The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) presented a handful of awards during its national assembly September 12-15 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Award winners include:
The Howard R. Thranhardt Award: Andreas Kannenberg, MD, PhD, and Shane Wurdeman, CP, PhD, NAAOP (D), “Assessing outcomes with microprocessor knee utilization in a K2 population (ASCENT K2): Findings from a clinical trial of 107 individuals with above-knee amputation”; and Russell Lundstrom, MS, and Tyler Klenow, CPO, MBA, FAAOP, for their joint work on an international C-Brace registry.
The Digital O&P Care Award: Joshua Steer, PhD, “Insights into transtibial prosthetic socket design from expert UK clinicians’ digital records”
Lifetime Achievement Award: Larry Word, CPO, FAAOP
Ralph R. “Ronney” Snell, CPO, FAAOP, Legislative Advocacy Award: Sheryl Sachs, MSPO, CPO, Dankmeyer, and Thomas Degree, Wiggle Your Toes
The Sam E. Hamontree, CP (E), Business Education Award: Ernst W. Bastian, CO; Ashlie White, MSHLS, MA; David Holzman, CFA; and Mike Schlesinger
The Edwin and Kathryn Arbogast Award: Abrar Alamri, MSPO
The Otto and Lucille Becker Award: Caitlin Bowman Martwinski, MSPO
