Nethra S. Ankam, MD

Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nethra Ankam, MD is an associate professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She is Wellness Thread Director for the medical school, is Director of Undergraduate Medical Education for the Department, and is co-Faculty Lead of the Jefferson Health Mentors Program (one of the largest mandatory interprofessional education programs in the country). She has been a staunch advocate for disability education at the medical school, and recently led a taskforce to examine the entire curriculum through the lens of disability.

Presentation(s):

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians as Disability Educators in Medical Schools: Rationale and Strategies for Success

  Friday, October 21, 2022
  3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

• 2 - Rationale for Disability Education and Rationale for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians as Disability Educators

  Friday, October 21, 2022
  3:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.