Global Summit on Heart Congress and Surgery October 21-22, 2021 Chicago, USA

Rick Gach PT, DPT, CMPT, KTCC, CEAS is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with over twenty five years of experience. He was a professional athlete for twelve years and since his retirement he became a Physical Therapist. He is a certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist and he performs the ergonomic evaluations for Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. He also specializes in the treatment of patients with cardiovascular, cardiac surgical, and pulmonary diagnoses. He has presented in numerous city-wide, state, national and international conferences discussing movement, cardiac exercise, and therapy interventions for this patient population. He also has experience with project management and project implementation for large organizations and multiple United States Government Agencies. He has been published in several peer reviewed journals and he is currently working on three additional research topics which he is planning to publish within the next year.

cardiac rehabilitation orthopedics

Susan Triano ClinScD, CCC-SLP, FACHE has almost 30 years of healthcare experience and currently serves as the Director of Rehabilitation Services for Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. While clinically trained as a speech language pathologist, she has, from working with her multidisciplinary team, developed a passion for the importance of mobility in the acute care setting. Susan has championed this cause within her own organization and through trainings at facilities within the United States and Canada. Susan has presented at national and international conferences and published in several peer reviewed journals with a focus on mobility for patients after sternotomy. In addition, Susan provides education and training, across the country, for a pediatric outcome measurement tools and works as an adjunct faculty member at Nova Southeastern University, teaching classes within the field of speech language pathology.

Cardiology, Pathology, Rehabilitation