The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) honored clinicians, students, and educators during its 2025 National Assembly in Florida, September 3-6.
The awards were as follows:
- Professor Hans Georg Nader Digital O&P Care Award
Cara Negri, CP, and Mary-Kate Dennis, Gainesville Prosthetics, Florida, “Integrating Traditional and Additive Manufacturing in Prosthetics”
- Ralph R “Ronney” Snell Legislative Advocacy Award
Donald E. Hardin, awarded posthumously
- Sam E. Hamontree, CP (E) Business Education Award
Curt Bertram, CPO, FAAOP, and Lesleigh Sisson, CFo, CFm, O&P Insight, “Lessons Learned From a UPIC Audit”
- Howard R. Thranhardt Award
Levi Hargrove, PhD, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, “Phantom Motor Execution Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain: A 45-participant Home-based Connected Health Clinical Trial”
Tyler Klenow, CPO, MSPO, FAAOP, MBA, and Russell Lunstrom, MS, Ottobock, “Improvement in Walking Speed and Reduction in Falls and Risks of Falling in SCI Patients in the C-Brace Registry”
- Student Poster Award
Abdullah Alhuzaymi, University of Pittsburgh, “On the Beam and On the Clock: Balance and Gait Speed Relation in Upper and Lower Limb Amputees”
Anna Summer, International Institute of Orthotics and Prosthetics, “Sensor Integrated Cranial Helmets”
