Cancer Survivorship 101, 2020: Current Exercise Guidelines for Cancer Survivors with Scott Capozza

Due to the quarantine, we had to cancel our annual in-person Cancer Survivorship 101 event that was planned for June, 2020. Instead, we created a series of video lectures presented here on our website and our KZbin page featuring the speakers that were to be highlighted at the event.
Scott Capozza, PT, MSPT has been the physical therapist for the Smilow Cancer Hospital Survivorship Clinic at Yale Cancer Center since its inception in 2006. In this setting, he works in unison with a dietitian, social worker and physician assistant to address the late and long-term side effects of cancer treatment. Through this collaborative team approach, common survivorship themes such as cancer-related fatigue and fear of recurrence are addressed. Scott and the survivorship team presented their clinic model at the 2020 American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Sections Meeting. Scott is also Yale New Haven Hospital’s first dedicated outpatient physical therapist in oncology rehabilitation. Scott is among the first class of board-certified clinical specialists in oncologic physical therapy in the country and also serves as a SACE II Item Writer for the oncology certification exam through the ABPTS. He currently is the Membership Chairperson for the American Physical Therapy Association’s Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy as well as the APTA CT Chapter’s Oncology SIG co-chairperson.
Survivor Journeys has been a non-profit organization since March, 2015. Its origins, began during the year-long medical quarantine Dr Jay Burton lived through after his stem cell transplant for Acute Myeloid Leukemia which ended in late October 2011. Dr Burton’s emotional and social support experiences prompted speaking engagements about cancer survivorship. The community interest generated from these talks, as well as the lack of emotional and support services for cancer survivors in our region, led to the creation of Survivor Journeys. Learn more at survivorourneys.org