Session Overview

About This Webinar

Shared decision-making is considered one of the most effective ways to help people make informed decisions about their healthcare.

In this presentation, Professors Fatone and Dillon will discuss the development of the Amputation Decision Aid, a suite of shared decision-making resources for people facing dysvascular partial foot amputation.

This session will be of interest to students, residents, and clinicians who want to learn more about the lived experience of partial foot amputation and how shared decision-making can support more meaningful conversations between clinicians and patients.

Featured Presenters

Meet the Speakers

Dr. Michael Dillon

BPO(Hons), PhD

Dr. Michael Dillon is an adjunct professor of prosthetics and orthotics at La Trobe University. His research has focused on outcomes after lower limb amputation and includes studies describing the lived experience of amputation, outcomes after amputation surgery, epidemiology, and health economic evaluations. Professor Dillon led development of the Amputation Decision Aid, a suite of freely available shared decision-making resources for people facing difficult decisions about partial foot amputation due to peripheral vascular disease. He has also served in senior leadership, editorial, and advisory roles across the profession.

Dr. Stefania Fatone

BPO(Hons), PhD

Dr. Stefania Fatone is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Director of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Program at the University of Washington. Her research examines the effects of prostheses and orthoses on human movement and function to improve the effectiveness of interventions for people with lower limb amputation or upper motor neuron lesions. Professor Fatone collaborated on the development of the Amputation Decision Aid and currently leads multiple research projects while also serving in editorial and Academy leadership roles.