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Grant Bitzer

Instructor, Medical Center in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
Box 104002, DUMC, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Presentations & Appearances


EdD Immersion · June 2025 Keynote/Named Lecture Baylor EdD

As an alumni of the EdD program, I was an invted keynote speaker for first year EdD students

Exploring the experiential learning of patient Education for doctor of physical therapy students at an academic medical center: A qualitative single case study. - Dissertation Defense · November 2024 Other Baylor EdD
What are they thinking?: Clinical Reasoning in Clinical Education - Clinical Education Symposium · October 2024 Keynote/Named Lecture Duke Health, Durham, NC
What are they thinking?! Facilitating Clinical Reasoning in Students · April 2024 Keynote/Named Lecture Cone Health Hospital, Greensboro, NC
Gross Motor Development · February 2024 Invited Talk University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Chapel Hill
Educating students on the post-COVID or COVID-recovered patient - APTA Bridge the Gap: Acute Care Clinical Education Conference · May 2022 Other APTA, Madison, WI

Poster Presentation

PT Advocates Assembly - NC Student Conclave · March 2022 Invited Talk Campbell University
More harm than good? When safety measures create bigger problems - APTA NC Annual Conference · October 2021 International Meeting or Conference APTA NC
Adapting physical therapy management of patients with covid-19 in the acute care setting - NC Student Conclave · March 2021 International Meeting or Conference APTA NC, virtual
Access to physical therapy in Chicago's Austin community - APTA, Combined Sections Meeting · February 2016 National Scientific Meeting APTA, Anaheim, CA

Platform Presentation

Service to the Profession


Clinical Instructor/Educator/Volunteer - UNC DPT Service Learning Trip · September 2017 - September 2018 Other Guatemala

provide care to medically underserved populations. Activities include clinical rehabilitation, screenings for disabilities, and local health fairs. Also provide clinical instruction to DPT students.

Volunteer - UNC Helping Kids with Hemiplegia · June 2017 - July 2025 Other

Assist with setup and breakdown of camp

Service to Duke


Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 1 · September 2025 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2025 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 1 · September 2024 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2024 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2023 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 1 · September 2022 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Facilitator . IPEC FLIP Workshop 2 · February 2022 Event/Organization Administration IPEC Center
Coordinator . DUH PT Journal Club · January 2020 - December 2023 Event/Organization Administration

Organized monthly PT journal club at DUH

Academic & Administrative Activities


Learning Lab at Duke Rehab (LLaDR), Subcommittee Chair

Duke University Hospital

2024-Present

Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency, Creator, Co-Coordinator, and Consultant

Duke University Hospital

2022-Present

FLIP Facilitator

IPEC, Duke University

2022- Present

 

REmotely Monitored, Mobile health supported High Intensity Interval Training for COVID-19, Interventionist

Duke University Hospital,

2023

 

CYCLE (Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength) RCT: An International, Multicenter, Randomized Study of Early Cycle Ergometry for Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Screener

Duke University Hospital

2021-2023

Journal Club Coordinator

Duke University Hospital

2020-2023

 

COVID Team

Duke University Hospital

2020-Present

 

Advisory Committee: Professional Development

Duke University Hospital

2020-Present

Clinical Activities


Primary MICU PT - Critical Care Specialist