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Agenda

Day 1: May 16, 2024, 12:00 – 7:00 PM ET

Time

Topic

12:00–12:30 p.m.

Registration and Lunch

12:30–1:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Roger Herr, PT, MPA
    President, American Physical Therapy Association
  • Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD (Recorded Remarks)
    Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
  • Allison O’Donnell, MPH
    Deputy Director, Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

1:30–2:00

What’s in a name? Creating Shared Language

  • Andrea B. Troxel, Sc.D.
    Committee Member, Examining the Working Definition for Long COVID, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

2:00

Break

2:15–2:45

The Patient Experience – In their words

  • Video Testimonials
  • Focused interdisciplinary sharing

2:45–3:45

Treating Long COVID today

  • Pragna Patel, MD, MPH, DTM&H
    Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Focused interdisciplinary sharing

3:45

Break

4:00–4:30

Research Updates

4:30-5:15

 Knowledge Translation and Implementation
  • Lisa Juckett, PhD, OTR/L, CHT,
    Investigator, Didactic Activities, Learning Health Systems Rehabilitation Research Network

5:15–5:30

Closing Remarks

5:30–7:00

Networking Reception


Day 2: May 17, 2024, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET

Time

Topic

9:00–9:30 a.m.

Opening

  • Recap from Day 1
  • Goals and outcomes for Day 2

9:30–10:30

Consensus Vision

  • Roger Herr, PT, MPA
    President, American Physical Therapy Association
  • Facilitated discussion

10:30

Break

10:45-11:00

Elected officials (recorded message from Senator Kaine and Senator Young)

11:00–11:40

Legislative Panel

Moderator: 

  • Justin Elliott
    Vice President, Government Affairs, American Physical Therapy Association

Panelists:

  • Melanie Egorin, PhD, MA, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Beth Nelson, Health Policy Director, Office of U.S. Senator Todd Young
  • Samantha Koehler, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of U.S. Senator Tim Kaine

11:45

Lunch

1:00–2:45

Future Goals/Next Steps

  • Justin Moore, PT, DPT
    CEO, American Physical Therapy Association
  • Interactive discussion on next steps for:
    • Healthcare professionals
    • The public
    • Summit Participants

2:45–3:00

Wrap Up and Adjourn
Closing remarks