Daniel Young is an associate professor in the Physical Therapy Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Young’s is involved in research in the areas of acute care physical therapy, rehabilitation epidemiology, physical therapy, wound care and pressure injuries. He is actively working to improve identification and documentation of pressure injuries by health care providers and to provide direction to rehabilitation providers working in the hospital.

Paul Wright has worked as a direct care provider in the neurosciences population for the Ottawa Hospital and the Calgary Zone within Alberta Health Services, formerly the Manager for the Neurological Rehabilitation Program in Calgary and is currently the Director for Patient Safety, Clinical Quality Improvement and Patient and Family Centred Care for the Calgary Zone. Paul’s focus is creating new opportunities for patients and families to be involved with health care improvements, system design and ensuring the patient and family are at the center of all care provision.

Eleni Flanagan is an Assistant Director at the Johns Hopkins Department of Medical Nursing. Over the past 20 years, she has served the Department of Medicine in many capacities: ICU nurse clinician, shift coordinator, case manager and nurse manager for three different units, including the Cardiology Progressive Cardiac Care Unit (PCCU) and Interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology labs.

In her presentations, Eleni will provide a nurse's perspective to patient mobility.

Dr. Alison Mudge is general physician and health services researcher at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. She is passionate about creating more age-friendly hospitals to improve patient experience and outcomes. Dr. Mudge leads a research group performing observational and improvement studies in geriatric syndromes, malnutrition, exercise rehabilitation and hospital readmissions. She also leads the Eat Walk Engage program, an evidence-based inpatient model to reduce delirium and enhance functional recovery in older inpatients, which has been implemented in hospitals throughout the state of Queensland and is improving care for thousands of older inpatients each year.

Dr. Susan Gearhart joined Johns Hopkins in 2002. She completed her Master of Education for the Health Profession at Johns Hopkins School of Education. She also implemented the first Advanced Colorectal Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins in 2015. Dr. Gearhart joined the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview in 2015 with a desire to lead quality initiatives. Presently, she serves as the Surgeon Champion for the National Surgery Quality Improvement Project and through this work has championed the implementation of both the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Program and the American College of Surgeons Geriatric Verification Program at Bayview. Her team was recently recognized with the 2016 Clinical Excellence in Teamwork Award.  

Dr. Sapna Kudchadkar is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, pediatrics and physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her primary research focus is the role of sleep disturbances as modulator of outcomes in critically ill children, and the integration of sleep promotion, sedation optimization and delirium prevention to promote early mobility and improve functional outcomes for survivors of pediatric critical illness.

Don't miss her perspective on pediatric activity and mobility promotion.

Michael Friedman is the Director of Strategic Program Development and faculty member of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Mr. Friedman co-directs the Johns Hopkins Medicine Activity and Mobility Promotion (AMP).

Catch Michael's numerous presentations on topics like The Rationale for Developing Formal Hospital Mobility Programs, Translating Prediction Tools into Practice and Using Data to Drive Culture and Accountability.

Dr. Dale Needham is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also holds an appointment in physical medicine and rehabilitation. He serves as the medical director of the Critical Care Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program and the director of the Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group at Johns Hopkins.

Don't miss Dr. Needham's talk on Designing, Conducting, & Sustaining Quality Improvement.

Dr. Cynthia Boyd is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A former Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholar, Dr. Boyd is trained in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and epidemiology. Dr. Boyd’s main interests include improving the health and well being of older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their loved ones.