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Division of Occupational Therapy
Faculty

Bonnie Almazan, BS, MS in Counseling
Division Secretary
Health Science 5th floor room 511
718/780-4508 phone
718/ 780-4535 Fax
Bonnie.almazan@liu.edu

Doctor Ann Burkhardt, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Professor
Director, Division of Occupational Therapy
Health Science 5th floor room 513
718/780-4332 phone
Ann.burkhardt@liu.edu

Research interests: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), aging in the community, functioning of grandparent caregivers. Clinical interests: Cancer rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Complementary and complementary and alternative medicine, community based practice, service learning, and culinary therapy.

Doctor Katherine Dimitropoulou, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Division of Occupational Therapy
Health Science 5th floor room 513A ; Research Lab Hanover Place 2nd floor OT Research Lab
718/488-3403 (office); 718/488-1000 x3013 (Research Lab); Fax 718/780-4535

Research interests: Learning, life-span motor skill acquisition, perceptual-motor development in the social context, and the role of social communication in motor skill acquisition, functioning of grandparent caregivers. Clinical Interest: Pediatric Occupational Therapy practice.

Other: Leadership Fellow, American Occupational Therapy Foundation

Professor Doris Obler, CSW, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Division of Occupational Therapy
Health Science 2nd floor , room 218
718/780-4509; Fax 718/780-4535
Doris.obler@liu.edu

Clinical interest: Mental health, pediatric practice, community based practice. Research interest: Evidence-based practice: a convergent validity study of the VMI, WRAVMA and BOTMP in children. OT Educational Research.

Other: Vice President New York State Occupational Therapy Association www.NYSOTA.org


Professor Michael Saraceno, MS, OTR/L, CHT
Assistant Professor
Division of Occupational Therapy
Health Science 5th floor room 513A
718/780-4123; Fax 718/780-4535
Michael.saraceno@liu.edu

Clinical Interest: Orthopedics, Upper extremity and hand injuries and conditions (adults and children); school based practice.


Doctor Anne Hiller Scott, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Associate Professor
Founding Director of the Program
Division of Occupational Therapy
Health Science 2nd floor, room 217
ascott@liu.edu
718/780-4507; Fax 718/780-4535

Clinical interest: Mental health, wellness, preventive-health, community-based clinical services and school based pediatric practice.
Research interest: functioning of grandparent caregivers; disability and advocacy.

 

Professor Holly Wasserman, MS, OTR/L
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Division of Occupational Therapy
Health Science 5th floor room 511
718/780-4510; Fax 718/780-4535
Holly.wasserman@liu.edu

Clinical Interest: Adult Physical Dysfunction.

Other: Chairperson, Metropolitan Occupational Therapy Education Council.


 

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