Hanger Group Heads for Ecuador

Three practitioners from Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics will be participating in a relief mission in Quito, Ecuador, from November 29-December 14.

Stephanie D. Porter; Brian Joseph Monroe, CPO; and Angela M. Montgomery are sharing in the mission organized through the Hermano Miguel Foundation with the help of the First Lady of Ecuador. The Hermano Miguel Foundation ( www.fundacionhermanomiguel.org ) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting and supporting the development of disabled individuals of all ages and providing social and medical services for people with disabilities.

The organization employs a multidisciplinary team of professionals. The three Hanger practitioners, who are paying their own expenses to undertake the mission, will staff the prosthetic and orthotic laboratory.

Stephanie D. Porter, who is eligible to sit for the American Board for Certification in Orthotics & Prosthetics (ABC) exam in prosthetics is an orthotic resident at the Hanger patient care center in Farmington, Connecticut. Porter finished her prosthetic residency on June 30, 2003 and started her orthotic residency on July 1, 2003. Porter received her bachelor of arts degree in premedical studies and anthropology from the University of Notre Dame. She is currently working on her masters thesis in exercise science with a concentration in biomechanics from Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Brian Joseph Monroe is a national upper-limb specialist for Hanger with more than eight years experience in prosthetics. He is a prosthetic specialist for the Northeast and is an associate professor at Newington's certificate program in prosthetics. Monroe received his bachelor of science from Florida International University, Miami, in 1995.

Angela M. Montgomery is eligible to sit for the ABC prosthetic exam and is also an orthotic resident at the Hanger facility in Farmington, Connecticut. She is a graduate from both the prosthetic and orthotic programs at the Newington Certificate Program, Newington, Connecticut. She received her bachelors degree in kinesiology from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, in 2000.

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