Model System Researchers to Present at the Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association

Model System researchers will participate in the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association in Chicago, IL on April 10-13, 2018. The list of participants who have submitted conference presentation information to the MSKTC can be found below.

Boston-Harvard Burn Injury Model System (Boston, MA):

    

Gabrielle Grant: Beyond scarring: long-term physical outcomes following burns – poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Matthew Godleski, MD: Elbow contracture severity at hospital discharge in patients with heterotopic ossification – poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Cayla Saret, MPH: Extreme Response Style Bias in Burn Survivors: The LIBRE Project – poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Emily Ohrtman: Social Interactions and Social Activities after Burn Injury: A Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Study – poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Leda Espinoza: The relation between marital status and burn injury: A Burn Model Systems National Database Study – poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Jeffrey Schneider, MD: Challenges to the Standardization of Trauma Data Collection: A Call for Common Data Elements for Acute and Long-Term Trauma Databases – oral presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.  

Lewis Kazis, ScD: Measuring Social Integration using the LIBRE Profile: Reliability and Validity Assessments- oral presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Leda Espinoza: The Long-Term Outcomes of Electrical Burn Injuries: A Burn Model Systems National Database Study – poster presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Carlyn Wells, DPT: Development of a decision tree to assist with treatment of burn-related ankle contractures – poster presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

UTMB/Shriners Hospitals for Children-Galveston (Galveston, Texas):

Evan Ross, MD: Admission Heart Rate Reserve is Associated with Clinical Response to Propranolol in Severely Burned Children - oral presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Perla Rivas, BA: The Journey of Recovery from Pediatric Burn Survivor to Adult: A Qualitative Perspective - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Elizabeth Blears, MD: Benefits of Exercise in burned children with Insulin Resistance - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Guillermo Foncerrada, MD: Mental and Physical Changes after an Exercise Program in Burn children with Extensive Limb Amputations - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Julianna Bores, MS: Subjective vs objective assessment of physical activity in burn patients - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

John Ogunbileje, PhD: Oxandrolone and Propranolol Co-Administration Reduce Skeletal Muscle Amino Acid Transporters Expression in Children with Burns - oral presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Evan Ross, MD: IL-6 Levels in the Acute Phase Following Injury are Associated with the Development of PTSD Symptoms in Severely Burned Children - oral presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Christian Sommerhalder, MD: Combination of Oxandrolone and Propranolol Decreases Cardiac Work Compared to Propranolol Alone in Severely Burned Children  - oral presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Brent Smith, PhD: Psychosocial postraumatic growth in pediatric burn survivors - poster presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Eric Rivas, PhD: Burn injury may have age-dependent effects on strength and aerobic exercise capacity in boys compared to men - oral presentation on Friday, April 13t^h.

Daniel Popp, MD: Distinguishing causes of maximal exercise limitation in severely burned children - oral presentation on Friday, April 13^th.

Julianna Bores, MS: Use of isokinetic dynamometry to assess muscle function in burned patients is reliable and practical for progressive resistance exercise prescription – oral presentation on Friday, April 13^th.

Northwest Regional Burn Model System (University of Washington): 

Naima Alver BS: Comparing post-hospitalization Global Health Scale assessments in male and female adult burn patients for quality of life - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Gretchen Carrougher MN, RN: From development to utilization: burn injury factsheets for patient education - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Gretchen Carrougher MN, RN: Factors affecting return to work: A Burn Model System national database investigation - oral presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Haig Yenikomshian MD: Outpatient opioid use of burn patients: a retrospective review - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Michael Allen: My First Wound Care: Needs assessment and development of a targeted educational video for pediatric burn patients - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.

Megan Nordlund MS, RD: Long-term weight changes in pediatric patients after burn injury - poster presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Shelley Wiechman PhD: The relation between satisfaction with appearance and ethnicity - oral presentation on Thursday, April 12^th.

Kimberley Koetsier: Comparing quality of life in burn survivors with and without surgery: a review of PROMIS-10 survey findings - oral presentation on Friday, April 13^th.

Burn Model System National Data and Statistical Center (University of Washington):

Dagmar Amtmann PhD: Pain Interference And Intensity In Persons With Burn Injury At Discharge And One Year Post-Injury - poster presentation on Wednesday, April 11^th.