PM&R Faculty and Residents Present at AAPM&R 2025 in Salt Lake City

The UF Department of PM&R Residents and faculty were active at the Annual Assembly for AAPM&R in Salt Lake City October 22-25^th.

Multiple clinical and research faculty as well as residents and one medical student presented research and case-based topics.

Poster authors included:

Abenezer B Amare

Chief Resident, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident

Tobin T Chakkala DO

Clinical Assistant Professor

Ravi Ibrado

PGY 3 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident

Daniel Kiehl

PGY4 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Co-Chief Resident

Matthew Jake Martenson MPH, PhD

Clinical Research Coord III

Ryan M Nixon PhD

Assistant Scientist

Sharareh Sharififar PhD, PT

Assistant Scientist

Cole H Verble

PGY4 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Resident

Yevgeny Zadov D.O.

Medical Director , UF Rehab Hospital

Jason Zaremski M.D.

Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Chief Of Sports Medicine Division, Clinical Professor

Parisa A Zarreii M.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Poster Presentations

Immediate Effects of Backward Incline Walking on Gait in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Feasibility Study

Authors: Sharareh Sharififar, Parisa Rashidi, Anna Khanna, Paula Ackerman, Reese Zarreii, Matthew Martenson, Ryan Nixon, Cynthia Garvan

Admission Self-Care and Mobility Scores Predict Length of Stay and Discharge Outcomes in Stroke Rehabilitation

Authors: Sharareh Sharififar, Yevgeny Zadov, Heather Vincent, Parisa Rashidi

Hypomagnesemia is Associated with Prolonged Length of Stay in Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation after Stroke

Authors: Tobin Chakkala, Sharareh Sharififar, Yevgeny Zadov, Heather Vincent

Method of Therapy Delivery in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting Affects Functional Change Outcomes in Stroke

Authors: Natalia Gonzalez, Charleigh Baab, Sharareh Sharififar, Heather Vincent

Obesity and Depression Impact on Key Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcomes Among Patients with Stroke: A Single Institution Experience

Authors: Charleigh Baab, Yevgeny Zadov, Reese Zarreii, Natalia Gonzalez, Sharareh Sharififar, Heather Vincent

A Rare Risk Comes True Following Corticosteroid Injection of Plantar Fascia: A Case Report of Calcaneal Fat Pad Atrophy

Authors: Jonah Maggard, Kyle Coffey, Daniel Kiehl, Antony Merendino, Jason Zaremski

Real Injuries on the Virtual Frontier: Seven-Year Injury Trends in Virtual Reality

Authors: Daniel Kiehl, Rosalynn Conic, David Drozda, Heather Vincent

Comparative Biomechanical Strategies of Running Gait among Healthy and Recently Injured Pediatric and Adult Runners

Authors: Cole Verble, Ryan Nixon, Kevin Vincent, Heather Vincent