• This website is the portal to information and resources that will:
  • support members in their professional development and career advancement;
  • provide consumers with necessary information regarding physical therapy for conditionsrelated to, or resulting from, heart, lung or vascular disease;
  • promote the American Physical Therapy Association’s achievement of Vision 2020.

Please use this site often and watch for new additions and changes as we continue to enhance its features.

Ethel Frese, P.T., D.P.T., M.H.S., C.C.S.
President

• Nominations are being accepted for ABPTS and Specialty Council and are due March 31 Mar-08-2010


• Nominations are being accepted for ABPTS and Specialty Council and are due March 31   ...more information


• Friend of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section Award-Dr. Andrew Ries
  Section Merit Award-Dan Malone, PT, MPT, PhD, CCS
  Section Mentor Award-Donna Frownfelter PT, DPT, MA, CCS, RRT, FCCPAPTA
  2011 Linda Crane Memorial Lecture Award Winner- Venita Lovelace-Chandler, PT, PhD, PCS; Texas Woman's University
  Mar-06-2010



• The Friend of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section Award is a new award to recognize an individual/group/organization who has made outstanding and enduring contributions to the practice of cardiovascular or pulmonary rehabilitation and has been an advocate of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section and/or the profession of physical therapy.

  Our first recipient graduated from Yale Medical School and he is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Medicine at the University of California in San Diego.

  He has been described as a true friend to the physical therapy profession.  He has promoted the field of physical therapy as part of pulmonary rehabilitation to his colleagues in pulmonary medicine.  When the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) and the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) revised their guidelines our awardee recommended having the APTA and the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section review these guidelines and make changes based on their input.

  Our recipient personally contacted the President of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to recommend a liaison between the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section and the ATS.  He has been a speaker at CSM and has promoted physical therapy’s involvement in pulmonary rehabilitation to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid, the ATS, ACCP, and AACVPR.  He is also a consultant on the current task force to develop oxygen guidelines for physical therapist practice.

  Many of our members view our recipient as the “Father of Pulmonary Rehabilitation”.

  Our Section is grateful for his support of our specialty and our profession.  It is with great pleasure that we recognize Dr. Andrew Ries as the first recipient of the Friend of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section Award.

   

    


• PT-PAC Contribution Challenge at CSM: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section Finished 2nd! Mar-05-2010


• Sections Support PT-PAC at CSM
  PT-PAC's annual CSM section competition was very competitive this year. The section that had the highest PT-PAC percentage increase in participation at CSM was the winner. The winner is: Oncology (15.6%); Cardiovascular and Pulmonary (15.2%); Hand Rehabilitation (15.1%); Acute Care (11.3%); Clinical Electro. & Wound Management (10.4%); Federal Physical Therapy (10.3%); Geriatrics (9.8%); Home Health (8.9%); Health Policy & Administration (8.3%); Pediatrics (8.3%); Aquatic Physical Therapy (8.9%); Women's Health (6.4%); Education (5.7%); Neurology (5.4%); Research (4.9%); Private Practice (3.7%); Orthopedics (3.1%); Sports Physical Therapy (2.0%). The overall increase amongst all sections was 5.8%. Thank you to all the Section Presidents and Executives who made this possible.  


• 3-Part Audio Conference Series: Don't Miss These! Jan-14-2010



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  The Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section is hosting a 3-part audio conference series on obesity. Those interested can register for 1, 2 or all 3 of the conferences. The titles and dates are listed below. 

     Full Details & Registration

  Session I: "Childhood Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Prevention Programming"
  Tuesday, March 9, 2010
  by Jim Farris, PT, PhD, Author/Speaker
  
  Session II: "How Physical Therapists Address Obesity in Clinical Practice"
  Tuesday, March 23, 2010
  by Ira Gorman, PT, MSPH and
  Susan Scherer, PT, PhD
  
  Session III: "Physical Therapy for the Client Pre- and Post-Operative Following Bariatric Surgery"
  Tuesday, April 6, 2010
  by Tamara L. Burlis, PT, DPT, CCS
  

    Full Details & Registration
  

     ...more information


• Proposed Bylaw Changes Now Available Dec-17-2009


• Please take the time to review the Section's important proposed bylway changes. Download at the link below:   ...more information


• First Credentialed Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Residency Program Dec-01-2009


• Congratulations to Duke University Health System in Durham, North Carolina! Duke University Health System has become the first credentialed Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Residency Program effective November 30, 2009. Duke will be recognized at the opening ceremonies at Combined Sections Meeting in San Diego.