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1990's First patent for OT involving the development of a device to prevent accidental needle sticks of health care workers (NIH).
Nov. 90-Nov 91 CAPT Robert Mansell, 2nd CPO for the Therapy Category.
1980's -1990's Efforts to prevent athletic injuries by Native Americans, resulted in IHS therapists developing the Athletic Injury Prevention Programs.
1990's Inception of the Metabolic Exercise Testing Program at NIH
1990's Every staff member of the NIH PT department involved in collaborative research with presentation and publication outcomes.
Dec 1991-May 1993 CAPT Gene Diullo, 3rd CPO
June 1993-March 1994 CDR Dave Nestor, Acting CPO
1990's Focus of NIH Therapists broadened. Collaboration intensified with research Institutes in determining design and providing data collection and analysis associated with more than 20 protocols.
April 1994-March 1998 CAPT Michael Huylebroeck, 4th CPO
1994 Commission Corps Readiness Force (CCRF) was created by the Office of Surgeon General (OSG) to improve the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) ability to respond to national public health emergencies.
1994 CAPT Willis Trawick, PT, represents TPAC on the OSG Medical Readiness Coordination Board. TPAC endorsed the need for developing readiness of therapist volunteers and assuring therapist category participation in the PHS initiative.
1994 In an effort to improve quality of physical therapy services available to minority patients, the Indian Health Service and Thomas Jefferson University teamed up to bring continuing education to Native American Reservations throughout the country. Hand therapy, foot and ankle care, wound care and McKenzie spine evaluation and treatment courses were all provided at a reduced cost to USPHS therapists.
November 18, 1994 First TPAC video conference. Video conferencing was
established by the
TPAC as an effort to establish an improvement in networking and communication
with therapists who were unable to attend these meetings due to their geographic
location.
1995 Investigation began on specialty pay for therapists board certified by their professional organization.
1995 Inter-service quad meetings begin----Army, Navy, Air force, USPHS.
1995 Army Baylor program initiated. BOP therapists trained with the Army PT program.
1996 Therapy category has highest percentage (23%) of any category participating in CCRF
1997 CDR David Nestor and CAPT Michael Huylebroeck established a Therapy Category account with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. This foundation is a private, not-for-profit organization chartered by Congress in 1993 to support medical research and education throughout the military community.
1997 Specialty pay granted for non-physician categories including the Therapy Category.
1998 Therapist Category Fitness Initiative began.
April 1998-February 2003 CAPT Charlotte Richards, 5th CPO
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