2025-07-30 Rehabbing the Patient Hospitalized for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: An Interdisciplinary Team Sport

Galen Schram, PT, DPT received his Doctor of Physical Therapy from Columbia University. He is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Oncologic Physical Therapy and a faculty member of the Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency Program at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Health. He has nine years of experience working in the hospital setting, and his clinical areas of interest include hematology/oncology and solid organ transplant. He received his Certificate of Professional Achievement in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University and has published narrative pieces in The Bellevue Literary Review and Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine. Speaking Experience: keynote speaker at Columbia University's DPT program white coat ceremony (2021), APTA Combined Sections Meeting programming presenter in San Diego, California (2022) and Houston, Texas (2025), 3rd Annual NYU Oncology Rehabilitation Summit on the topic of exercise and HSCT in acute care (2023)

Emma Kiernan, MS, OTR/L received her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Scranton. She is a faculty member of the Occupational Therapy Program at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Health. She has 1.5 years of experience in the acute care setting, with clinical interests in neurology and hematology/oncology. She currently leads the occupational therapy education groups for the oncology population in acute care.