Ep. 05 - The Inner Workings of a Multidisciplinary Oncology Clinic - Frannie Westlake, PT, DPT, NCS

TheOncoPT Podcast

English - December 19, 2018 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 04 - An Interview with the brains behind the LLIS - Jan Weiss, PT, DHS, CLT-LANA

Next Episode: Ep. 06 - The Big Three of Cancer Treatments

Frannie Westlake, PT, DPT, NCS is my guest today to talk about her work in a HUGE multidisciplinary oncology clinic in the Denver area. We cover her journey from a neuro resident at Pittsburgh all the way to now as a cancer rehabilitation specialist & talk about how Oncology Rehab has grown into the oncology powerhouse it is today. Want to more about Oncology Rehab? Email Frannie at [email protected]. She'll even be at CSM 2019 in DC, so be sure to catch up with her there!

1:53 From NCS to OncoPT
4:58 Oncology Rehab's growth into a one-stop cancer care shop
9:25 How Oncology Rehab combats overutilization
12:44 Prehab programs at Oncology Rehab
16:13 PORI
20:24 What's on the horizon for Oncology Rehab & Frannie
21:58 Advice from Frannie for new & aspiring OncoPTs

Here's the links I've discussed in today's episode:
www.oncologyrehab.info - PORI courses

Westlake F, Sifontes V. Collaboration in an oncology rehabilitation Clinic. Rehabilitation Oncology. 2018;36(3): E9-E10. doi:10.1097/01.REO.0000000000000130