2025 4th Quarter Variety Webinar
Webinar titles and objectives:
Treatment Options for Dupuytren's Contracture
Presented by Prosper Benhaim, MD
- Awaiting webinar objectives from presenter.
Combined Injuries, When Protocols Don't Apply
Presented by Gary Solomon, MBA, MS, OTR/L, CHT
- Identify potential impacted structures involved in upper extremity traumatic injury
- Recognize factors which permit safe motion vs. require immobilization of an injured structure
- Recommend safe motion parameters based on structures involved and surgical management
- Devise treatment plan priorities involving upper extremity traumatic injury
The Effects of Neuromodulation Coaching on the Occupational Performance and Health of Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Presented by Lisa Kozden, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT
- Define Neuromodulation Coaching within the context of upper extremity rehabilitation.
- Explain The Triangles Model and characteristics of each archetype.
- Review results of a Triangle Model Assessment (TMA-o) and identify how it applies to treatment of a patient with wrist pain.
- Create and implement treatment approaches based on a patient's archetype to improve occupational performance.
Vascularized Soft Tissue Flaps in the Hand and Fingers - Principles and Rehabilitation
Presented by Eric D. Wang, MD
- Identify patients who are not progressing with wound care/ would benefit from soft tissue coverage
- Discuss postoperative restrictions related to blood supply and healing milestones.
- Discuss when to refer patients with scar sensitivity/soft tissue scarring for surgical revision
Date: 11/8/25
Time: 08:00 - 12:15
Contact hours: 4 (good towards general CA BOT, PTBC and HTCC continuing education hours. Does not qualify for CA BOT HTC hours).
Cost:
$50 - Non-members
$30 - Members (please use coupon code included in membership confirmation email during checkout).
$20 - Student Members (please use coupon code included in membership confirmation email during checkout)
$25 - Nonmember Students (Please email us with your school's email address for student rate)
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Webinar will be recorded. Participants will have a 30 day review period via zoom recording.
Agenda:
08:00 - 09:00 - Dr. Prosper Benhaim - Treatment Options for Dupuytren's contracture
09:00 - 10:00 - Gary Solomon MBA, MS, OTR/L, CHT - Combined injuries. When protocols don't apply
10:00 - 10:15 - Break
10:15 - 11:15 - Lisa Kozden, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT - The Effects of Neuromodulation Coaching on the Occupational Performance and Health of Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis
11:15 - 12:15 - Dr. Eric Wang - Vascularized Soft Tissue Flaps in the Hand and Fingers - Principles and Rehabilitation
Speaker Bios:
Prosper Benhaim, MD is a hand surgeon, microsurgeon and reconstructive plastic surgeon at the UCLA School of Medicine since he joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in 1998.
He is currently an associate professor and Chief of Hand Surgery at UCLA and Olive View-UCLA Medical Centers. He has numerous local and national committee positions, including an editorial position for the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand.
Dr. Benhaim earned his B.A. in Animal Physiology at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his M.D. degree at the University of California, San Francisco, then obtained his general surgery training at UCSF as well. His residency in general surgery included a three-year research fellowship in wound healing and limb allotransplantation research. He then proceeded with plastic surgery training at UCLA and a hand surgery/microsurgery fellowship at UCLA.
Dr. Benhaim remains very active in research on Dupuytren's disease, stem cells, and in the clinical practice of hand surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery.
Gary Solomon, MBA, MS, OTR/L, CHT, COMT graduated from the Occupational Therapy program at Washington University in St. Louis in 1993, and became a Certified Hand Therapist in 1999. He also received his MBA in 2010.
He has worked as the Director of Therapy at Chicago Metro Hand Therapy, alongside the physicians of Hand to Shoulder Associates since 1998. His primary area of clinical interest is the post operative management of traumatic upper extremity injuries.
Gary is a Past President of the American Society of Hand Therapists, and has also served as Vice President, Secretary Treasurer and Education Division Director for ASHT,
He is currently the Chairman of the American Hand Therapy Foundation, and on the Board of Directors for the Hand Therapy Certification Commission.
He has also served as an Affiliate Board Member for the American Association for Hand Surgery.
Gary lectures frequently and and teaches continuing education courses throughout the United States.
Lisa Kozden, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, COMT is an occupational therapist with 25 years of experience in treating hand and upper extremity conditions. She graduated with a Master’s Degree in occupational therapy (MOT) in 2000 from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Lisa became certified as a hand therapist (CHT) in 2008 and as an orthopedic manual therapist (COMT) in 2014 by the International Academy of Orthopedic Medicine US (IAOM-US). She also owned and operated a part-time practice for 12 years in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In 2023, Lisa earned a PhD in occupational therapy from NSU. Over the last 10 years, she has been teaching full-time in the Occupational Therapy Department at The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The topic of her research involves the merging of a psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)-based program into upper extremity rehabilitation.
Eric D. Wang, MD is a UCI Health plastic surgeon with fellowship training in orthopaedic hand surgery. His clinical interests include complex wrist surgery, reconstructive microsurgery and nerve reconstruction.
He earned his medical degree at Stony Brook University's Renaissance School of Medicine in Stony Brook, N.Y. He completed a combined residency in general and plastic surgery at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in orthopaedic hand surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
Wang's research interests include nerve repair and regeneration, targeted muscle reinnervation, patient outcomes in hand surgery, quality improvement and resident education. He is the author or co-author of more than a dozen papers that have been published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery and other prestigious journals.
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