Katherine Bentley, MD; Kate Vieni, PT, DPT; and Kate Hottinger, PhD

Monday, June 23^rd, 2025   12-1 pm EDT, 11 am-12 pm CDT, 10-11 am MDT, 9-10 am PDT

Presenter Bios:

Katherine Bentley, MD

Dr. Bentley is a pediatric physiatrist at Children’s Specialized Hospital. She is the section chief of physiatry, past president of the medical staff, director of the chronic pain program, director of the continuing medical education department and assistant director of the pediatric rehabilitation medicine fellowship.

Dr. Bentley is an associate professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Bentley graduated from The Lawrenceville School in 1998 and Middlebury College in 2003.  In college, she became an adaptive skiing instructor which sparked her interest in rehabilitation medicine. Dr. Bentley graduated from New Jersey Medical School in 2007 and completed an internship at Morristown Medical Center and completed both a residency in rehabilitation medicine and fellowship in pediatric rehabilitation medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.  She is also a member of the Women’s Leadership Alliance at RWJBarnabas Health.

Kate Vieni, PT, DPT 

Kate Vieni is a pediatric physical therapist at Children’s Specialized Hospital. She works as the supervisor of the Inpatient Physical Therapy Department and is the program lead for physical therapy within the Chronic Pain Management Program. Kate graduated from Ithaca College with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2006. She received her Therapeutic Pain Specialist Certification in 2022 and her Fellowship of Pain Sciences in 2024 through Evidence of Motion.

Kate Hottinger, PhD

Kate Hottinger is a licensed pediatric psychologist and works as the inpatient therapy supervisor for the psychology department at Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. She obtained her graduate training from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. She completed fellowship training in Pediatric Pain Medicine and internship training in Child Clinical Psychology at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.

Objectives

• Define amplified pain syndromes and identify key characteristics specific to pediatric populations.
• Describe the foundational principles and considerations of rehabilitative treatment approaches for amplified pain.
• Review core concepts of pain neuroscience education to support treatment of patients with amplified pain syndromes.

Audience: This webinar is intended for all interested members of the rehabilitation team.

Level: Beginner-Intermediate

Certificate of Attendance: Certificates of attendance are available for all attendees. No CEs are provided for this course.

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