MossRehab Medcast: Comprehensive Management of the Adult Patient with Spina Bifida

Michael Saulino, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Director of MossRehab Intrathecal Therapy Services discusses a check list approach to addressing medical complications often faced by adult patients with spina bifida.

Biography: Michael Saulino, M.D., Ph.D., is board-certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury medicine and pain management. His areas of interest include: spasticity rehabilitation, pain management, intrathecal therapy, stroke rehabilitation, spinal cord injury and spina bifida. Committed to medical education and training, Dr. Saulino is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College. He is also an adjunct professor of occupational therapy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Temple University School of Medicine. Read more.

Details: In this slide presentation, Dr. Saulino discusses a check list approach to addressing medical complications - neurologic, immobilization, bowel, bladder, lung, extremities, skin and others - often faced by adult patients with spina bifida.

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