Profiles

Are you better at starting projects or finishing them?Definitely starting! If you were a musical instrument, what would it be and why? The sliding trombone, because I always feel like...

When and why did you decide to pursue O&P as a profession? Because my father, who was the village doctor--he was an allopathic and homeopathic physician--and my mother, who was...

University of WashingtonDepartment of Rehabilitation MedicineFaculty, Division of Prosthetics-OrthoticsSeattle, WashingtonAre you left-handed or right-handed?Right.Which would you rather give up: TV or computer?TV.What has been the most difficult thing you had...

Al Ingersoll, CP Winkley O&P Golden Valley, MN Most recent O&P meeting, class or seminar attended? Otto Bock Advanced C-Leg Course. Favorite pie? Pumpkin. Best advice you ever received? Learn...

Hanger P&O Haverford, Pennsylvania How did you get started in O&P? By accident. I answered an ad posted for an orthotic technician to work in a lab in the basement...

Hanger P&O Las Vegas, Nevada What O&P-related show you have attended is your favorite? The Hanger Education Fair. How did you become involved in O&P? My mom broke her knee....

Rehab Systems Inc. Coyote Design Inc. Twin Falls, Idaho How long have you worked in O&P?My whole lifestarting as a patient in a Shriners Hospital when I was six days...

Richard Hughes, Orthotist/Prosthetist Bauerfeind USA Kennesaw, Georgia How did you become involved in O&P? I lost my limb in a sailing accident at age 21. I watched the prosthetist make...

Orthotist/Specialist Custom Foot Orthotics Wright & Filippis Rochester Hills, Michigan When did you enter the O&P profession? Sixty-eight years ago when I was a 14-year-old boy in Germany. Why did...

Scott Sabolich Prosthetic & Research Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma What book are you currently reading? I wish! I'm too busy to even start one right now! What is your favorite...