Episode 21 with Cheryl Brunelle

Cheryl Brunelle is the associate director of the Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Research Program and a clinical specialist in physical therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Cheryl earned her physical therapy degrees at the University of Toronto, Canada. She completed her lymphedema certification with Drs. Albert and Olivier Leduc in London, England, and with Klose Training, in Boston, USA. Cheryl’s clinical focus is on oncology program and staff development within the MGH department of physical and occupational therapy, and the evaluation and treatment of patients during and after breast cancer treatment, for issues such as surveillance and early intervention for lymphedema, shoulder morbidity, and deconditioning resulting from breast cancer and its treatment. Cheryl is a strong proponent of lymphedema screening as standard of care for patients treated for breast cancer. Since 2005, over 6,800 women have been screened for lymphedema after breast cancer treatment within the MGH lymphedema prospective screening program. Cheryl joined the Lymphedema Research Program in 2014, since which time she has published over 25 papers. She has collaborated on multidisciplinary teams to update hospital policies including recommendations for receiving the COVID vaccine after lymph node removal for breast cancer, as well as collaborated on a recent white paper establishing measurement guidelines for lower extremity lymphedema in research studies. She presents the team’s research works regularly at national and international conferences. Cheryl’s breast cancer-related lymphedema research interests include early intervention, measurement, effects of the COVID vaccine after lymph node removal, prospective surveillance, precautionary measures and breast edema.  Connect with Derly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://cancermindandbodyrehab.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Cancerrehabsolutions.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/cancermindandbodyrehab/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook.com/cancermindandbodyrehab/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook.com/Cancerrehabsolutions/⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.linkedin.com/in/derly-munoz-9158 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@cancerrehabsolutions⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/@Derlycanc72466 Connect with Cheryl Cheryl Brunelle, PT, MS, CCS, CLT Physical Therapy Clinical Specialist Associate Director, Lymphedema Research Program Massachusetts General Hospital Boston MA 02114 USA Phone: 617-724-0127 Email: [email protected]: @LymphedemaMGHWebsite: https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fbreastcancer%2dlymphedema.mgh.harvard.edu&umid=E78D7B09-0021-3F06-B4B7-C62C3D1EBEE4&auth=5ab06289d9c3b14f9a77f69d29e7a25870e86301-8385c5325dff3e199b1ed50de12812fed1795134