David Lorello

Associate Professor, PT, DPT, BT-C

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EDUCATION

• Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of Minnesota, 2005

ACADEMIC PROGRAM(S)

• Physical Therapy

COURSES TAUGHT

• Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy I and II
• Physiology of Health and Disease, Integumentary System
• Management of Patients with Multisystem Involvement
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS

Acute care, burn rehabilitation, wound management

 

• Burn rehabilitation
• burn education in physical therapy
  

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Memberships

• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), 2002-present
• Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management (ACEWM), 2003-present
• Academy of Acute Care, 2008-present
• Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy, 2013-present
• American Burn Association (ABA), 2007-present
• Rehabilitation Committee, Appointed 2012-2015; re-appointed 2024
• Practice Guidelines Committee, Appointed 2020
• Burn Therapist Certification Committee, Appointed 2019
• Membership Advisory Committee, Appointed 2015 - 2019
• OT/PT Special Interest Group (SIG), 2007-present, Chair OT/PT SIG, 2011-2014
• American Burn Association (ABA), 2007-present

• Practice Guidelines Committee, Appointed 2020
• Burn Therapist Certification Committee, Appointed 2019
• Membership Advisory Committee, Appointed 2015 - 2019
• OT/PT Special Interest Group (SIG), 2007-present
  • Chair OT/PT SIG, 2011-2014
• Rehabilitation Committee, Appointed 2012-2015

Conferences Attended

 

• 56th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Chicago, IL; April 2024 - Presenter
• Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA, February 2023 - Poster presenter
• 54th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 2022 - Presenter
• Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA, virtual conference February/March 2021
• Bridging the Acute Care Gap Simulation: Virtual Conference, Best Practice Strategies in Acute Care Physical Therapist Education November 2020
• Education Leadership Conference, virtual conference, October 2020
• 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Virtual Conference - Presenter
• 51st Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Las Vegas, NV; April 2019 - presenter
• 50th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Chicago, IL; April 2018 - Presenter
• 49th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Boston, MA; March 2017 - Presenter
• The Fourth International Medical Improv Train-the-Trainer Workshop. Chicago, IL; June 2016
• 48th Annual Meeting of the American Burn Association, Las Vegas, NV; May 2016 - Presenter

Service

Franklin Pierce University, Goodyear, AZ

• Graduate Faculty Affairs Committee – appointed 2019
• Chair 2021-2022
• Faculty Search Committee for the program in Physical Therapy – 2020
• Faculty Search Committee for the Arizona Master of Physician Assistant Studies program, 2020
• Curriculum Committee for the Program in Physical Therapy – appointed 2019
• Assessment Committee for the Program in Physical Therapy – appointed 2019

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Burn Therapist Certified (BT-C) – American Burn Association

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Murray D, Murtaugh B, Kowalske K, Warthman R, Lorello D, Kennedy J. (2023). Burn Rehabilitation: Collaboration Within the Recovery Continuum. In Carrougher GJ (Ed.), Burn Nursing: Injury Prevention to Rehabilitation and Aftercare (Chapter 14). American Burn Association.

Cartotto R, Johnson L, Rood JM, Lorello D, Matherly A, Parry I, Romanowski K, Wiechman S, Bettencourt A, Carson JS, Lam HT, Nedelec B. Clinical Practice Guideline: Early Mobilization and Rehabilitation of Critically Ill Burn Patients. J Burn Care Res. 2023 Jan 5;44(1):1-15. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irac008. PMID: 35639543.

Connie Greiser, OTR/L, David Lorello, PT, DPT, BT-C, Dan Lyons, DPT, PT, Karen J Richey, BSN, RN, Derek Murray, PT, MS, BT-C, Kevin N Foster, MD, MBA, FACS, 639 Maximizing Safe Positioning of Upper Extremities after Axillary Burn Injuries to Prevent Contractures and Maintain Function, Journal of Burn Care & Research, Volume 42, Issue Supplement_1, April 2021, Pages S175–S176, https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab032.289

Parry, I. S., Schneider, J. C., Yelvington, M., Sharp, P., Serghiou, M., Ryan, C. M., Richardson, E., Pontius, K., Niszczak, J., McMahon, M., MacDonald, L. E., Lorello, D., et al. (2020). Systematic Review and Expert Consensus on the Use of Orthoses (Splints and Casts) with Adults and Children after Burn Injury to Determine Practice Guidelines. Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association, 41(3), 503–534. https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irz150

Parry I, Forbes L, Lorello DJ, et al. Burn Rehabilitation Therapists Competency Tool – Version 2: An Expansion to Include Long Term Rehabilitation and Outpatient Care. J Burn Care Res. 2017 Jan/Feb; 38(1): e261-e268.

Nedelec B, Parry I, Acharya H, Benavides L, Bills S, Bucher JL, Cheal J, Chouinard A, Crump D, Duch S, Godleski M, Guenther J, Knox C, LaBonte E, Lorello D, Lucio JX, Macdonald LE, Kemp-Offenberg J, Osborne C, Pontius K, Yelvington M, de Oliveira A, Kloda LA. Practice Guidelines for Cardiovascular Fitness and Strengthening Exercise Prescription after Burn Injury. 2016 Nov/Dec; 37(6): e539-e558.

Nithman RW, Spiegel JJ, Lorello DJ. The Effect of High-Fidelity ICU Simulation on Physical Therapy Student Perceived Readiness for Clinical Education. JACPT.  2016 Jan; 7(1):16-24.