Northern District! So much to be excited about…
First, we are thrilled about the new VPTA committee restructuring! Welcome Michele Wiley to the Membership Committee and we’re thankful for Maria Kuran for stepping up and helping the Nominating Committee. Additionally, thanks to all of the Northern District members who attended and participated in the Retreat at Virginia Crossing in April.
We had a terrific meeting on March 16, 2010 hosted generously by Northern Virginia Community College Medical Campus in Springfield, VA. Dr. Derek Ochiai, Associate Master Instructor of Hip Arthroscopy spoke on the Treatment of the Hip’s Acetabular Labrum. The 40 people in attendance including PT/PTA students, clinicians, faculty members, and students to be gave the meeting great reviews. Our next meeting is May 5, 2010 at Marymount University (MU). There will be poster presentations in the hall by MU students prior to the meeting. As a teaser, one of our speakers is Rebecca Schumer, SPT speaking on Lisfranc Injury. She presented at CSM this year. We will also be talking about many other interesting topics such as this year’s RCs. We look forward to seeing you there!
Northern Virginians attended Legislative Day in full force bringing students, PTAs, and PTs to storm Richmond. We gave special thanks to Sydney Sawyer and ALL 13 of the NVCC students including but not limited to Eddy, Henna, Ryan, Rocio, Sheena, Yvonne, Simone, Wilma, Deirdre, Anne, Marina, Paris, and Angela who attended. In total, Northern Virginia had over 20 PTs, PTAs, and students in attendance. You were truly an integral part of getting Term Protection through the legislature.
We are getting excited about 2010's VPTA Annual Conference October 15-17 in HERNDON, VA. We’ve been planning and spreading the good news about the conference and the 18-hole golf tournament on October 14 at Pleasant Valley Golf Course touting a 4 man captain's choice with shotgun. Please contact Secili DeStefano if you are interested in attending or volunteering.
Hip hip hurray to Sydney Sawyer and Diana Venskus who lead a Northern District collection for supplies for Haiti. MU PT students collected used/new orthopedic supplies to send to Haiti for support relief efforts. Hanger prosthetics shipped materials (http://www.hanger.com/Pages/HaitiRelief.aspx;).
Northern District also began a process of Strategic Planning that should be completed by our summer meeting on July 11, 2010 including plans for the next 1-5 years. So far we examined the survey that VPTA did including 350 members/respondents, applied it to Northern, presented it to the members in attendance at the meeting, received membership feedback, and are in process of implementing member ideas for how to proceed in the coming years.
Thanks Northern PTs, PTAs, and students for supporting community activities and walks such as the Arthritis Walks in Loudoun County May 16, 2010 and a memorial walk for a Northern VPTA therapist on April 18, 2010. For more information visit http://www.potomacriverrunning.com/ http://www.active.com/running/burke-va/rockstar-run-8k-and-1-mile-fun-runwalk-2010 and
Respectfully submitted by Secili DeStefano, PT, DPT, OCS
