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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 5:15 PM ET
    Cancer Rehabilitation Course: Case-Based Training for Every Physiatrist
  • 5:15 PM - 7:30 PM ET
    Medical Student Orientation
  • Thursday, November 12, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Minimally Invasive Procedures
  • 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    Orthobiologics Skills Lab
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Interventional Headache Management for the Physiatrist: Peripheral Nerve Blocks, OnabotulinumtoxinA, and Cryotherapy for Headache Management
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Cancer Pain Is Everyone’s Problem: Preparing Physiatrists to Lead Multimodal Oncology Care
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Change: Leadership Skills in Change Management to Grow Programs and Improve Quality
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Empowering Physiatrists in Payer Interactions: Demystifying Peer-to-Peer Reviews, Prior Authorizations, and Strategic Payer Partnerships
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    From Needles to Know-How: A Practical Primer for the Early Interventional Physiatrist
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Hot takes and controversies in EDX
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    How do I use AI with residents and medical students? Current controversies and recommendations in medical education for physiatrists
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Inpatient Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Beyond the 3-Hour Rule: The Strategic Role of IRFs in Modern Healthcare
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    What's New in Cerebral Palsy
  • 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Women’s Sports Disparity and Injury Prevention—Information is Abundant but Change Is…So…Slow…
  • 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM ET
    Plenary Session
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    How to Perform the Expedited International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury, Version 2 (E-ISNCSCI-V2)
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Introduction of Adaptive and Para Sports: An Interactive Hands-On Experience with Wheelchair Tennis, Adaptive Golf, Para Fencing, and Boccia
  • 12:45 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Seated OMT: Utilizing osteopathic manipulative treatment for patients in a wheelchair
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Not Just A Palsy: The Approach to Peri-procedural Nerve Injuries
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Mononeuropathies: Ultrasound Evaluation and Interventions
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Capturing the Bundle: How Physiatrists Drive Revenue in TEAM
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    From Community to Clinic: Leveraging Digital Health and AI to Improve Access to Rehabilitation
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Inpatient Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Physiatric Leadership in Integrated Healthcare Systems and Postacute Care
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Interdisciplinary Spasticity Management in Practice: Education, Clinical Innovation, and Neurosurgical Collaboration
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Optimizing Functional Outcomes for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: The Role of Physiatry in Comprehensive Cancer Rehabilitation
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Pediatric Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Twists and Turns: beyond spasticity, complex dystonia and movement disorder cases
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Proceed With Caution?” Gray Zones and Risky Business in Spine Interventions
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Scientific Session
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    Training Load Management in Sport: Promises, Pitfalls, and Future Directions
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    AAPM&R Advocacy Update
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Additive Manufacturing in Prosthetics and Orthotics
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Anatomy of a Consult: A Systems-Based Approach to Spinal Cord Injury Consults
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    GLP-1 Medication used for Weight Loss and Their Impact on Metabolic and Musculoskeletal Health: What the Physiatrist Needs to Know
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Inpatient Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Management of Medically Complex Cases: Internal Medicine Perspective
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Medical Directorship and the Process of Making Impactful Decisions
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Pediatric Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Critical care rehabilitation management of brain injury
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    The Swimming Athlete: Understanding Stroke- Specific Biomechanics and Rehabilitation
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    When Mild Brain Injury Doesn’t Seem Mild: Challenging Cases in Post-Concussion Care
  • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM ET
    Sideline Medicine: Assessing and Managing On-Field Injuries
  • Friday, November 13, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    How to Properly Perform a Screening Neuromusculoskeletal Physical Examination
  • 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    Navigating Sales Conversations - A Practical Guide to Evaluating Medical Products
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Non-Surgical Interventional Strategies for Chronic Pain: Beyond Injections to Denervation and PNS
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    The Art of Treating Spasticity: Ultrasound Workshop
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Research Reimagined: Practical Strategies for Designing Your First Study
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    A Matter of Discussion: Point-Counterpoint on the Review Choice Demonstration for IRFs
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    And the Best Medication for Post-TBI Depression Is...
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Cancer Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Special Considerations in Transitional Care for Adolescents and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Getting Stronger at Assessing Weakness
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Integrating Spasticity Management: Tips for Various PM&R Practice Settings
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    MSK and Sports Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Livestream ACFD - MSK/Sports Updates on Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Tendinopathy. From the Procedure Logistics to Billing and Coding to Clinical Outcomes—Making This Treatment Modality Work for Your Practice and Your Patients
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Starting and Building a Musculoskeletal Medicine Practice
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Boldly Going Where No Physiatrist Has Gone Before: Creative Solutions for Rural Healthcare
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Plenary Session
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Beyond the Swing: Tennis Injuries, Equipment Factors, and Injury Management
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Hands-On Techniques To Assist The Management Of Cervicogenic Headaches: A Manual Medicine Workshop
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    AAPM&R EDX ReBoot Camp
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Advocacy in Action: Equipping Physiatrists to Lead Change
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Cancer Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Research Updates – Discussion on Active Cancer Rehab Research
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Cannabis After Schedule III: What PM&R Physicians Need to Know Now
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Different Strokes for Different Folks: What to Do When Stroke Rehabilitation Is Complicated by TBI, SCI and Cancer
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Dollars and Sense: Understanding billing, coding, and finances
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Integrative and Lifestyle Treatments for Chronic Pain: A Panel Discussion on Evidence-Based Nutrition, Exercise, and Psychobehavioral Interventions
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    MSK and Sports Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Latest Advanced Developments and Techniques in Managing Tendinopathy with Tenotomy and Advanced Minimally Invasive Procedures.
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Neurogenic Bowel Management: Modern Medical, Interventional & Nursing Solutions
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Top Papers in Pediatric Rehabilitation: Most Impactful Research of the Last Year
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Ultrasound Guidance for Botulinum Toxin Injections in the Cranio-cervical Region, a Hands On Skills lab
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM ET
    The Juggle Is Real: Navigating Career, Family, and Fulfillment in PM&R
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Cancer Advanced Clinical Focus Session: TBD
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Empowering Leaders in Global PMR: Harnessing the Potential in People, Teams and Nations
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Life Care Planning: A Natural Domain of Physiatry, how to incorporate into your practice (A formal introduction and preview of AAPM&R's STEP program)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Menstruation and Motherhood in SCI
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    MSK and Sports Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Tough Musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular, and Sports Medicine cases in clinical practice: Utilization of Clinical Examination, Imaging Modalities, Electrodiagnostics and Common Sense
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Optimizing Care for Children with Charcot Marie Tooth Disease
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Physiatry Education in a Value-Based, Post-Acute World: Preparing Physiatrists to Lead Across IRFs, SNFs, and LTACHs.
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Scientific Session
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    The Nuts and Bolts of Value‑Based Spine Care: Clinical & Leadership Skills for Physiatrists
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Why Our Input Matters in the Perioperative Space
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Resident Experience in the Exhibit Hall
  • 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    PHiT Fest
  • Saturday, November 14, 2026
  • The Business of Rehab Medicine
  • 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    Diagnostic Ultrasound for Knee Osteoarthritis: Supine and Weight-Bearing Approaches
  • 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    Neuro-Orthotics for Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation
  • 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM ET
    Pain Reprocessing Therapy: A Novel Approach to Treating Chronic Pain
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET
    Department Chairs Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM ET
    Future Leaders Alumni Connection (Invite Only)
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Reading Your Own MSK Imaging
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Ultrasound Guidance for Upper and Lower Limb Chemodenervation Procedures
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    AMSSM Exchange Lecture
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Demystifying the Oral Boards: Learn from an Interactive Mock Part II Session
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    From Good to Great: Using Performance Improvement Tools to Elevate Acute Rehab Outcomes
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Mastering the Acute Inpatient Consult: The Ten Commandments for Physiatrists
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Neurorehabilitation Advanced Clinical Focus Session: The Evolution of the Benefits of Diaphragmatic Pacing
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Pain and Spine Advanced Clinical Focus Session: From Needle to Scope: The Future of Minimally Invasive Spine Care
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship and Presentation of the Scott Nadler 2024 PASSOR Musculoskeletal Research Grant Award Findings
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Past, Present and Future of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: Research Updates and State of the Field
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Teaching the Teacher
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Functional Upper Limb Motor Restoration in Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: The Confluence of EMG, US, Rehabilitation, and Surgery
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM ET
    Protecting and Promoting Bone Health in the Cancer Patient: The Role of the Rehabilitation Physician
  • 9:15 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Medical Student Experience
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Advocacy 101: Getting Involved at the Local, State, and National Level as PM&R Physicians
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    AI Self-Hacking: Exploring Metacognition to Prepare Physicians for the Future of EHR
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Electrodiagnosis in the Context of Cancer: A Case-Based Interactive Session
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Integrating Lifestyle Medicine Principles into your PM&R Practice: Tips from the Trenches
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Neurorehabilitation Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Best Practices in Disorders of Consciousness
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Not Your Average CPC. The ClinicoPhysiatric Conference: Complex Cases of Cancer Patients with Limb Salvage and Limb Loss.
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Pain and Spine Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Optimizing Patient Selection in Neuromodulation: Evidence, Biomarkers, and Outcomes
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Post-Rhizotomy Rehabilitation: A review of different approaches, the pros, cons, and evidence to optimize outcomes
  • 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Using Orthobiologics in Midfoot and Forefoot Injuries: Who, What, When, and Where to Treat
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Basic Osteopathic Approach to the Ankle and Foot
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Creating and Growing Your Personal, Professional, and Organizational Brand on Social Media
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
    Ultrasound guided botulinum toxin injections for sialorrhea
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM ET
    AAPM&R Business Meeting
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM ET
    Plenary Session
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) Application for MSK Conditions
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Pump Whisperer Workshop: Managing and Troubleshooting Intrathecal Baclofen Like a Pro
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Cracking the Code: How Our Work Gets Covered and Valued – and Why Advocacy Matters
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    How to Differentiate Between a Musculoskeletal and Inflammatory Arthritis Condition: A Rheumatologist and Physiatrist Approach
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    I Wish I Had a Magic Wand": Talking to Patients about Unfixable Problems
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Motivating Physiatrists in Perioperative Medicine and Prehabilitation: A Value-Driven Approach
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Neurorehabilitation Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Challenging EDX Cases: Redesigning the Study in Real Time
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Pain and Spine Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Stenosis Without Silos: Integrating Rehab, Interventions, Surgery, andMental Health
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Reigniting Passion for Inpatient Rehabilitation: Building Engaged Teams Across Academic, Private, and For-Profit Systems
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    The Paralympic (Mini) Games: A Game Show Experience to Learn and Test Your Para Sports Medicine Knowledge and Hands-On Skills
  • 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
    Trauma Rehabilitation Across the Lifespan: From Pediatrics to Geriatrics—The Physiatrist’s Role in Delivering High-Quality, Continuous Care
  • 3:45 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Thriving Beyond Residency: Investing in Your Training, Mentorship, and Career Growth in Physiatry