PHI Lecture - Exercise Guidelines for Polio Survivors

Part of the 2023 PHI Educational Series
July 18, 2023
Presenter:
Carol Vandenakker Albanese
Dr. Vandenakker Albanese is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine. She established and maintained a Post-Polio clinic at the University of Miami beginning in 1994 and has continued her work with polio survivors at UC Davis since 2001. Her research and publications have focused on exercise, post-polio syndrome and aging with a disability. She has served as medical advisor to several polio support groups. She joined the Medical Advisory Board of Post-Polio Health International in 2012 and was appointed to its Board of Directors in 2015.
Dr. Vandenakker serves on committees for the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Association of Academic Physiatrists, the American Board of PM&R and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.