board certified oncologic clinical specialist

Ep. 154 – From survivor to specialist: one PT’s journey

I spoke with Dr. Abby Hegerfeld, PT, DPT about her journey from cancer survivor to oncology physical therapy. During her battle with cancer, she describes some of the effects of the treatment and what she learned. Following her treatment, she decided to sit for the Oncology Specialist Certification Exam. Her experience as a patient helped …

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Ep. 140 – How sharing your knowledge actually helps you

Continuing ed is great & all, but it’s worthless unless you actually do something with what you know. The real value of learning is applying it & sharing it with your colleagues & patients. Amanda Curry, PT, DPT, Board Certified Oncologic Clinical Specialist, is taking what she learned over the last year of preparing for …

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Ep. 138 – What to know about oncology residencies if you aren’t pursuing one – Dr. Chris Wilson, PT

Last week, we heard from Dr. Andrew Chongaway, PT, Board Certified Oncologic Clinical Specialist about his experience completing an oncology residency. And it was awesome! In this week’s episode, I interviewed Dr. Chris Wilson, PT, Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist, who is the director of the Beaumont oncology residency program director. So we get the …

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Ep. 137 – How to thrive in an oncology PT residency – Dr. Andrew Chongaway, PT

Physical therapy residencies are becoming more popular, but what are they actually? Right before graduation, we were told that residencies were the future of PT, so we should hurry up & do one. But we only heard about neuro & ortho residencies…I didn’t even know oncology had some until several years later! Andrew Chongaway is …

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