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SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2012
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
With the majority of our membership in the middle of a record high summer heat, it sure
sounds good to talk about spending a few days on the ocean! As you will read, registration for our Annual Meeting in Sea Island, GA is upon us. Chuck Thigpen, Kellie Bliven,
Aaron Sciascia and their respective committee members have been diligently working to
put together another wonderful program. We hope many of you will make plans to attend
as this meeting is always the highlight of my year and is the cornerstone of our Society.
See the updated information included in their articles to follow and submit your registration
now!
Currently, registration and abstract submission have opened for the 4th International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists. The meeting is being held in Nagoya, Japan
JOE KOSTUCH
on April 10-12, 2013. ASSET members have played a critical role over the past decade
PRESIDENT
in helping to establish this International Congress, several of which currently serve on
the International Board. It is with this in mind that ASSET would like continue our tradition of representing our
Society at this International Congress by offsetting the conference registration fee for any Active Member
whom would like to attend and present. The window for abstract submission and travel planning is upon us,
so take time to visit the ICES at http://www.congre.co.jp/icses2013/icset/index.html to gather more information. Please contact myself at jkostuch@hprc.net should you wish to attend and ASSET will make every effort to assist you in your planning and representation of our Society.
In the past, when there has been an International Congress, we have chosen some years to defer our
„stateside‟ Annual Meeting. After much discussion the Executive Board has chosen to hold our Annual Meeting stateside in 2013. As per our tradition, we will be holding our Annual Meeting in conjunction with ASES
Closed Meeting on October 12-15 at the Bellagio Resort in Las Vegas. Our growing membership, the travel
required for the International Congress, the amount of time between meetings and the flourishing of the ICES
have all factored into our decision to move forward with our stateside meeting in 2013. Mark the dates now!
As of our Winter newsletter, we‟ve successfully transitioned our Executive Management to AAOS and have
been delighted with their services. As our Society has grown significantly over the past 5 years, the full-time,
experienced support afforded us by AAOS, has proven itself invaluable over the past 6 months. We look forward to expanding the scope of our involvement with AAOS over time to include greater financial back-end
support and member tracking software. We hope to have the opportunity for you all to meet some of our
AAOS support staff at our Annual Meeting in October.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD 2012
PAST-PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
3
Joe Kostuch
President
COMMUNICATION
COMMITTEE
4
Chuck Thigpen
Past-President
EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
5
Eric Sauers
President-Elect
RESEARCH
COMMITTEE
6
Will Clark
Secretary Treasurer
MEMBERSHIP
COMMITTEE
6
Kevin Laudner
Secretary Treasurer-Elect
WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS
7
Ellen Shanley
Member-At-Large
TREASURER’S
REPORT
9
Michael Shaffer
Member-At-Large
NOMINATION
COMMITTEE
9
COMMITTEE’S 2012
Communication
Aaron Sciascia, Chair
Joe Kostuch
Brian Phillips
Elmer Platz
Education
Reginald Wilcox, Chair
Basil Baccash
Arlene Frederick
John Basti
Daphne Hooyber
Brian Coote
Kevin Laudner
Will Clark
Nominating
John Basti, Chair
Membership
Eric Sauers, Chair
Ellen Shanley, Member-at-Large
Michael Shaffer, Member-at-Large
Research
Kellie Bliven, Chair
Jeff Flemming
Eric Sauers
Timothy Tyler
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
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As many of you already know, ASSET is now on Facebook! This affiliation can provide our Society with significantly greater exposure on the word-wide web. It will help tremendously in marketing our annual CEU
Conference along with our new On-line Rotator Cuff Course. Additionally, the discussion generated can help
us to maintain our mission statement of asserting our role as a leading source of knowledge regarding exemplary clinical care and outcomes oriented research in shoulder and elbow rehabilitation. Let us together as a Society represent ourselves online as the rehabilitation leader we are!
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DATES
Registration opens July 9, 2012
REGISTRATION
Active Members:
General/Foreign Members:
Non-Members:
$350
$450
$550
REGISTRATION AFTER AUGUST 23RD
Active Members:
$400
General/Foreign Members:
$500
Non-Members:
$600
CHUCK THIGPEN
PAST-PRESIDENT
Your registration includes all meeting events including cocktails on Thursday and Friday evening, breakfast
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Refreshments at morning an afternoon breaks as well as a working
business lunch on Saturday.
The Annual Meeting will run Friday from 7am to 5pm, Saturday 7am-1:30pm, and Sunday 7am-12pm. Programming will include sessions focused on Management of the Arthritic Shoulder, The Throwing Shoulder
and Elbow, Rotator Cuff Disease, and incoming ASES president Dr. Jeff Abrams, president-elect Dr. Rob
Bell, and ASES Founding member Dr. Richard Hawkins.
The Cloister at Sea Island is hosting our annual meeting beginning Thursday, October 11, 2012 and departures Sunday, October 14, 2012.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
You may book a room beginning Tuesday October 9th through Tuesday October 16th at the contracted rate
below. The meeting will run from Friday October 12-Sunday October 14th at all inclusive rate of $430/night. A
$500.00 deposit will be required per reservation, and guests should plan to make individual dining and activity
plans prior to arrival.
The inclusive rate includes a $35.00 nightly Sea Island Club Resort Fee, and applicable taxes, currently 7%
state tax, and 5% room tax. The resort fee includes: 24-hour parking with in/out privileges, access to the
Beach Club, Fitness Center, Business Center, wireless Internet service in guest rooms, no charge for local
and toll free calls and turndown service nightly.
When you call (855-572-4975) tell the booking agent that you are an ASSET member and ask for the “therapy
rate” to receive the reduced room rate PLEASE BOOK EARLY as we have a limited number of rooms/night
reserved. The Cloister at Sea Island has many amenities and activities for spouses or significant others who
may be interested in joining you including sailing, horse back riding, spa services, and golf. For more information, please visit the resort website.
ADDED VALUE
20% discount on Golf Greens Fees
15% discount on Spa Essential Facials and Massages
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ASSET 20TH ANNUAL MEETING
THE CLOISTER AT SEA ISLAND, SEA ISLAND, GEORGIA
OCTOBER 11TH—14TH, 2012
COMMUMICATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The 20th Annual Meeting of ASSET will be held October 11-14, 2012 at Sea Island, GA.
Please check the link under “Member Materials” to see if you are required to attend, present, or advance your membership status within the organization. All members may begin registering on-line as of July 9, 2012 at http://www.asset-usa.org/
Annual_Conference_SeaIsland2012.html.
In order to assure that all members have an opportunity to connect with one another, I
would like to ask each person to visit the Member Directory on the ASSET website
AARON SCIASCIA
http://www.asset-usa.org/Members.html and review the contact information we have
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listed. Please inform me if there is a more preferred email address, telephone number or mailing address you would like to have listed.
At times, you may have a clinical question, interesting case, or just a general inquiry you would like to share
with your ASSET colleagues. It can be tedious trying to find multiple addresses and time is precious commodity most of us do not have in excess. Should you want to reach out to your colleagues or the executive
board, you have simple options. To contact all current ASSET members, please visit the Contact Us tab on
our home page http://www.asset-usa.org/index.html and select “Email all ASSET Members”. To contact only
the members who serve on the executive board, select “Email the ASSET Executive Board”.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at ascia@lexclin.com.
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EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT
We are excited to announce the completion of our Rotator Cuff Conference in an “elearning” format now being offered online for Continuing Education Credit. ASSET has
partnered with Elite Rehab Services, Inc (ERS) who recorded, edited and produced this
course. Additionally, they are continuing their credentialing of the course to allow CEU
hours to be applicable in your home state.
As a member benefit of our partnership with ERS – ASSET members will receive a 50%
discount for purchase of this online course. We have set the price at $120 for the 6 hour
course. Users can follow this link www.eliterehabsolutions.com/elearning.php and then
click the link to get the learning management system. Once there, ASSET members can
enroll in the course and enter the promo code: ASSETCUFF12 to receive the 50% discount. This discount applies to ASSET members only – please do not share this with co
-workers, etc.
REG WILCOX
EDUCATION CHAIR
Additionally, ERS and ASSET have arranged to share the profits from this online course so please promote
this CEU option to colleagues to help meet their state requirements!
ASSET Rotator Cuff Course in 2012: Plans are in place for this year‟s ASSET RC course on August 18,
2012 at Duke University. Registration is in full gear on the ASSET website. Many ASSET members have
been actively involved to get this course planned. Many thanks to Aaron, Joe, June, Mark and Dr. Mallon.
Post-Operative Rotator Cuff Guidelines: I am working on finishing up the cuff guidelines so that Chuck
Thigpen, Brian Leggin, and Mike Shaffer can review prior to publication submission. We will be incorporating
a decision making algorithm that Mike Shaffer and Brian Leggin have been working on.
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty & Inverse Arthroplasty Guidelines: The goal is to have a draft of each ready
for membership review by the 2012 ASSET annual meeting. We have previously asked all ASSET members
to complete a survey to help us better understand current practice trends/expert opinion for patients following
shoulder arthroplasty. To date 44 ASSET members have completed the survey. We received some great
feedback both via the survey tool as well as via email/conversations about the survey.
One of the biggest pieces of feedback received was that many members did not feel comfortable completing
the survey (or parts of the survey) because they did not feel they were an expert on either TSA or rTSA. This
has raised the issue/question about who we are as ASSET members. We may use the survey data as part of
the manuscript for this project but feel we need to better describe who contributed to the survey data (i.e.
what does the membership look like; years of experience, etc...)
We have a few additional questions that will help us clarify the demographics of the survey member responders vs. member non-responders. There are 6 additional questions we would like to have you complete via a
new survey monkey survey.
Survey for those that completed the original survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B8RX7Y3
Survey for those that did not complete the original survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KKSM7NG
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RESEARCH COMMITTEE REPORT
We received 18 abstracts for the upcoming meeting ~ a big thank you to those members
who submitted an abstract this year! All members were notified about abstract acceptance and presentation format. In addition to oral presentations, this year we are introducing two new formats: group discussion and a thematic poster session. Assistance
and/or templates are available to anyone who needs it in developing presentation materials, just ask!
Reminder: handouts of presentations should be submitted to Kellie Bliven
KELLIE BLIVEN
(kbliven@atsu.edu) by September 30, 2012. All abstracts and presentation handouts
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will be available on the ASSET website prior to the meeting for members to access. We
will not be providing paper handouts of presentations this year. I‟m looking forward to this meeting and all of
the good information our members have to share with one another!
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT
It has been seven months since our last newsletter and the membership committee has
welcomed 9 new members. Our membership total as of July 05, 2012 is 106. This represents a growth of 13% in membership so far in 2012. Currently, there are 45 Active
Members, 51 General Members, 9 Foreign Members, and 1 Affiliate Member. From
January of 2011 to now our membership has increased 30%. We are excited about the
continued growth of ASSET and our new members commitment‟s to our mission.
As a specialty society, member contributions to the committees and the educational content of the annual meeting are vital to the strength and value of the organization. Please
ERIC SAUERS
consider how you can get more involved in advancing the mission of the Society. One
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way to do this is by recruiting other individuals with a passion for shoulder and elbow
therapy to apply for membership. If you know of other colleagues that would be great ASSET members
please encourage them to apply for membership. To learn more about fellow
ASSET members, please go to the ASSET website Member Directory (www.asset-usa.org/Members.html).
We are very excited to announce that ASSET now has a social media presence on Facebook. Please check
us out at: http://www.facebook.com/ASSET91 We will utilize this site to keep members informed about upcoming events, such as the Rotator Cuff Course and our Annual Meeting, and to post photos from such
events. If you have suggestions for our the new site, please do not hesitate to contact me. We are hoping
that all members will „Like‟ our new site and utilize it as vehicle for sharing information about the Society and
for sparking interest in our collective expertise and passion for shoulder and elbow therapy.
If you have questions, corrections, or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me at: esauers@atsu.edu
NEW MEMBERS
Aydan Aytar
Elif Çamci
Todd R. Hooks
Kimberly G. Kraft
Rebecca McClelland
Wendi A. Sanny
Gabriel P. Brooks
Tracy J. Elliot
Elizabeth R. Kovack
Catherine C. Lane
Joshua E. Pniewski
Craig A. Wassinger
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Gabriel Brooks, PT, DPT, MSPT, MTC
Dr. Brooks is a Manual Therapy Certified sports physical therapist at Texas Children's Hospital working primarily with adolescent athletes. He completed his manual therapy and doctoral training at the University of Saint Augustine for Health professions. He obtained a Master of Science in Physical Therapy degree from Regis University and a Bachelor of Science
in Exercise/Sport Science from Colorado State University. He has published articles on the
management of pediatric musculoskeletal injuries and presented continuing education
courses in pediatric sports medicine as well as in manual therapy of the lumbo-pelvic-hip
complex. He is a member of the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists and he
maintains a special interest in adolescent overhead/throwing athletes specifically with regard to pathomechanics. His current research includes examination of kinematic and strength variables responsible for repetitive stress injury in pediatric overhead athletes.
Elif Camci PT, MSc
Elif has been a physical therapist and research assistant at Gazi University, Department of
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation since 2009 with a focus in outpatient orthopedics. She obtained her Master of Science degree from Hacettepe University, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Ankara, Turkey.
Tracy J. Elliott, BSc, PT
Tracy graduated in 2000 from Queen‟s University in Kingston Ontario Canada with a double
degree in Health Sciences and Physical and Health Education. Tracy also attended the
University of Western Ontario in London Ontario Canada and graduated in 2003 with a
Bachelor of Physiotherapy. Tracy currently works in the WSIB Specialty Shoulder Clinic at
the Hand and Upper Limb Centre in London Ontario Canada, where she assesses and
treats pre and post-operative shoulder conditions in collaboration with the shoulder surgeons. In her spare time, Tracy enjoys playing and coaching sports with her 3 and 5 year
old boys.
Todd R. Hooks PT,SCS,ATC,MOMT,MTC,CSCS,FAAOMPT
Todd is currently the Director of Rehabilitation Research at Beacon Orthopaedics and
Sports Medicine in Cincinnati OH and the Co-Director of Physical Therapy for the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball Organization. Todd is a graduate of The University of
Mississippi Medical Center and following graduation, he completed the Ola Grimsby residency and fellowship program. Todd has also completed a Physical Therapy Sports Medicine Fellowship with American Sports Medicine Institute under the direction of Glen Fleisig
PhD, Kevin Wilk DPT, and James Andrews MD. Todd also serves on the Specialization
Academy of Content Experts for the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.
Todd enjoy all outdoor activities including hunting and fishing, hiking and rock-climbing, and riding motorcycles.
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Lisa Kovack, PT, MTC
Lisa graduated in 1998 from Georgia State University and received her manual therapy
certification from St. Augustine in 2007. She has had the privilege of working with Bryce
Gaunt PT, SCS, Joseph Kostuch PT, SCS and Brian Phillips PT, DPT at both the
Hughston Clinic and St. Francis Rehabilitation. Currently, Lisa is employed by Emory
Physical Therapy/Incremedical in Atlanta, GA.
Kimberly G. Kraft, PT, CHT
A 1996 graduate of Emory University Division of Physical Therapy, Kim perused upper
extremity specialty at an outpatient practice in New Jersey for fifteen years before moving
to Indianapolis last fall. Her current position at the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Therapy
Center brings together experience in manual therapy and conservative care with postoperative protocols and therapy after complex trauma and reconstruction. Personal interests include reading mysteries, long dinners with friends, and spending summer time with
her family in Prince Edward Island.
Wendi A. Sanny PT, ATC
Wendi currently works at Athletes' Training Center Sports Performance and Physical Therapy clinic in Omaha, Nebraska. Wendi also enjoys spending time with her husband and 2
children. Her hobbies include running, reading, and traveling. Wendi's favorite sports team
is the Texas Rangers.
Becky McClelland, MS, ATC, CSCS
Becky is an athletic trainer at Boston University specializing in upper extremity injuries,
specifically those involving scapular dyskinesis. She aids Athletic Training Services at BU
in providing health care to varsity athletics, club athletics, ROTC, and Boston area high
schools. She also holds a faculty appointment as a Lecturer in the College of Health &
Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College at Boston University.
Craig Wassinger, PT, PhD
Craig is a physical therapist and Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at East Tennessee State University. He‟s been studying shoulder injuries through clinical and biomechanics related research since 2004. Craig has a particular interest in shoulder injuries in
outdoor athletes such as kayakers and rock climbers. In his free time he enjoys spending
time with his wife and daughter or playing outside doing things such as hiking, camping,
biking, kayaking and running.
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TREASURER’S REPORT
Financially we continue to maintain our checking at just over $40,000 and our tracking
well with respect to our 2012 budget. With the continued success of our annual CEU
Conference along with the diligent planning of our past-presidents, we‟ve been able to
continue keeping the registration for our Annual Conference reasonable.
As 2012 has progressed with our new relationship with AAOS for Executive Management
Services, we have been able to remain below our estimated budget for their services
while experiencing the highest level of service. The Executive Board has been very
happy with transition and will look at the possibility of expanding their services in 2013.
We have continued a much appreciated revenue stream from our corporate sponsors,
but our largest „non-dues‟ revenue sources have been our CEU Conference. As usual,
our operating margins remain small so it remains the Board‟s highest goal to maintain
the financial viability of the society.
WILL CLARK
TREASURER
As our Annual Meeting approaches, I will be turning the Treasurer duties over to Kevin Laudner. I have appreciated my time on the board and look forward to continuing an active role in the society!
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT
We will have several Executive Committee openings to fill this Fall – so please be thinking of those you would like to nominate. ASSET is a specialty society whose strength
lies in our member contributions – please challenge yourself to become more involved
and run for an office or volunteer for a committee. We need your involvement!
Nominations will be coming out shortly from our business office to all Active members of
ASSET. We will be first nominating and then voting online this year, so please be on the
look-out for these upcoming electronic ballots.
JOHN BASTI
NOMINATIONS CHAIR
REMINDERS
EARLY REGISTRATION!!
A late registration fee of $50.00 will be applied to Annual Conference
registrations submitted after August 23, 2012
FACEBOOK PAGE
Check it out and ‘Like’ our page at: http://www.facebook.com/ASSET91
COMING SOON
Ballots for Executive Board nominations will be emailed in the coming
weeks
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Annual Conference Registration
2012 ASSET Annual Conference
Sea Island, GA USA
October 11-14, 2012
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
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FAX: (
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E-MAIL:
MEETING REGISTRATION
Registration Fee:
$350.00 (ASSET Active and International Members)
$450.00 (ASSET General Member
$550.00 (Non-ASSET Members)
Registration Fee: (After 8/23/12)
$400.00 (ASSET Active and International Members)
$500.00 (ASSET General Member
$600.00 (Non-ASSET Members)
Cancellation Policy: If for any reason you must cancel your registration, your request must be received
on or before October 1, 2012 to receive a full refund. Reservations cancelled after October 1, 2012 will
receive a 50% refund.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Please complete the following:
Thursday 10/11:
ASES Opening Cocktail Reception
Number Attending:
Friday 10/12:
ASSET Cocktail Reception
Number Attending:
Note: Other opportunities for evening fellowship will be available and announced when finalized.
American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists
6300 North River Rd, Suite 727
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 698-1636
Fax: (847) 823-0536
Email: asset@aaos.org
Annual Conference Registration
LODGING
Sea Island Club - Members are encouraged to consider the Sea Island Club for lodging as ASSET is
partially financially responsible for our unused black of rooms as of August 23rd. Please make your
reservations early as our group space is limited for this reason. Our ‘All Inclusive’ Group Rate of
$430/night is available until August 23rd.
Reserve by phone: 1-855-572-4975 and using group name of ASSET
Please contact Chuck Thigpen with any lodging difficulties or questions chuck.thigpen@proaxistherapy.com
Registration Fee Enclosed
Please make check Payable to:
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW THERAPISTS
Please mail your completed registration and check to the address below
American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists
6300 North River Road
Suite 727
Rosemont, IL 60018
American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists
6300 North River Rd, Suite 727
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 698-1636
Fax: (847) 823-0536
Email: asset@aaos.org