OSSUR HQ New CSUDH Home

Ossur and California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) announced that they have signed an agreement to move the Cal State Orthotic and Prosthetic Education Program to Ossur North America headquarters in Aliso Viejo, California. Ossur has agreed to accommodate the Cal State O&P Program for a period of five years, rent-free, in a newly built school and laboratory facility on the Ossur site.

According to Scott Hornbeak, CPO, Director of CSUDH Orthotics and Prosthetics Program, "Ossur has stepped up as a generous corporate citizen just when our O&P education program was most in need. The new space will more than double our capacity to teach students and will allow us to continue our strategy of achieving academic excellence while increasing the output of board-certified practitioners." He continued, "We anticipate many positive synergies from associating closely with one of the world's leading O&P manufacturers of high-technology products. Ossur is committed to facilitating the excellence that the Cal State education program has achieved. Cal State will have the academic independence to teach all designs and all manufacturer's products."

The first prosthetic courses at the Ossur North America headquarters are scheduled to begin in August 2003. The University had considered closing the baccalaureate program, but reconsidered its decision after discussions with Ossur. The added capacity at Ossur will allow Cal State to offer a new "3+1" baccalaureate degree program in which undergraduate students attend their first three years of college in general education, prerequisite, and selected didactic (lecture) courses, and complete their final year immersed in clinical training in prosthetics at the off-site facility residing at Ossur. There are tentative plans to open a certificate program in orthotics in 2004, Hornbeak said. A bachelors program in orthotics is not planned, he added.

"Ossur is dedicated to providing education and forums on the developments and practices in prosthetics and related fields to foster professional collaboration, innovation and, ultimately, improved outcomes for amputees," said Gary Wertz, president of Ossur North America. He continued, "In 2002, we conducted the second International Conference of Advanced Prosthetics (ICAP), initiated a textbook program for prosthetic students, and through the Ossur Academy, forged strong relationships with innovators in key universities. Initiatives such as these provide an opportunity for Ossur to support the education of current and future prosthetists who will help advance the care of amputees."

For more information, visit the California State University-Dominguez Hills website: www.csudh.edu/oandp or Ossur at www.ossur.com .

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