LIHUE, HAWAII — More than 100 participants attended the U.S. National Member Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Pac Rim Conference to hear speakers on a variety of prosthetic, orthotic, research, business, medical and clinical topics. Highlights included a keynote session from Frank Gottschalk, MD, of the University of Texas Southwest, on “Current lower limb amputee care: Its evolution over three decades” and a Skype presentation from Laura Miller, PhD, CP, of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, on “Current research in upper limb prosthetics at the center for bionic medicine.”
The next Pac Rim Conference will take place in January 2018.
Pac Rim conference attendees enjoy the weather on the island of Kauai.
Images: Farabi D and Mansfield E, US-ISPO.
From left: Terry Supan, CPO, LPO, FAAOP, FISPO, Pac Rim Conference education chair, receives thanks from Rodney Pang, CPO, and Jon Batzdorff, CPO, chair of the U.S. National Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics.Munjed Al Muderis, MD, FRACS, (seated, second from right) of the Osseointegration Group of Australia talks with conference attendees about osseointegration.Dianne Farabi, executive director of the U.S. National Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, talks with Marvin Fourroux, CPO.Junghwa Hong, PhD, shares information on gait intention detection using electromyography on the thigh.Michelle Wymer presents on behalf of Vancouver-based company Vorum.
