The Orthotic & Prosthetic Assistance Fund (OPAF) Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from full-time certificate candidates at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), Chicago, Illinois. The scholarship is intended to help NUPOC students attend their local chapter or society meeting of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) and to pay for items such as books, supplies, and equipment needed for ongoing studies at NUPOC. Scholarship applications are due by Friday, May 15.
The scholarship was created in cooperation with Linda Yasukawa, PT, MS, from the memorial fund established at OPAF in the name of Dale Yasukawa, CP. Yasukawa, who died on November 22, 2001 at the age of 43, served as director of prosthetics at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) in the department of prosthetic/orthotic clinical services. He began his work with RIC in 1988 as a physical therapy aid. In 1990, he joined the O&P clinical services department, and in 1991 Yasukawa attended the Northwestern University prosthetics certificate program. He became an ABC-certified prosthetist in 1993 and throughout his career worked with patients of all ages. Yasukawa was involved in the Midwest Chapter of the Academy for more than seven years, completing his service as immediate past president in 2001.
For more information, visit www.opfund.org/programs/scholarship.htm
