Larry F. Hamm

Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor

School: Milken Institute School of Public Health

Department: Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Contact:

Email: Larry F. Hamm

With more than 4 decades of experience in cardiac rehabilitation and clinical exercise physiology, Professor Hamm was on the faculty at the GW SPH and Director of the Clinical Exercise Physiology Program from 2000 to 2016. Prior to coming to GWU, Dr. Hamm had a 24-year career directing hospital-based, community-based and office-based cardiac rehabilitation programs in Minneapolis and Toronto. He brought a breadth of clinical knowledge and administrative expertise into the classroom when he transitioned from clinical practice to teaching. In the Clinical Exercise Physiology Program, he emphasized the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are valued by an employer in order to prepare students to be competent, contributing members of health care teams. He received his first departmental Excellence in Teaching Award for Graduate Programs in 2003. Dr. Hamm was an Adjunct Professor (2004-2007) while holding a joint appointment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital and Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. His appointment at Washington Hospital Center was Program Director of the Washington Heart Medical Fitness and Wellness Center and he was also a Senior Research Scientist in the Christoph Reusch Neuroscience Research Center at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, where he conducted research on cardiovascular disease in persons with chronic spinal cord injury. During that period of time, Dr. Hamm also held an appointment as Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at the Georgetown University Medical Center. He returned to a full-time faculty appointment at GWU in 2007 and earned his second departmental Excellence in Teaching Award in 2011. During the 16 years at GWU, he was preceptor for 25 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Fellows, assisting in their training of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise testing. He has made more than 150 regional, national and international presentations.

Dr. Hamm is Master of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR); past-president of AACVPR (2007-2008); received an AACVPR Distinguished Service Award (2012); and the 2014 L. Kent Smith Award of Excellence. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and past-president of the ACSM Northland Chapter (1989). He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, the official journal of AACVPR and the Canadian Association of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation from 2014-2019.

Expertise

Exercise Science

Education

PhD, Exercise Physiology, University of Minnesota (1984)

MA, Exercise Physiology, Michigan State University (1971)

BA, Physical Education, Concordia Teachers College (1969)

Research

Dr. Hamm’s research focused on various applications of clinical exercise physiology. Specific areas of concentration included clinical exercise testing; cardiac rehabilitation outcomes; alternative delivery models for cardiac rehabilitation; and exercise and cardiovascular disease in persons with chronic spinal cord injury.

Publications

Ades, PA, Keteyian SJ, Wright JS, Hamm LF, Lui K, Newlin K, Shepard DJ, Thomas RJ. Increasing cardiac rehabilitation participation from 20% to 70%: a road map from the Million Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Collaborative. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017;92:234-242.

Garvey C, Pasternostro Bayles M, Hamm LF, Hill K, Holland A, Limberg TM, Spruitt MA. Pulmonary rehabilitation exercise prescription in pulmonary rehabilitation: a review of selected guidelines. An official statement of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2016;36:75-83.

DiPietro L, Gribok A, Stevens MS, Hamm LF, Rumpler W. Three 15-min bouts of moderate postmeal walking significantly improves 24-h glycemic control in older people at risk for impaired glucose intolerance. Diabetes Care. 2013;36:3262-3268.

Libin A, Tinsley EA, Nash MS, Mendez AJ, Burns P, Elrod M, Hamm LF, Groah S. Cardiometabolic risk clustering. in spinal cord injury: results of exploratory factor analysis. Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2013;19(3):183-194.

Hamm LF. POINT: High quality or just average – the need for exercise testing before cardiac rehabilitation. J Clin Exerc Physiol. 2013;2:42-45.

Hamm LF (Co-chair), Wenger NK (Co-chair), Arena R, Forman D, Lavie, CJ, Miller TD, Thomas RJ. Cardiac rehabilitation and cardiovascular disability: a role in assessment and improving functional capacity. A position statement from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2013;33:1-11.

Hamm LF. Cardiac rehabilitation for the elderly: a public health perspective. In Hunting KL, Gleason BL, ed. Essential Case Studies in Public Health: Putting Public Health into Practice. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Barlett Learning. 2012:165-169.

Mezzani A (Co-Chair), Hamm LF (Co-Chair), Jones AM, McBride PE, Moholdt T, Stone JA, Urhausen A, Williams MA. Aerobic exercise intensity assessment and prescription in cardiac rehabilitation. A joint position statement of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and the Canadian Association for Cardiac Rehabilitation Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2013;20:442-467.

Hamm LF (Chair), Sanderson BK, Ades PA, Berra K, Kaminsky LA, Roitman JL, Williams MA. Core competencies for cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention professionals: 2010 update. Position statement of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011;31:2-10.

Groah SL, Nash MS, Ward EA, Libin A, Mendez AJ, Burns P, Elrod M, Hamm LF. Cardiometabolic risk in community-dwelling persons with chronic spinal cord injury. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011;31:73-80.

Arena R, Williams M, Forman DE, Cahalin LP, Coke L, Myers J, Hamm L, Kris-Etherton P, Humphrey R, Bittner V, Lavie CJ. Increasing referral and participation rates to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: the valuable role of healthcare professionals in the inpatient and home health settings: a Science Advisory from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2012;125:1321-1329.

Halstead LS, Groah SL, Hamm LF, Priestley L, Libin A. The effects of an anabolic agent on body composition and pulmonary function in tetraplegia: a case study. Spinal Cord. 2010;48:55-59.

Groah S, Nash MS, Ljungberg I, Libin A, Hamm L, Ward E, Burns PA, Enfield G. Nutrient intake and body habitus after spinal cord injury: an analysis by gender and level of injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009;32:17-25.

Hamm LF. Cardiac rehabilitation in the United States: from evidence to application. Kardiologia Polska. 2008;66:921-924.

Kavanagh T, Hamm LF, Beyene J, Mertens DJ, Kennedy J, Campbell R, Fallah S, Shephard RJ. Usefulness of improvement in walking distance versus peak oxygen uptake in predicting prognosis after myocardial infarction and/or coronary artery bypass grafting in men. Am J Cardiol. 2008;101:1423-1427.

Hidler J, Hamm LF, Lichy A, Groah SL. Automating activity-based interventions: the role of robotics. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2008; 45:337-344.

Lewis JE, Nash MS, Hamm LF, Martins SC, Groah SL. The relationship between perceived exertion and physiologic indicators of stress during graded arm exercise in persons with spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007;88:1205-1211.

Spernak SM, Moore PJ, Hamm LF. Depression, constructive thinking and patient satisfaction in cardiac treatment adherence. Psychol Health Med. 2007;12:172-189.

American Association of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Prevention. Hamm LF,,ed-in-chief, Berra K, Kavanagh T, eds. AACVPR Resource Manual for Cardiac Rehabilitation. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2006.

Williams MA, Ades PA, Hamm LF, Keteyian SJ, LaFontaine TP, Roitman JL, Squires RW. Clinical evidence for a health benefit from cardiac rehabilitation: an update. Am Heart J. 2006;152:835-841.

Squires RW, Hamm LF. Exercise and the coronary heart disease connection. In: Hamm LF, ed-in-chief, Berra K, ed, Kavanagh T, ed. AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Resource Manual. Champaign, IL:Human Kinetics; 2005: 53-62.

Hamm LF. Cardiovascular disease and spinal cord injury. Ask the Doc Series. Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through Exercise. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center in Spinal Cord Injury. April 2005. Funded by Department of Education, NIDDR, Grant #H133B031114. http://www.ilru.org/html/publications/SCI/library/AskDoctor/dr_march_05…

Hamm LF. Coronary heart disease and spinal cord injury. Consumer Pamphlet. Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through Exercise. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center in Spinal Cord Injury. August 2005. Funded by Department of Education, NIDDR, Grant #H133B031114.

Hamm LF. Heart disease, you, and your SCI. SCI Life. November/December 2005:13-14,17.

Hamm LF, Section Editor. Physical fitness and clinical and diagnostic assessments. In: ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription; 5th ed. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2005:195-309.

Hamm LF. Revascularization and valve surgery. In: American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs; 4th ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2004:146-149.

Hamm LF, Kavanagh T, Campbell RB, Mertens DJ, Beyene J, Kennedy J, Shephard RJ. Timeline of peak improvements during 52 weeks of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2004;24(6):374-382.

Kavanagh T, Mertens DJ, Hamm LF, Beyene J, Kennedy J, Corey P, Shephard RJ. Peak oxygen intake and cardiac mortality in women referred for cardiac rehabilitation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003;42(12):2139-2143.

Kavanagh T, Mertens DJ, Hamm LF, Beyene J, Kennedy J, Corey P, Shephard RJ. Prediction of long-term prognosis in 12,169 men referred for cardiac rehabilitation. Circulation. 2002;106(6):666-671.

Hamm LF, Kavanagh T. The Toronto Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Program: 1968 into the new millennium. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2000;20(1):16-22.

Kavanagh T, Shephard RJ, Hamm LF, Mertens DJ, Thacker L. Risk profile and health awareness in male offspring of parents with premature coronary heart disease. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2000;20:172-179.

Kavanagh, T, Hamm LF, Shephard RJ, Mertens DJ, Kennedy J, Beyene J. Can women benefit from exercise cardiac rehabilitation? In: Jobin, J, Maltais F, LeBlanc P, Simard C, eds. Advances in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation. Champaign, IL:Human Kinetics; 2000.

Hamm LF, Leon AS. Exercise training for the coronary patient. In: Wenger NK, Hellerstein HK, eds: Rehabilitation of the Coronary Patient; 3rd ed. New York, NY:Churchill Livingstone; 1991.

Hamm LF, Crow RS, Stull GA. Exercise testing post AMI: who, when, and what. Cardio. 1990;7(4):47-50,57.

Hamm, LF, Crow RS, Stull GA, Hannan P. Safety and characteristics of exercise testing early after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1989;63:1193-1197.

Hamm LF, Stull GA, Wolfe DR. Graded exercise testing early after myocardial revascularization surgery. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1988;68:86-89.

Hamm LF, Stull GA, Crow RS. Exercise testing early after myocardial infarction: Historical perspective and current uses. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1986;28:463-476.

Hamm LF, Stull GA, Ainsworth B, Serfass RC, Wolfe DR. Short- and long-term prognostic value of graded exercise testing early after myocardial infarction. Physical Therapy. 1986;66:334-339.

Crow RS, Jacobs DR, Hannan P, Hamm LF. Reliability of sampling during long-term ECG recordings in the detection of ventricular ectopy and abnormal ST segment depression. J Chronic Dis. 1984;37:232-242.