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Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Bridge

Mary Whitten, DHSc

Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Bridge Program

BS, University of Rhode Island; MOT, Bay Path University; DHSc, Drexel University

Mary Whitten has been an Occupational Therapist for 15 years, and her area of practice is physical disabilities. She is a Certified Hand Therapist working with veterans.  She completed her DHSc degree at Drexel University. The focus of her research was the therapeutic management of post-traumatic elbow stiffness and she co-authored a chapter in the newest edition of Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity on the therapeutic management of traumatic elbow injuries.  She was awarded the first-time author award by the Journal of Hand Therapy for her 2023 article on therapeutic management of posttraumatic elbow stiffness.

Publication

Whitten, M., Silfies, S., Grampurohit, N., Fedorczyk, J. (2022). A modified-Delphi study establishing consensus in the therapeutic management of posttraumatic elbow stiffness. Journal of Hand Therapy, 35(2), 299-30: doi: 10.1016/j.jht.2021.11.002

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