Polio Place

From 2004 until 2012, PHI hosted a regular series of conference calls with post-polio clinic directors.  The calls were chaired by William DeMayo, MD, Medical Director, Conemaugh Health System, Johnstown, Pennsylvania and funded by John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute.

Voiding Problems 
Lise Kay, MD, Urologist and Surgeon
The Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims
November 15, 2011

Experience with Younger Patients in a Post-Polio Clinic: A Case Series and A Brief History of Post-Polio Syndrome in the United States
Judith A. Glaser, DO, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
March 15, 2011

Consequences of Falls in Polio Survivors
Alice Bickerstaff, MD, and Frans Nollet, MD, PhD
Dept of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands
February 15, 2011

Functioning and Ageing with late-onset sequelae of poliomyelitis
Frans Nollet, MD, PhD
Chair, Dept of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 18, 2010 

Post-Polio Syndrome: A Perspective from Three Countries
Carol Vandenakker, MD
University of California – Davis Medical Center
April 20, 2010

The Late Effects of Polio – Current Research in Post-Polio Syndrome
Susan L. Perlman, MD, Clinical Professor of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
November 17, 2009

Immunological Biomarkers and Intervention with Immunoglobulin in the Post-Polio Syndrome
Kristian Borg, MD, PhD
Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Medicine
Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet and Danderyd Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
February 17, 2009

Dynamic Bracing and Post Polio: A Case Study
David B. Guy, PT, MS
Scottsdale, AZ
January 20, 2009

What's New in PPS?
Mary-ann Liethof, Polio Community Officer
Polio Network–Paraquad Victoria
Australia
November 18, 2008

Effective Intervention Strategies for Management of Impaired Posture and Fatigue with Post-Polio Syndrome: A Case Report
Holly H. Wise, PT, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
Tuesday, October 20, 2008

Regulatory T Cells as a Biomarker of Post-Polio Syndrome
Rahnuma Wahid, PhD
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
June 17, 2008

BioElectric Stimulation in Postpolio: Preliminary Perspectives
Henk Snyman, MD
Founder and CEO of Kingfisher Healthcare
Belgium
May 20, 2008

Defining the Indefinable – What is this PPS!
Graham Ball
Chief Executive of British Polio Fellowship
April 15, 2008

Post-Polio Syndrome Pain Study for the Post-Polio Health International Medical Advisory Committee
Diane Zelman, PhD and Rhoda Olkin, PhD
California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant International University
September 18, 2007

Rehabilitation Following Shoulder Surgery of a Patient with Post-Polio Syndrome
Tana Hadlock, MA, OTR
University of Texas, Pan American
Mary Carlson, PT, PhD
University of Texas at El Paso
June 19, 2007

Introduction to Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM)
Joseph Bleiberg, PhD
Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience,
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
March 20, 2007

Case Studies
William DeMayo, MD
Medical Director, Conemaugh Health System
John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
September 19, 2006

Polio: A Model for Overuse and Aging
Mary Ann Keenan, MD, Chief, Neuro-Orthopaedics Program
University of Pennsylvania
April 18, 2006

Intravenous Gammaglobulin for PPS and Epidemiological Analysis of Household Survey Data
Lauro Halstead, MD
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
January 17, 2006

Sleep Hygiene
William DeMayo, MD,
Medical Director, Conemaugh Health System
John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
October 18, 2005 

The Role of a Behavioral Health Practitioner in a Post-Polio Clinic
Jason E. Cook, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist and Behavioral Health Specialist
John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
August 16, 2005

Osteoporosis
Sharon Plank, MD
Medical Director, Highmark Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program
Associate Investigator, Osteoporosis Research
July 19, 2005

Living with Polio
Daniel J. Wilson, Professor of History
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, Pennsylvania,
Author of Living with Polio
May 17, 2005

Post-Polio Syndrome and Anesthesia
Selma H. Calmes, MD
Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Sylmar, California
February 15, 2005

New Technologies in Lower Extremity Bracing
Marny Eulberg, MD
St. Anthony's Family Medical Center West
Denver, Colorado
January 18, 2005

Health and Wellness Promotion for Post-Polio Survivors
Frederick Maynard, MD
Marquette, Michigan
November 16, 2004

Pain Associated with Poliomyelitis
Carlos Vallbona, MD
The Institute for Research and Rehabilitation (TIRR)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
September 21, 2004

Use of Statin Drugs in the Post-Polio Population
Carol Vandenakker, MD
University of California – Davis Medical Center
August 17, 2004

Exercise in Post-Polio Syndrome
William DeMayo, MD,
Medical Director, Conemaugh Health System
John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
July 20, 2004