VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
1st Annual Meeting
"Enabling Veterans: Meeting the Challenge of Rehabilitation in the Next Millenium"

Westin City Center Hotel
Washington, DC

October 1-3, 1998

AGENDA

Thursday, October 1, 1998
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Monticello Room
Opening Reception
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Monticello Room
Dinner
 
Friday, October 2, 1998
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Monticello Room
Breakfast
Opening Remarks (Tentative Speakers)
8:15 am - 9:00 am
Monticello Room
John R. Feussner, M.D.
  Chief Research & Development Officer
Kenneth Kizer, M.D.
  Under Secretary for Health
Togo West
  Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Mindy Aisen, M.D., Director
  Rehabilitation Research & Development
Speakers: RR&D Priority Areas
  (history and current activities)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Prosthetics/Amputation/Orthotics
  Dudley Childress, Ph.D.
9:30 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am - 10:30 am SCI & Related Neurological Disorders
  Kristjan T. Ragnarsson, M.D.
10:30 am - 11:00 am Communication, Sensory & Cognitive Aids
  Jerome Schein, Ph.D.
11:00 am - 11:30 am Aging
  Pamela Duncan, Ph.D.
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Monticello Room
Lunch
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Ashlawn North
Rehabilitation Research & Development Director
and Center Directors Meeting
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm  
Vista A&C Poster Presentations
Vista B R&D Center Exhibits
and Center Directors Meeting
Vista C, East Room,
West Room, Woodlawn,
Stratford Hall
Demonstrations
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ashlawn North
RR&D Center
   Administrative Officers Meeting
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Monticello Room
Dinner&Keynote Speaker (TBA)
Awards RR&D
 
Saturday, October 3, 1998
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Monticello Room
Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am Town Hall Meeting
Mindy Aisen, M.D., Director
  Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
9:15 am - 12:15 pm  
Vista A&C Poster Presentations
Vista B R&D Center Exhibits
and Center Directors Meeting
Vista C, East Room,
West Room, Woodlawn,
Stratford Hall
Demonstrations
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Monticello Room
Lunch

Presentation of Awards
Career Development
  Marguerite Hays, M.D.
Discussion of 2nd Annual VA RR&D Meeting
Closing Remarks
2:00 pm Adjourn


 

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