"Physical therapy is not a subspecialty of the medical profession and physical therapists are not medical doctors; we are a separate profession that provides a unique service that physicians are unable and untrained to provide."

Letter to the AMA from the APTA, Dec 2009

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Meet the Presenters at Florida's Private Practice Physical Therapist Conference

Here is our distinguished line-up of presenters for the 3rd annual private practice conference in Orlando, Florida!  Sign up now at www.FLPTPP.com.

Nancy Beckley, MS, MBA, CHC is President at Nancy Beckley & Associates LLC. Ms. Beckley will present a Compliance Update for Medicare.

Pauline Franko, PT, CEEAA Owner at Encompass Consulting & Education, LLC, A physical therapist with over 30 years experience within the Medicare system. Ms. Franko will present Connecting the Dots: Creating the picture the reviewer needs to see.

Tim Richardson, PT is a physical therapist and book author. Tim will present "How to Effectively Use Outcomes Questionnaires for Federal Quality Reporting, Better Productivity and Better Outcomes"

Dimitrios Kostopolous, DPT, MD, PhD, DSc, ECS is a seasoned, widely published doctorate level physical therapist with a strong background in patient care. Dr. Kostopolous will present Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy & Strain Counter- Strain for Cervical Spine Pathology. This presentation-training is designed to have immediate clinical applications.

Konstantine Rizopoulos, DPT, MCMT, FABS Seasoned, multilingual doctoral level physical therapist with a strong background in patient care, management, public relations, marketing and teaching experience in the United States, South America, Europe and Africa. Dr. Rizopoulos will present Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy & Strain Counter- Strain for Cervical Spine Pathology. This presentation-training is designed to have immediate clinical applications.

Dr. Sean M. Wells is the owner and operator of Naples Personal Training, where he provides evidence-based physical therapy and personal training services. Dr. Wells will present "The One-Stop Rehabilitation and Fitness Center: The Future Structure of Physical Therapy Facilities"

Afonso G. Castro, MS, MSPT Afonso is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mr. Castro is a physical therapist practicing for several years in the fields of sports medicine, industrial rehab, acute care and neurofeedback. Mr. Castro will present "An Introduction to Neurofeedback".

Dr. Kathleen Swanick, DPT, MS, OCS Instructor, joined the faculty at FGCU in July of 2003 and currently serves as an instructor in the Physical Therapy Program. Dr. Swanick will present Use of Ultrasound Imaging (USI) In Physical Therapy.  The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the application of ultrasound imaging in the field of physical therapy.

Dr.Arie Jacqueline Van Duijn, DPT, OCS, ACCE Instuctor and Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education, received her bachelor's degree in physical therapy in June of 1988 from the Academie voor Fysiotherapie in Leiden, The Netherlands, her post-professional doctor’s degree in physical therapy in April 2005 from the University of St. Augustine. Dr. Van Duijn will present Use of Ultrasound Imaging (USI) In Physical Therapy.  The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the application of ultrasound imaging in the field of physical therapy.

Aaron LeBauer PT, DPT, LMBT is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist. He owns LeBauer Physical Therapy, which is a 100% cash based physical therapy practice in Greensboro, NC. Dr. LeBauer will present The Anatomy of a Cash Based Physical Therapy Practice.

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Tim Richardson, PT owns a private practice at Medical Arts Rehabilitation, Inc in Palmetto, Florida. The clinic website is at MedicalArtsRehab.com.

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Tim has implemented a computerized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system in his clinic since 2006 that serves as a Reminder, Alerting, Prompting and Predicting CDS using evidence-based tests and measures.

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TimRichPT@BulletproofPT.com .

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