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Expert Details

Occupational Therapy

ID: 732975 Arizona, USA

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Expert currently owns his own business identifying if a client with a cognitive disability is ready to return to work or not and provide treatment if they are struggling with work. The populations treated include Neurological conditions: stroke, traumatic brain injury Mental Health, Autism, and learning disabilities.


Actively participates in an ALS and MS clinic weekly/biweekly. Mainly performs evaluations and recommends further treatment


Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2010 Degree: Masters of Occupational Therapy Subject: Occupational Therapy Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Year: 2006 Degree: Bachelors of Science Subject: Psychology Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Year: 2002 Degree: Highschool Diploma Subject: General Institution: Taylor Allderdice Highschool

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2015 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Occupational Therapist Department:
Responsibilities:
Owner of private practice.
• Provider for the state of Arizona’s Vocational Rehabilitation program through Rehabilitation
Services Administration.
• Expert in cognitive rehabilitation and work integration. Diagnoses include Traumatic Brain Injury,
Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and Mental Health.
• Responsible for for completing evaluations, providing treatments, managing plan of care, and
completing daily documentation for a full caseload.
• Performing home visits/assessments, work trials, situational assessments, and community outings
with clients.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to 2016 Employer: SWAN Rehab Title: Occupational Therapist Department: Neuro Outpatient
Responsibilities:
Work in a vocational rehab and outpatient setting for neurologically impaired clients. Diagnoses
include spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, MS, and other neurological
conditions.
• Currently a team member at the ALS clinic at Phoenix Neurological Associates once a week.
• Currently a team member at the MS clinic at Phoenix Neurological Associates twice a month.
• Responsible for completing evaluations, providing treatments, managing plan of care, and
completing daily documentation for a full caseload.
• Performing home visits/assessments, work trials, situational assessments, and community outings
with clients.
• Participating in interdisciplinary team meetings 3x/week for vocational rehabilitation.
• Participating in a multidisciplinary team meeting once a week for the ALS clinic.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2012 Employer: Banner Boswell Title: Occupational Therapist Department: Inpatient Rehab
Responsibilities:
Responsible for completing evaluations, providing treatments, managing plan of care, and
completing daily documentation in an electronic medical record for 8 – 10 patients per day.
• Addressed the needs of an adult and geriatric population with variety diagnoses including
neurologic, orthopedic, amputations, and general medical/debility conditions.
• Attended weekly multidisciplinary team conferences with physicians, nurses, physical therapists,
speech therapists, social workers, and dieticians to discuss patients’ current level, progress towards
the plan of care, and barriers to discharge.
• Performed home evaluations and community reintegration tasks to prepare the patient for
returning to the community.
• Educated peers through continuing education presentations on current advancements and
evidence based approaches in the field of occupational therapy.
• Proficient in Cerner Millennium and Medilinks Electronic Medical Record documentation
software.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
• Treasurer for the Arizona Occupational Therapy Association (2013-2015)
• Member of ArizOTA’s Finance Committee (2013-present)
• Member of ArizOTA’s Public Relation and Marketing Committee (2012-Present)
• Member of ArizOTA’s Legislative Committee (2012-Present)
• 1 Year Board Member for ArizOTA (2012-2013)
• Participant in the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Emerging Leaders
Development Program (2012)
• Chair of Shared Leadership Committee at Banner Boswell (2010 – 2012)
o Collaborated with a team of therapists to implement process improvement projects for the
rehabilitation department.
• Member of the Sternal Precautions Clinical Practice Project (2010 – 2012)
o Created a system wide clinical practice for patients following sternotomy and open-heart
surgery for Banner hospitals.
• Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Associ
Licenses / Certifications
Registered and Licensed Occupational Therapist
Awards / Recognition
Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Associations 2010 OT Student Award of Recognition
for Excellence in Promoting Occupational Therapy
• Honoree at the University of Pittsburgh’s Student Convocation (2009, 2010, 2011)
• President/Founder of the Jewish Pitt Graduate Student Organization for the University of
Pittsburgh (August 2009 – August 2010)
• President/Founder of the Distinguished Occupational Therapy Advocating Committee
(February 2009 – June 2010)
• Bridging Cultures Summer School Program at Ataturk University, Turkey (July 2009)
• Participant of the Jewish Healthcare Foundations Perfecting Patient Care (May 2009 – July
2009)
• Participant of the Jewish Healthcare Foundations Jonas Salk Fellowship (October 2008 –
April 2009)
• First Runner Up for the Working Group on Inter-professional Education Student
Competition (April 2009)

Fields of Expertise

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