Current Exercise Guidelines For Cancer Survivors

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.