Dr. Joel DeLisa PM&R Endowed Lectureship
March 20 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PDT
Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD presents Driving Progress in ALS Care and Research through Collaboration and Innovation
March 20, 2026
Noon – 1:00 p.m. PDT
Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center, Room 200 or Zoom
Speaker
Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School / Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School / Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. She is the Co-Director of the Neurological Research Institute at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Robert H. Brown, Jr., PhilD, MD Endowed Chair in Neurology. Her research focuses on clinical trials and therapy development for ALS. She is the Principal Investigator of several ALS clinical trials and has pioneered novel trial designs and partnership models to innovate the way investigational products are tested in ALS. She is the co-PI of the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial and is leading multi-center expanded access programs. She is working with other Harvard researchers on developing new assistive technology and care models for people with ALS and other forms of Motor Neuron Disease. Her research has been funded by the NIH, non-profits, and industry; she published more than 170 peer-reviewed manuscripts and received several awards for her work including the 2021 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
This lectureship is in partner with Providence St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Medical Center.
Please RSVP by March 12.
The Washington State University (WSU) Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The lectureship was established in 2024 when WSU alumni Joel DeLisa, MD, and Janet Hopper DeLisa established the Dr. Joel DeLisa Endowed Lectureship and Continuing Education Fund in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The aim of the fund is to advance knowledge in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation for students, residents, and practitioners in Spokane and beyond. The fund will be used to host annual lectureship series.
Dr. and Mrs. DeLisa are both 1964 WSU graduates. Dr. DeLisa went on to become the founding director of Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Center and authored the internationally recognized textbook DeLisa’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, now in its sixth edition.