Past Courses

2011-

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Laser treatments for the Shoulder, Elbow Wrist & Hand
Tendonitis, Wound care
John Bruno, ATC
Standford Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Scapholunate Instability and SLAC wrist, presented by Dr. Rosie Sendher
Carpal and Hand Fractures, presented by Dr. Shari Lieberman
Stanford Out Patient Clinic, 450 Broadway St.
Redwood City, CA

Saturday, July 30, 2011 and Sunday July 31, 2011
Biomechanics of the Elbow
Presented by Shrikant Chinchalkar
Alton San Canyon Kaiser, Irvine, CA

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Energy Techniques, Taping, RSI
Ling Chen, PHD; Beth Weiss, OTR, CHT
Two audio lectures describing EFT
Mills Health Center
100 S. San Mateo Drive
San Mateo, CA

Saturday, April 16, 2011
Wound Care Management Course for Upper Extremity & Hand Injuries
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (San Diego area) Schaetzel Center
Great Hall, 9890 Genesee Avenue, La Jolla, CA

Saturday/Sunday 03/26-27/2011
A Collaborative Approach to Flexor Tendon Management
Dr. Leonard Gordon; Dr. Jeffrey Yao; Pam MacNeil Silverman, OTR/L, CHT; Rebecca L. von der Heyde, PhD, OTR/L, CHT; Amanda Higgins, OT Reg (NB); Shrikant Chinchalker M.Th.O, B.Sc.OT, OTR, CHT; Karen Pettengill, MS, OTR/L, CHT; Saba Kamal, OTR, CHT
Radisson Hotel, 1471 N. 4th St., San Jose, CA

2010 -

Wednesday, 11/17/2010
Hooked on Evidence: a Guide to the Shoulder
Bill Seringer, PT,DPT,OCS,CSCS
Stanford Medicine , Outpatient Center450 Broadway St, Pavilion B, 2nd floor Conference room Redwood City, CA

Saturday, 10/16/2010
Spider Tech for Upper Extremity
Karen Roitz, DC, CCSP, CSTI
Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose , CA

Wednesday, 09/15/2010
Medical Treatment for Contractures & Spasticity
Orthopedic Aspects for Splinting the Neurologic Upper Extremity
15891 Los Gatos Almaden Road
Mission Oaks Campus of Good Samaritan, Los Gatos, CA
Dr. Sures Mahawar, MD, Margaret Phillips, MS, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA, & guest clients

Saturday, 07/17/2010
Cadaver Lab: Basic anatomy of upper extremity, pathology, nerve glides
Pam Silverman, Ginny Gibson, Dr. Feuchter, MD, 
Surgeries performed by Dr. Desai (Stanford) Dr. Ho (VA Hospital)
450 30th Street
Samual Merritt College, Oakland, CA

Friday, 06/11/2010 6:30PM
Hand Therapy Week:
Advances in Treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture
Dr. Vincent Hentz, MD
The latest in Flexor Tendon Repair
Dr. Leonard Gordon, MD
Hand Surgeon’s Perspective in treating UE injuries
Dr. Gordon Brody, MD
Hand Therapy in Foreign Countries
Pam Silverman, OTR/L, CHT
Michael’s Restaurant
2960 Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA 94043

Friday, 05/19/2010
Brachial Plexus: the good, the bad and the ugly:
Interactive discussion on therapy techniques
Dr. Raj Maheshwari, MD Stanford Medicine Outpatient Clinic
450 Broadway St. Redwood City, CA 94603

 

Wednesday, 04/21/2010
Shoulder Instabilities
Shoulder Injury Treatment
Dr Ellie Laroque, MD
Steven J. Pavlet, PT, MS, OCS
Hand Therapy of San Francisco:
402  8th Avenue #207
San Francisco, CA

 

Saturday, 03/27/2010
Sunday, 03/28/2010
Biomechanics of the Wrist & Forearm
Shrikant Chinchalkar, OTR, CHT
6670 Alton Parkway, Irvine, CA 92618
Wednesday, 03/17/2010
Replantations, flaps, toe to hand

 

Thursday, 02/25/2010
Reimbursement changes
Saba Kamal

 

Wednesday, 02/17/2010
Pediatric Focus

Saturday, 01/23/2010
Biomechanics of the Wrist & Forearm
Shrikant Chinchalkar, OTR, CHT

 

2009--
Wed 12/09/2009
Issues in Flexor Tendon Repair, Dr Leonard Gordon & Pam Silverman, OTR/L, CHT

Wed 11/18/2009
RA of Wrist & Hand surgical management, Dr. Subhro Sen & Graston Technique, Debbie Iwasaki, & splints, Judy Sarina and Colleen Abbott

Wed 10/21/2009
EMG Studies & Accupuncture, Dr. Alan Kimmelman, & Lisa Yee and Suan Cupples

Wed 09/16/2009
Thumb Mechanics Part II-Video--Thumb Mechanics:  Linking Anatomy & Treatment of CMC Osteoarthritis .
Judy C. Colditz, OT/L, CHT, FAOTA

Fri 09/04/2009
Wine & Cheese O'dourves party by ASHT-CA, Empi and Sammons Preston.  

Thu 09/03/2009
ASSH / ASHT combined meeting--September 3-5, 2010

Wed 08/19/2009
Thumb Mechanics Part I--Linking Anatomy & Treatment of CMC Osteoarthritis .
Judy C. Colditz, OT/L, CHT, FAOTA

Wed 07/15/2009
Ergonomics & Hand Injuries,  Nancy Lowe MPT, CHT, CAE and Chris Zdenek

Wed 06/10/2009
Hand Therapy Week Celebration

Wed 05/20/2009 Elbow Instability & Tumors of the wrist and hand, Dr. Lisa Lattanza & Dr. Mohana Amirtharajah;  Product Demo:Steve Martel of Sammons Preston

Wed 04/15/2009
Fibromyalgia & CRPS by Dr. Mackey on Fibromyalgia,  Dr. Catherine Curtin on "CRPS"

Wed 03/18/2009 Tendon Transfers Dr. Hoffman, Tendon Questions, Dr. Lamont Cardon

Saturday, March 7-8, 2009 Soft Tissue and Joint Mobilization, Posture Correction, Oscillation, Ken Lam, PT

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Wrist Exam and Arthroscopy, Dr. Yao, MD  Dr. Andrew Ho, MD

 

Saturday  & Sunday January 24-25, 2009 Elbow Mechanics, Shrikant Chinchalkar, OTR, CHT

2008--

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Splinting Workshop
Saba Kamal OTR/l, CHT –Synergistic splint for flexor tendon injuries zone II
Pam Silverman, OTR/L, CHT – CMC splint research project
Judy Ivan, OTR/L – Fabrication of the CMC splint

Wednesday November 19, 2008 Trigger Points: Treatment Techniques, Leta Jones, PT, CHT

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Thoracic Outlet syndrome Peter Edgelow, OT, PT
Scleroderma Management, Cathy Noble, OTR/L, CHT

October 15, 2008 Shoulder Injuries, Dr. Kraetzer, MD
Light Therapy Dave Latimer, Dynatronics

June 11, 2008 Digital Extensor Mechanism, Dr. John Eggleston, MD
 Syndrome of Extensor Quadrigia,  Shrikanth Chinchalkar, OTR, CHT

April 16, 2008  RSI of wrist and elbow, Dr. William Moore, MD
Distal Radial Fractures, Dr. David Nelson, MD
Hand Splint Fabrication Sponsored by Sammons Preston

Wed March 19, 2008 Soft Tissue Reconstruction, Dr. Eva Timek, MD
Nail Injuries,   Dr. Albi Qeli, MD
Laser Therapy,   Matt Mettler

Wed February 20, 2008
Radiology Relevance to Upper Extremity Surgery, Dr, Eric Kagel, MD

Wed Jan 23, 2008 Soulder Injuries & Management, Dr. Kao, MD
Natalie Barr Lecture 2007 Donna Breger Stanton, OTR/L, CHT

 

2007--

November 28, 2007 New Surgeries for the Hand Dr. James Chang, MD Pearls-Tips & Tricks for the Hand Clinic,  Saba Kamal, OTR/L, CHT Monina Copuaco, OTR/L, CHT

 

October 17, 2007 Carpal Instability, Dr. Yao, MD

September 19, 2007 Elbow Management in Athletes,  Dr. Kao,MD Iontophoresis, Bob Arnold

August 18, 2007 Manual Therapy, Upper Trunks, Ann Porretto-Looehrke, PT, CHT, COMT Surgical Management of the Shoulder, Dr. Deborah Faryniarz,MD

June 13, 2007 Nerve Injuries. Update on Tetraplegia Project: India, Rod Hentz, MD, Shakti Shrivastava, MD

May 16, 2007 Wound Care and Nutrition Lab, Cinda Miller, MP, Diane Gibbs MS, RD

April 18, 2007 Problem Solving with Splinting, Saba Kamal, OTR,L, CHT

March 21, 2007 Anatomy of the Shoulder, arm, Hand, Lori Stoko and Beth Weiss

February 21, 2007 Management of the Arthritic Hand--A Surgical Perspective, Dr. Erick Kagel, MD

January 17, 2007 Grafts and Flaps, Dr. Buncke, MD Nancy Chee, OTR/L, CHT

 

2006--

Wed 11/1/2006 Splinting Workshop,  Saba Kamal, OTR, CHT

Wed 10/18/2006   Ergonomics,  Steve Meagher

Wed  9/27/2006  Shoulder Injuries & Management, Dr. Samir Sharma

Wed  7/19/2006  Wrist Instabilities and Neuropathy, Dr. Raymond Tse

Sat  6/10/2006   PIP Joint Injuries, Srikanth Chinchalkar, OTR, CHT

Wed  5/17/2006  Wrist & NCV studies,  Dr Kraetzer Elbow & Karen Chinn, PT

Wed   4/19/2006   Pain Management,  Dr Mark Sontag

Wed  3/22/2006  Sagital Band Injuries,  Dr. Rebeca Yu & Dr Cardon

Mon  2/27/2006  Hand Fractures and Dislocations, Dr. Kagel and Saba Kamal, OTR, CHT

Wed  1/25/2006   Nerve Injuries and Management,  Dr. Hentz

 

2005--

Thu  12/1/2005  Soft Tissue Injuries Dr. M. Mehta

Wed  9/14/2005  Thorasic Outlet Syndrome, RSI m... Peter Edglow

Wed  7/20/2005  Atypical Problems in Hand Surgery Dr. R. McCoy

Wed  6/15/2005  BRACHIAL PLEXUS Dr. Hentz

Wed  4/20/2005  Trauma to the hand  Dr. Leslie Oshita and Cathy Noble, OTR, CHT

Wed  3/9/2005    Reaching full circle: Diagnosing...Gary S. Fanton, MD Timothy R. McAdams, MD

Wed  2/16/2005  Vacularized Radial Bone Grafting... Dr. Bickle, Saba Kamal, OTR, CHT

Wed   1/12/2005  Management of RSI  Steve Gest, MD and Patricia, Phd, NP

2004--

Wed   12/1/2004  Flexor Tendon Injuries, Dr. James Chang, MD, Pam Silverman, OTR, CHT

Thu  10/28/2004  Dupuytrens Contracture Dr. Hentz, Saba Kamal, OTR, CHT

Wed   9/15/2004  Lecture on Elbow DR. Tung Le