RN. Program: Steven R. Hinderer, MD (Chair); Marcel Dijkers, PhD; Stephen M. Haley, PhD; Allen W. Heinemann, PhD; Kathleen Hinderer, MS, MPT; Mark Johnston, PhD; Ralph J. Marino, MD; Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD; Margaret G. Stineman, MD; Teresa Cervantez Thompson, PhD; Deborah L. Wilkerson, MA; Kathryn M. Yorkston, PhD.
CPA; J. W. Rusinowski Jr., MBA, PT; Mary Struthers, PhD; Paula Sundance, MD; David Wiechers, MD; Camelia Williams, MSA, OTR; Mary Ellen Young. Research: Denise Tate, PhD (Chair); Albert Ackil, MD; Duane S. Bishop, PhD; Bruce Caplan, PhD; John D. Corrigan, PhD; Laura Cushman, PhD; Gerben DeJong, PhD; Thomas W. Findley Jr., MD, PhD; Karen Hart, PhD; Brad Hutchins, MA; Ralph Marino, MD; Trilox Monga, MD; Malcolm Morrison, PhD; J. Scott Richards, PhD; Gladys-P.Rodriguez, PhD; Mitchell Rosenthal, PhD; W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD; Robert Sandstrom, PhD, PT; Marcia Scherer, PhD; Franklin H. Streitfeld, MD; Sherri Tepper, ScD; Allison Tomask, PhD; Gale G. Whiteneck, PhD. Rehab Outlook Editorial Board: Dorothy Gordon, DNSc, RN (editor); James R. Cole, MSW, Ruth Torkleson Lynch, PhD; Scott M. Manley, EdD; J. Scott Richards, PhD; Ann A. VanDemark, PhD, CCC/ CLP; Deborah Wilkerson, MA.
Public Policy and Governmental Affairs: James S. Liljestrand, MD (Chair);
Gerben DeJong, PhD; Stephen Forer, MA, MBA; Bruce Gans, MD; Arthur M. Gershkoff, MD; Martin Grabois, MD; Nancy Hansen, PhD; Manuel J. Lipson, MD; John Nemunaitis, MD; Donald Ratner, MBA,
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Elections to the Board of Governors of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine were held at the 1996 ACRM Annual Business Meeting in mid-October in Chicago. Karen A. Hart, PhD, assumed the presidency of ACRM for the 19961997 term. Members chose Theodore M. Cole, MD, as president-elect, and Donald H. Ratner, MBA, CPA, as treasurer. Martin Grabois, MD, and Jessica Robins Miller, ACSW, were chosen as members-at-large for the 1996-1998 term. In addition, Constance Burgess, MS, RN, Jane D. MattsonPrince, PhD, and Barry S. Smith, MD, were elected to the nominating committee. Board members continuing their terms are Linda Hemrig, EdD, RN, secretary, Kathleen Fralish, PhD, Steven R. Hinderer, MD, James S. Liljestrand, MD, and Karen E. Wunch, MS, RN, all of whom are members-at-large. Thomas P. Dixon, PhD, is the immediate past president. President. Karen Hart is currently an assistant professor and director of education in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She is also vice president for education at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston and codirector of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC), where she overseestraining for a program focused on integrating individuals with spinal cord injuries into the community. In addition, she is director of a training program involving rehabilitation interventions for people who have traumatic brain injuries. Hart, a member-at-large on the Congress Board of Governors since 1993, has also most recently been serving as chair of the
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A. Hart,
PhD
Professional Education Committee of the Brain Injury Special Interest Group. Since joining ACRM in 1979, she has participated at its annual meetings as a researcher, course instructor, and moderator. President-elect. Theodore M. Cole, who retired last year from his position at the University of Michigan Medical School, served as president of ACRM for the 1992-1993 term. Treasurer. Donald H. Ratner, vice president of finance and government relations at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) since 1985, is responsible for all accounting and budget matters at RIC. He is also in charge of reimbursement, government relations, and all managed care contracting. Ratner has been ACRM’s treasurer since 1994. In addition, he currently
serveson the board of directors for the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (NARF) and as chair of NARF’s Medical Facilities Advisory Committee. Members-at-large. Martin Grabois is professor and chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He practices general physical medicine and rehabilitation within a subspecialty in the evaluation and treatment of patients with chronic pain syndrome. Grabois has been a member of ACRM since 1971 and has served on several committees, including Awards and Prizes, Membership, Program, and Professional Development. He was chair of the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Practice Committee from 1993 to 1994, and he currently serveson the Public Policy and Govemental Affairs Committee and the Finance Committee. Grabois received the ACRM Gold Key Award from the Congress in 1993 for his service to the cause of rehabilitation. JessicaRobins Miller has been working in the rehabilitation field for 17 years. Currently, she is the vice president of clinical services at the Meeting Street Center/Easter Seal Society of Rhode Island, Inc., in East Providence, RI, where she manages the delivery of therapy services for three main programs: a school for children with physical disabilities, early intervention, and an outpatient rehabilitation program for children and adults. Miller has been an ACRM member since 1984. She has taught many courses for the organization and has presented several posters at annual meetings. Miller’s most recent ACRM involvement was serving as chair for the 1996 ACRM Annual Meeting.
Honors Award Recipients at Annual Meeting
The Congress presented its annual awards on Monday, October 14, 1996, in Chicago, at the Awards Luncheon during the 73rd Annual Meeting. 46th Annual John Stanley Memorial Lecture
Coulter
Robert G. Frank, PhD, ABPP, delivered the 46th Annual John Stanley Coulter Memorial Lecture, titled, “Lessons from the Great Battle: Healthcare Reform 19921994.” This distinguished lectureship was created to honor John Stanley Coulter, MD, in commemoration of his many contributions to medical rehabilitation. Dr. Frank is dean of the University of Arch
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Florida’s College of Health Professions and vice president of the Rehabilitation and Behavioral Health System in Gainesville. In 1979 he joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Medicine, where he served as vice chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation and as director of the Division of Clinical Health Psychology and Neuropsychology. In 1991, Frank was named a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. During his fellowship, which gave him the opportunity to spend a year working on national health policy, Frank served on the staff of Senator Jeff
Bingaman (D-NM), a member of the US Senate Human Resources and Labor Committee. After completing his fellowship, Frank returned to the University of Missouri to serve as the assistant to the dean for health policy. In this role, he was responsible for federal and state health policy issues for the School of Medicine. He served as chairman of Missouri’s “Show Me” Health Reform Initiative, which was instrumental in writing comprehensive health reform legislation considered during the 1994 legislative session. He also worked on a number of federal health reform bills introduced during the 102nd and 103rd US Congresses.
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Frank, who received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico, is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His research has focused on psychological responses to catastrophic illness or injury, and he has published more than 100 papers in peerreviewed journals. Edward W. Lowman Award This award honors Edward W. Lowman, MD, who recognized the importance of all members of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team during his career. The Lowman Award honors a member of ACRM who is distinguishedfor energeticallypromoting the interdisciplinary spirit of medical rehabilitation, as evidenced by clinical accomplishments, leadership, personal characteristics, and philosophy of interdisciplinary care. Robert Hogan, MS This year’s recipient was Robert Hogan, MS, who began his career in brain injury rehabilitation nearly 18 years ago when he codeveloped the first postacute neurobehavioral program in the United States at Tangram Ranch in San Marcos, TX. In 1984 he was instrumental in establishing New Medico’s first neurobehavioral program at the Highwatch Center in New Hampshire. As the southern regional director for NeuroCare, Hogan developed the company’s first neurobehavioral program at Stone Mountain in San Diego. After becoming NeuroCare’s director of neurobehavioral programs, Hogan developed NeuroCare’s’ successful neurobehavioral program in Davis, CA. He also was responsible for directing the development of community reentry programs in Southern California and Arizona. Hogan joined Accessible Space, Inc., in
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1992 as the executivedirector of Nevada programs. In an innovative and unique private and public partnership with the State of Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation--Rehabilitation Division, he has directed the development and ongoing operation of the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program, Supported Living Program, Personal Assistance ServicesProgram, and Assistive Technology Centers in both Las Vegas and Reno, NV. Hogan was appointed by the Governor of Nevada’s Title XX Block Grant Commission to revise the state’s block grant review process. He is a board member of the Head Injury Association of Southern Nevada and has served on several national committees for ACRM and the Brain Injury Association, Hogan is also a commissioned member of Nevada’s Advisory Board on Traumatic Brain Injury. He received Nevada’s 1994 Thousand Points of Light Award and the 1996 Dr. Sydney Payne Community Services Award.
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Distinguished Member Service Award In 1988 ACRM established the Distinguished Member Service Award to honor those who have contributed to the development and functioning of the organization, demonstrated evidence of leadership skills, organizationalabilities, and/or public service, and shown a dedication to the objectives of ACRM. This year’s recipients are Douglas Ham&ton, PhD, ABPN/ACPN, and Danese Malkmus, MA, CCP-SLP, CCM. Douglas E. Harrington, PbD, ABPN/ ACPN Douglas E. Harrington is a neuropsychologist in independent practice in Newport Beach, CA. He servesas a consultantin neuropsychology to Coastline Community College’s Traumatic Head Injury Program and to Learning Services-Southern California. In 1979 he was given a unique opportunity at a community college in California to help formulate the first educational program in the nation for studentswith acquired brain injuries. This opportunity brought him into the field of brain injury rehabilitation, which has remained his primary focus. Harrington’s professional focus is minimizing disability and handicap for survivors of brain injury as they reintegrate into society. His interests are ensuring longterm educational opportunities in K- 12 and adult education settings, long-term supported living, vocational reintegration, and lifelong activity and quality of life endeavors for survivors of brain injury. In the early 1980s through the Consortium for the Study of Programs for the Brain Injured in California Community Colleges, Harrington met the late Sheldon Arch
E. Harrington,
PhD
Berrol, MD, who invited him to participate in the Head Injury Task Force of ACRM. In 1988, he became chair of the Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury of ACRM’s Head Injury ISIG and facilitated the development of the definition adopted for mild traumatic brain injury. In 1991, he became chair of the committee; under his leadership, the newly renamed Brain Injury ISIG has continued to thrive and expand its membership and scope of influence. Harrington was instrumental in arranging ACRM’s sponsorship of the Sheldon Berrol Chautauqua at its annual meeting. He also initiated the development of a graduated rating for describing brain injuries, which has evolved into the Six Area-Brain Injury Assessment System (6A-BIAS). Harrington served as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation through 1994. In addition, he has served as a board member and chair of the Professional Advisory Board to the Betty Clooney Foundation for Persons with Brain Injury, a member of the National Head Injury Foundation Task Force on the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Agreement, a member of the California State Department of Rehabilitation Task Force on Traumatic Brain Injury, a member of the Advisory Committee on Traumatic Brain Injury to the California State Department of Education, and president of the Orange County Neurobehavioral Study Group. Danese Malkmus, MA, CCP-SLP, CCM Danese Malkmus is vice president of professional service at American Rehabilitation Services (ARS), a national provider of contract therapies, rehabilitation management, and inpatient and outpatient services. Following the completion of her education at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Malkmus was on the faculty of that institution for 12 years while Phys Med Rehabil
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also working at Ranch0 Los Amigos Medical Center. While she was at Ranch0 Los Amigos, she founded the Brain Injury Service, researched and coauthored the “Rancho Levels of Cognitive Functioning.” She also has published and lectured widely on treatment for adults with traumatic brain injury. More recently, Malkmus has developed and published information on internal case management systems to drive outcome attainment, quality management systems, and quality rehabilitation practices in a managed care environment. Malkmus has been active in promoting rehabilitation quality and innovation through her affiliations with a number of professional associations. As cofounder of the Southern California Head Injury Foundation, she served as chair of numerous committees and served on the board of directors for 12 years. She has also served as a member of six CARF advisory committees and as a CARF surveyor. Malkmus is a member of the ACRM Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group, and is a reviewer for the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She has worked closely with the ACRM board and office staff to assess, plan, and implement solutions to meet members’ needs within a changing health care environment and to build a core of organizational support. She has been a member of the ACRM Planning and Development Committee for 5 years and has served as chair for the last 2 years.
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Cole, MD
Dr. Cole graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1959. Over the next 4 years,he completed a residencyin internal medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He then joined the medical faculty at the University of Minnesota, rising to the rank of professor in 1974. During his tenure there, he was especially active in spinal cord injury care and was project director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center. He was one of the founders of the medical school’s program in human sexuality, which he directed during the 19761977 period. In 1977 Dr. Cole was appointed chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan Medical School. He retired as chair of that department last year to refocus on patient care and research development. Cole has interestsin a variety of rehabihtation-related areassuch as international rehabilitation, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, behavior modification therapy for people with chronic pain syndromes, graduate and undergraduate medical education, sexual function in physically disabled people, health economics, and health care delivery systems for rehabilitation. His work in these areas has resulted in more than 50 publications, including articlesthat have appearedin medical journals, books, and texts. Cole also served as senior medical consultant for Project Hope to establish pediatric rehabilitation services in Armenia. In 1991 he served as chairperson of the rehabilitation panel that prepared the national agenda for injury control sponsored by the Division of Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, and as cochair of the Task Force on Medical Rehabilitation Research of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He currently is the chair of the advisory
Gold Key Award
The Gold Key Award was established in 1932 as a certificate of merit to members of the medical and allied professions who have rendered extraordinary service to the cause of rehabilitation. It is the highest honor given by the Congress. The 1996 Gold Key recipients are Theodore M. Cole, MD, and Thomas E. Strax, MD. Arch
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Dr. Strax is currently medical director of the JKF Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, NJ. He is also professor and chairman of the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at UMDNJ-Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School in New Brunswick NJ. He also servesas the Associationof Academic Physiatrists’ representative to the American Association of Medical Colleges. Strax, who was born with cerebral palsy, has devoted his life to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities. In 1967, he became the second person with cerebral palsy ever to practice medicine after having received his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine and having completed his residencyin rehabiitation medicine at the Howard A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Through medical practice, administration, and teaching, he remains an advocate for the community with disabilities. Strax serves a number of professional organizations. He was president of ACRM for the 1994-1995 term and is the current chair of the ACRM Nominating Committee. He also is vice president of the Intemational Rehabilitation Medicine Association and president of the board of directors of the United Cerebral Palsy Association of New Jersey. Among the honors Strax has received are the William A. Spencer, MD, Lectureship Award from Baylor College of Medicine, the Arthur Rubloff Memorial Award from the United Cerebral Palsy Association of America, and the Clara Barton Medical Service Award for the New JerseyGovernor’s Pride Award. He was also the recipient of the Solomon A. Berson Medical Alumni
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Achievement Award in Health Sciencefrom the New York University School of Medicine in 1995 and the Elizabeth M. Boggs Citizenship Award from United Cerebral PalsyAssociation of New Jerseyin 1996. Sidney and Elizabeth Licbt Award Excellence in Scientific Writing
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Establishedin 1979, the Licht Award honors a former Congresspresident and his wife. Sidney Licht was the editor and Elizabeth Licht was the publisher of the widely recognized
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ACRM Board of Governorsdirected that this award be given to the authors of papers who present “potential significance and empirical and theoretical contributions to rehabilitation medicine.” Since 1980, the Sidney and Elizabeth Licht Award for Excellence in Scientific Writing has been presented annually to the authors of the scientific article judged by the editorial board of the Archives ofPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation to be the most outstanding article published in the journal in the previous year. Receiving the award this year were the three authors of the article, “Orgasm in Women with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Laboratory-Based Assessment,” published in the December 1995 issue of the Archives. The following authors are recognized for their contribution: Marcia L. Sipski, MD, Craig J. Alexander, PhD, and Raymond C. Rosen, PhD. The abstract of the winning article:
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ABSTRACT. Sipski ML, Alexander CJ, Rosen RC. Orgasm in women with spinal cord injuries: a laboratory-based assessment. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1995; 76:1097-102. Objective: To understand the characteristics and physiological sexual responses of women with spinal cord injuries (SCI) during orgasm. Design: Controlled laboratory-based analysis of women’s physiological and subjective responses during a single session in which they attempted to perform stimulation to orgasm. Setting: The sexualphysiology laboratory at our free-standing rehabilitation hospital. Participants: A volunteer sample of 25 women with SC1 and 10 able-bodied control subjects, matched for age. Intervention: A 75minute protocol designed to obtain information on the physiological events accompanying orgasm. Dependent Variables: Included vaginal pulse amplitude, heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, subjective arousal and subscoreson the Derogatis Sexual Functioning Inventory (DSFI). Results: Data were analyzed both within and across neurological groups: complete SCI, incomplete SCI, and able-bodied controls. All able-bodied subjects achieved orgasm whereas 52% of SC1 subjects achieved orgasm. Degree and type of SC1 did not significantly relate to subjects’ ability to achieve orgasm. Subjects with no lower extremity function took significantly
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Awards and Prizes: Karen Wunch, MS, RN (Chair); Stanley Ducharme, PhD; Kathleen Fralish, PhD; Charles C. Ho, MD, PhD; Sigmund Hough, PhD; Peter A. C. Lim, MD; and Janet Shapiro, MA. Bylaws: Linda Hemrig, MA, RN (Chair); Brad Hutchins, MA, Sherri Tepper, ScD, and Mary McKenzie, MSEd, OTR. Continuing Education: J. Kent Canine, PhD (Cochair); Greg Worsowicz, MD (Cochair); Albert Ackil, MD; Susan Garber, MA, OTR; Teresa Gillis, MD; Perry Goldstein, PhD, PA; David Good, MD; Barbara G. Harris, PhD; David 0. Kyllo, MDiv; Peter A. C. Lim, MD; Ada LopezMendez, MD; Ralph Marino, MD; Robert Sandstrom, PhD, PT; Melinda Staveley, MS, RN. Nominating: Thomas P. Dixon, PhD (Chair); Thomas E. Strax, MD; Constance S. Burgess, MS, RN; Jane Mattson Prince, PhD; Barry Smith, MD. Planning and Development: Danese Malkmus, MA (Chair); Kathleen Fralish,
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longer than able-bodied subjectsto achieve orgasm. Differences between baseline and orgasm readings are described for each of the major physiological measures. Results of DSFI revealed that able-bodied subjects acknowledged greater sexual satisfaction than SC1 subjects. Subjects who achieved orgasm scored higher on sexual information and sex drive. Conclusion: Results support previous self-report studies,in that a large percentage of SC1 women achieved orgasm regardless of pattern or degree of neurological injury. No consistentcharacteristicswere identified that would allow prediction of which women with SC1 would be able to experience orgasm. However, subjects who achieved orgasms had a higher sex drive and greater sexual knowledge. Implications for sex tberapy treatment programs with spinal cord injured women are discussed. 1996 ACRM
Essay Contest
Winners
Bernard M. Baruch Essay for Medical Students: Trina Boice, California College for Health Sciences, Alpharetta, GA. The Annual Conrad Jobst Foundation Essay: Debra Braverman, MD, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. 41st Essay for Professionals in Rehabilitation: Maria Pirraglia, MD; The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY.
Assignments
PhD; Martin Grabois, MD; Anita Halper, MA; Patrick Johnson, MS; Pat Kitchell Landrum, MA, CCC; Steve Kirshblum, MD; Sally A. Kneipp, PhD; Ruth Torkelson Lynch, PhD; Chris MacDonell, BS, OTR; M. Scott Manley, EdD; Virginia Mills, MS; Lou Papa&at, MBA; Karen Wunch, MS, RN. Program: Steven R. Hinderer, MD (Chair); Marcel Dijkers, PhD; Stephen M. Haley, PhD; Allen W. Heinemann, PhD; Kathleen Hinderer, MS, MPT; Mark Johnston, PhD; Ralph J. Marino, MD; Kenneth J. Ottenbacher, PhD; Margaret G. Stineman, MD; Teresa Cervantez Thompson, PhD; Deborah L. Wilkerson, MA; Kathryn M. Yorkston, PhD.
CPA; J. W. Rusinowski Jr., MBA, PT; Mary Struthers, PhD; Paula Sundance, MD; David Wiechers, MD; Camelia Williams, MSA, OTR; Mary Ellen Young. Research: Denise Tate, PhD (Chair); Albert Ackil, MD; Duane S. Bishop, PhD; Bruce Caplan, PhD; John D. Corrigan, PhD; Laura Cushman, PhD; Gerben DeJong, PhD; Thomas W. Findley Jr., MD, PhD; Karen Hart, PhD; Brad Hutchins, MA; Ralph Marino, MD; Trilox Monga, MD; Malcolm Morrison, PhD; J. Scott Richards, PhD; Gladys-P.Rodriguez, PhD; Mitchell Rosenthal, PhD; W. Zev Rymer, MD, PhD; Robert Sandstrom, PhD, PT; Marcia Scherer, PhD; Franklin H. Streitfeld, MD; Sherri Tepper, ScD; Allison Tomask, PhD; Gale G. Whiteneck, PhD. Rehab Outlook Editorial Board: Dorothy Gordon, DNSc, RN (editor); James R. Cole, MSW, Ruth Torkleson Lynch, PhD; Scott M. Manley, EdD; J. Scott Richards, PhD; Ann A. VanDemark, PhD, CCC/ CLP; Deborah Wilkerson, MA.
Public Policy and Governmental Affairs: James S. Liljestrand, MD (Chair);
Gerben DeJong, PhD; Stephen Forer, MA, MBA; Bruce Gans, MD; Arthur M. Gershkoff, MD; Martin Grabois, MD; Nancy Hansen, PhD; Manuel J. Lipson, MD; John Nemunaitis, MD; Donald Ratner, MBA,
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