My clinical experiences span 24 years as an OT and 18 years as a CHT working in outpatient and physician-owned practices for NovaCare Rehabilitation in Southern NJ, Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California, and Kessler Institute in West Orange, NJ. The majority of my career is in orthopedic outpatient clinics, regional management, and clinical education. In 2014, I was one of the first occupational therapists in the country to complete an orthopaedic specialty in Certification Orthopaedic Manual Therapy through Select Medical Corporation for which I am now the national instructor of the wrist and hand module. I have taught college level courses focused on hand and upper extremity rehabilitation at UMDNJ and Elizabethtown College in 2009. In 2010, 2011, and 2013, I was the instructor for the elbow/wrist/hand anatomy and rehabilitation at Stockton University in the Occupational Therapy Program. In 2012, I was adjunct professor at Stockton College of New Jersey Occupational Therapy program teaching the hand therapy portion of the OT Practice course. For Select Medical Corporation, I have been on faculty for the past eight years teaching at national conferences. Topics include: athletic wrist injuries, clinical exam of wrist/elbow, orthosis management and design and the NJ modalities requirements for occupational therapists.
For ASHT, I have been part of the webinar series since April 2014, teaching the topic “Athletic Wrist Injuries: Back in the Game”. In 2014, I was a speaker at the 38th ASHT annual conference in Denver with a two hour solo lecture titled, “Athletic Wrist Rehabilitation Beyond the Hand Table:Evidence-based Assessment and Treatment: Clinical Exam, Core Strengthening, and Exercise Prescription” and also moderated one lecture at the same annual meeting. As part of the Select Medical Corporation education team, I have co-developed a webinar module and video series to include topical wrist assessment and special tests. Also, as part of the team, I am the lead writer and developer of the wrist and hand module for the national Certification in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy.
Over the years, I have also authored chapter 11, “Elbow Conditions,” in The Fundamentals of Hand Therapy, by Cynthia Cooper 1st edition.