2010 Confirmed Speakers
- Karl Schlenker, Vice President, Minnesota Thermal Science
- VADM Adam Robinson, USN, MC, U.S. Navy Surgeon General & Chief, U.S. Navy BUMED,
- COL Barbara Springer, USA, PT, PhD, OCS, SCS, Director, Proponency Office for Rehabilitation & Reintegration, Office of the Army Surgeon General
- MAJ Kevin Chung, MD, USA, ISR/BAMC
- CDR Jack Tsao, MC, USN, Ass. Prof., USU, WRMC
- COL Geoffrey Ling, USA, MD, PhD, Program Manager, DSO, DARPA
- MAJ William Evans, Director, USA, CO MEDOP 66F, Director of EMS, Irvington, VA
- CAPT Shelia C. Robertson, CHC, USN, Chaplain of Navy Medicine (M00G), Special Assistant for Pastoral Care
- CAPT Jessie R. Tate, USN, Chaplain, Navy Region East & Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA
- Dr. Elmer C. Maggard, Ph.D. (CIV), Clinical Psychologist, Deployment Health Center, Navy Medical Center Portsmouth
- RADM (Sel) Mike Mittelman, USN, Command Surgeon, US Joint Forces Command
- Col John Mitchell, MD, USAF, Commander, Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute (DMRTI)
- COL George F. Nussbaum, PhD, AN, Deputy Director Clinical and Research Support Services National Intrepid Center of Excellence
- LCDR Pamela Herbig, NC, USN, Asst. Professor and Deputy Program Director Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, Graduate School of Nursing at Uniformed University Services.
- CAPT Jennifer Town, Captain, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired) Director, Comprehensive Combat and Complex Casualty Care (C5), Program Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA
- Dr. George Muschler, Director, Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) and Cleveland Clinic Orthopedic Surgeon
- COL Harry P Marshall Jr, MD FACS, Deputy Commander, District of Columbia National Guard – Medical Detachment
- COL (ret) Don Johnson, USAFR, PhD, Director of Research, US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing, Ft. Sam Houston
- COL Michael S. Jaffee, USAF, FS National Director, DVBIC
- CAPT Kathy Goldberg, USN, Director of Physical Therapy, Naval Medical Center, San Diego
- Ms. Beth Sump, Executive Director, Clinical Tissue Engineering Center/ Chief Commercialization Officer, AFIRM
- CPT, Karen H Lambert, MPT, NCS, Physical Therapy Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Officer In Charge of the Traumatic Brain Injury Program
- Dr. Robin Pinto, Au.D. Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Army Externship Program, Staff Audiologist / Director of Training
- Dr. David A. Twillie, MD, Warrior Resiliency and Recovery Center (WRRC), Director of Research & Program Development
- Dr. Holly L. Burrows, Au.D., Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Senior Staff Audiologist
- Mr. Tom Manney, Senior Mechanical Engineer and former USMC Reconnaissance Team Leader, SKYDEX
Dr. Holly L. Burrows, Au.D.
Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Senior Staff Audiologist
Holly L. Burrows, Au.D. is a senior staff audiologist at the Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Dr. Burrows has been practicing clinical audiology with an emphasis in balance assessment and treatment for 12 years. She has participated in and helped develop several multi-disciplinary teams at Walter Reed to accurately evaluate and diagnose patients with dizziness and balance disorders. She has also co-developed several workshops which provide local audiologists and students with didactic as well as experiential exposure to the diagnosis and treatment of balance disorders. Her activities over the past 7 years have heavily focused on the assessment and rehabilitation of vestibular problems in the blast and TBI populations and clinical research endeavors related to assessment.
CPT, Karen H Lambert
MPT, NCS, Physical Therapy Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Officer In Charge of the Traumatic Brain Injury Program
CPT Karen H Lambert, MPT, NCS is the Officer In Charge of the Traumatic Brain Injury Program for the Physical Therapy Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. CPT Lambert has been practicing physical therapy for 10 years with an emphasis on neuromuscular function and dysfunction, most specifically in traumatic brain injury. She developed a unique section within the physical therapy service to address the needs of Service members diagnosed with traumatic brain injury to include assessment and rehabilitation of visual, vestibular and neuromuscular disorders. She has worked closely with audiology, optometry, and occupational therapy to develop several multi-disciplinary teams improve care after brain injury. Her research interests are specific to the diagnosis and treatment of balance and dizziness attributed to blast injury in the Service member.
Dr. Robin Pinto
Au.D. Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Army Externship Program
Staff Audiologist / Director of Training
Robin Pinto, Au.D. is a staff audiologist at the Army Audiology and Speech Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. and the Director of Training for the Army Externship Program. Dr. Pinto has been practicing clinical audiology with an emphasis in balance assessment and treatment for 9 years. She has participated in and helped develop several multi-disciplinary teams at Walter Reed to accurately evaluate and diagnose patients with dizziness and balance disorders. Her activities over the past 5 years have heavily focused on the assessment and rehabilitation of vestibular problems in the blast and TBI populations and clinical research endeavors related to assessment. She has also co-developed several workshops which provide local audiologists and students with didactic as well as experiential exposure to the diagnosis and treatment of balance disorders.