2019 Spotlight Speakers

Linda Rosenstock,
MD, MPH
Fabrisia Ambrosio,
PhD, MPT
John Chae,
MD, ME
Gerard Francisco,
MD
Sabrina Paganoni,
MD, PhD
Ingrid Philibert,
PhD, MBA
Carmen Terzic,
MD, PhD
Eric Wisotzky,
MD
Walter Frontera,
Prof, MD, PhD
Heakyung Kim,
Prof, MD

Testimonals

"Invest your time in going to meetings like the AAP. It not only provides you with a lot of education, it gives you a chance to meet other people who ultimately become collaborators."

- Brad Dicianno, MD

"It's such a stimulating environment to recharge your batteries every year. I've been to every AAP meeting since the early 1980's — I enjoy it."

- Gary Clark, MD, MMM, CPE

"This meeting is a fertile ground for exchanging new ideas and fostering new collaborations either in education or research."

- Gerard Francisco, MD

"I am always in awe of the incredible people I get to meet and interact with at the AAP's Annual Meeting. From staff to medical students to residents to attendings, I feel so motivated. The AAP is truly a supportive and inspirational academic family."

- Allison Bean, MD, PhD

"This meeting provides the collegial opportunity to brainstorm with academic physiatrists. Presenters demonstrate enthusiasm for the topics presented. I always come away from AAP with a mental springboard for new ideas and projects to implement."

- Jeffrey Fine, MD

"The AAP meetings are useful for all levels: medical students, residents, faculty and leaders (Program Directors and Chairs)!"

- K. Rao Poduri, MD

"Such a wonderful environment to network with other academic physiatrists and learn new things. Excellent plenary sessions and a nice exhibition hall with lots of vendors and nice research posters."

- Laura Deon, MD

"Great event for learning, networking, and reinvigorating your passion for PM&R."

- Michael Ingraham, MD

"The environment at the AAP is always supportive, positive, and educational. It is by far my favorite conference."

- Daniel Cushman, MD

"Great effort to advance the field forward."

- Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD

"It has grown over the years, which highlights the commitment of the PM&R academic community as a whole to advance themselves through clinical, education, administrative, research, and quality improvement and unite to make this annual conference progressively a success for the benefit of rehab professionals and ultimately the patients we serve."

- Roderick Sembrano, MD

"This was an outstanding opportunity to reconnect with like-minded PM&R practitioners, learn new skills, and reinforce knowledge previously gained."

- James Daley

"Learn innovative cutting-edge advances in the field of PM&R, network and enjoy."

- Farha Ikramuddin, MD, MPH

"AAP has become my favorite meeting. Here I find colleagues who are passionate about education, research, and opportunity to grow personally and professionally."

"The AAP Annual Meeting is a must for any academic physiatrist. The meeting is a treasure trove of resources for academicians in any stage of their career. One can find educational tools, research support, administrative pearls and evidence for clinical treatments."

"The conference presentations were engaging and interesting. Networking with program directors is a great way to stay connected and up to date. Everyone is willing to share information so you don't have to re-invent the wheel in your own program."

- Brandee Waite, MD