{"id":140038,"date":"2025-01-31T12:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140038"},"modified":"2025-01-31T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T17:08:48","slug":"good-shepherd-rehabilitation-to-host-3rd-annual-disrupt-health-care-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140038","title":{"rendered":"Good Shepherd Rehabilitation To Host 3rd Annual DISRUPT Health-Care Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Good Shepherd Rehabilitation has opened registration for the third annual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/disrupt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DISRUPT: Health-Care Innovation Summit<\/a>, a one-day conference designed to inspire an innovation mindset with thought-provoking presentations, continuing education and networking.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, 2025, at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, this summit unites a diverse community of 200-plus health-care professionals, thought leaders, academics, students and industry experts who are motivated to challenge the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>DISRUPT is hosted exclusively by\u00a0Good Shepherd Rehabilitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith DISRUPT, our mission is to lead a wave of innovation in health care by bringing together a diverse community of passionate changemakers committed to rethinking health and improving outcomes \u2014 especially for those living with disabilities or chronic conditions,\u201d said Emily Lyter, PT, DPT, administrative director of Good Shepherd\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/innovation\/good-shepherd-learns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learns<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/innovation\/good-shepherd-creates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers from around the country will share expertise and insight into a variety of topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cCrafting States of Being: Pediatric Makerspaces, Celebrating Neurodiversity and Fostering Gratitude\u201d with\u00a0<strong>Gokul Krishnan, PhD<\/strong>, inclusive knowledge lead at Google (Keynote)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRevolutionizing Medicine with Brain-Computer Interface and Neural Bypass Technologies\u201d with\u00a0<strong>Chad Bouton<\/strong>, vice president of advanced engineering and technology at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and founder and CEO of Neuvotion, Inc. (Keynote)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Digital Health Revolution: Transforming Care Today and Tomorrow\u201d with\u00a0<strong>Anang Chokshi<\/strong>, a digital health-care expert and entrepreneur<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Payer\u2019s Role in Supporting Health-care Innovation\u201d with\u00a0<strong>Jeremy B. Wigginton, MD, MBA, FAAFP<\/strong>, chief medical officer at Capital Blue Cross<\/li>\n<li>\u201cInnovating with Purpose: How to Define a Problem and Garner End-User Insights\u201d with\u00a0<strong>Marion Leary<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>PhD, MPH, RN,<\/strong>\u00a0director of innovation at Penn Nursing<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Role of Wearable Robotics in Rehabilitation: Merging Engineering Innovation and Clinical Insights\u201d with\u00a0<strong>Dabin Choe<\/strong>, a PhD student at Harvard Biodesign Lab<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus, the conference will feature a poster session and vendor fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t your typical conference,\u201d Lyter said. \u201cDISRUPT is a high-energy experience designed to inspire action. Roll up your sleeves alongside today\u2019s most innovative health-care pioneers. Expand your network across industries, exchange transformative ideas and gain practical skills you can put to work immediately. Whether you\u2019re a clinician, researcher, technologist or advocate, this is your chance to shape the future of health care. Don\u2019t just attend\u2014be part of the disruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cost to attend is $125; Good Shepherd Rehabilitation and GSPP Rehabilitation employees are free.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/disrupt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conference webpage<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/goodshepherdrehab.org\/disrupt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goodshepherdrehab.org\/disrupt<\/a>) for more information, including how to register, agenda, sponsorship opportunities and speaker bios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Good Shepherd Rehabilitation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodshepherdrehab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Shepherd Rehabilitation<\/a>, an independent, not-for-profit rehabilitation network with 1,300 employees and nearly 30 locations in eight counties of eastern Pennsylvania, is committed to transforming the lives of people of all ages and abilities through curiosity, creativity, expertise and innovation. Headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation specializes in treatment of spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, major multi-trauma, pulmonary disease, respiratory failure, musculoskeletal\/orthopedics and complex pediatric conditions. Good Shepherd Rehabilitation also partners with Penn Medicine to provide rehabilitation and specialty services at more than 30 locations in Philadelphia and New Jersey through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennrehab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GSPP Rehabiltation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Walbert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014\u00a0Good Shepherd Rehabilitation has opened registration for the third annual\u00a0DISRUPT: Health-Care Innovation Summit, a one-day conference designed to inspire an innovation mindset with thought-provoking presentations, continuing education and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140038\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good Shepherd Rehabilitation To Host 3rd Annual DISRUPT Health-Care Conference<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/disrupt.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/140039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}