2024 ACHE of Western PA Annual Event and Chapter Celebration

Join ACHE of Western PA for our Annual Event and Celebration from 5:00-8:00pm on Thursday, December 5 at PNC Park - Wigle Whiskey Club (Club 3000), Mazeroski Way Side Entrance.

The event will kick off with cocktails (two drink tickets provided) and appetizers followed by Chapter updates and accomplishments from our local Chapter leaders. We are proud to recognize local members who were recipients of ACHE awards during 2024.

We are pleased to present an amazing Keynote Session:

Presented by Rory Cooper, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Distinguished Professor, FISA/Paralyzed Veterans of America, SHRS; Founding Director of HERL; Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research for STEM-Health Sciences Collaborations

Accommodating People with Disabilities in Health Care: A Fireside Chat

About Rory Cooper:

Rory A. Cooper is the founding director and VA senior research career scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a VA Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh. Cooper has authored or co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed journal publications. He has 30 patents awarded or pending. He is the author of two books: "Rehabilitation Engineering Applied to Mobility and Manipulation” and “Wheelchair Selection and Configuration”, and co-editor of “An Introduction to Rehabilitation Engineering”, “Warrior Transition Leader: Medical Rehabilitation Handbook” and the award winning book “Care of the Combat Amputee”. Cooper is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, as well as RESNA, IEEE, AIMBE and BMES. In October 2023, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Biden and he was inducted into the 50th class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

This event is FREE for all ACHE members and students. $10 for non-members and guests.

We hope to see you there!!

Host or Publisher ACHE of Western PA