Month: September 2017

Michael P. Dillon LAS VEGAS — Shared decision-making between patients and clinicians can help patients make more informed decisions regarding partial foot amputations, according to presenters at the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association 2017 World Congress. Michael P. Dillon, PhD,…

The U.S. National Member Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics has indefinitely postponed its 2017 Caribbean Rim Conference, which had been scheduled for Oct. 26-28 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, due to the damage caused by Hurricane…

Adrianne Haslet The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation has invited four new members, including a professional ballroom dancer and a national paraclimber, to its advisory board, according to a press release. Tommy Lyon The new members are Adrianne Haslet, a…

  Harry ‘JR’ Brandt Harry “JR” Brandt, BOCO, CO, LO, received the inaugural Jim Newberry Award for Extraordinary Service from the Board of Certification/Accreditation at the opening ceremony of American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association World Congress in Las Vegas. The…

  Stefania Fatone Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO(Hons), principal investigator for research and development projects at Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center, has been promoted to professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. “Dr. Fatone’s contributions…

Bionik Laboratories Corp. recently announced its board of directors has appointed Eric Dusseux, MD, MSc, MBA, as chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. Dusseux had served as director of the company since July. He has 15 years of experience in…

Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc., creator of the EksoGT exoskeleton, has announced a partnership with Genesis Rehab Services to study possible uses of the device in skilled nursing facilities, according to a press release. “We are excited to learn from one…

LAS VEGAS — There was a direct correlation between the shape of a socket and the resulting forces it exerts on the residual limb, according to a presenter at the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association World Congress. “I’m a prosthetist,…

Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics has been named one of the top 100 places to work in Pennsylvania for 2017, according to a press release. The annual list of best places to work in the state is compiled by the nonprofit…

LAS VEGAS — More than 70% of patients with a lower extremity amputation and responded to a survey ranked comfort as “the most important category” related to physical activity and mobility, according to Liz Bell, MA, a graduate student at…