New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medicine & The Carter-Burden Network present the 4th Annual Older Adult Falls Prevention Symposium

This is a free half-day symposium that is open to health care professionals and human services workers.

Moderated By: Robert Curran, D.C., EMT, Injury Prevention Coordinator, NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Schedule:

Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Robert Curran, NYP/Weill Cornell and William Dionne, Executive Director, Carter-Burden Center on Aging

Caitlyn Smith, MPH, NYC Falls Prevention Coalition, “Falls Prevention Activities in NYC, 2021-2022”

Kristi Ladowski, MPH, Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator, Stony Brook Medicine, “ACL Falls Prevention Grant for NYS”

Michele Schombs, BSN, Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator, NYP/Queens, “Sample Logic Model for Older Adult Falls Prevention Programs for Trauma Centers.”

Robert Lindsay, M.D. & Payal Sahni, DPT, New York State Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program, “Missed Opportunities: Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment of Osteoporosis”

Jeff Young, Founding Chair, Special Populations Special Interest Group for the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), “Safe Strength Gains in the Older Adult”

Sean Thomas, D.P.T, JAG-One Physical Therapy, “The View from Outpatient Physical Therapy”

"Dietary Protein Recommendations to Combat Sarcopenia in Older Adults"

Questions and Final Remarks

To register in advance click the link below: https://nyph.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BXKSdiAXRcaVJyqy0Ncktg