New York Physical Therapy Association

CENTRAL DISTRICT NEW YORK PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 9/13/17

This meeting was held in the new PT classroom at Upstate Medical University, following a presentation entitled “Tummy time training everyday keeps the delays at bay” by Erin Wentz, PT, PhD, PCS. Prior to the presentation, members of the Upstate faculty led tours of the New Academic Building and home to Upstate’s DPT program. The meeting commenced at 7:45 pm. Attending members of the executive committee included Brittany Simpson (Co-Chair), Maureen Mancuso (Co-Chair), Amy DeBlois (Vice Chair), David Hawley (Corresponding Secretary), Jen Collis (Recording Secretary), Shelly Nunno-Evans (Nominating Committee), and Staci Dudden (nominating committee).

 Potential presenters/topics for future meetings

o Jim Smith (clinical prediction rules for acute care – post intensive care), will try to have him present in early November . Brittany will e-mail

o Kevin Neville (VTE- Venous thromboembolism), would just need a few months notice

o Rich White . Brittany will follow up for possible topic

o Julie Lombardi (has done vestibular presentation in the past, also works in LSVT Big program) . Amy suggested exercise for Parkinson’s or Rock-Steady boxing due to LSVT being copyrighted . Dave suggested: “Evidence Based Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease”, there is a group at St. Camillus who could participate . Dave will check into clinicians at St. Camillus . Maureen suggested doing this for March meeting

o Jon had mentioned last meeting he may be willing to present on a spine topic . Maureen will e-mail

o Mike Jarmak- potential PT/sports performance topic . Maureen will e-mail

 Budget

o Ken has prepared and will continue to work on 2018 budget

. October is PT Month

o What can we do to participate? Ideas for Day of Service?

o We have a Central District Facebook group (Central District NYPTA) . Dave can write a post in the beginning of October: “October is PT month, what is your group doing for the PT Day of Service?”, in order to get people excited about it

. New Central District members/Membership Liaison update

o Staci wants to know if new members are getting added to our e-mail blasts, as she has been keeping up with e-mailing new members as a membership liaison.

o Maureen will ask Kelly Garceau about how are we guaranteeing that new members are getting added to the list-serv

. Update: E-mail received from Kelly: “Updates are done on a monthly basis. If you hear from a member that is not receiving them, it may be that they have an out-of- state address on file with APTA (students). They will automatically be placed in a “No District” category and not receive district emails. If you hear from someone, please ask them to contact the Chapter office and we will check their contact information and correct it if necessary”

o We only have access to Central District members e-mails, but still have decent non-member attendance at most meetings

o E-mails are often sent out to all Upstate employees when we have meetings

o Need to continue to pass word along about meetings to continue to attract non-members Meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.

Respectfully Submitted by: Jennifer Collis, PT, DPT NYPTA Central District Recording Secretary