WillowWood, Mt. Sterling, Ohio, has appointed Wayne Fichtel, CP, as its national account manager.
Fichtel will visit patient care facilities nationwide and educate personnel on the latest WillowWood traditional products and fabrication techniques. In addition to facility visits, he will also conduct educational workshops and webinars focusing on elevated vacuum suspension, as well as provide clinical and technical support for clinicians.
In the O&P industry since 1988, Fichtel completed his prosthetic education at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), Chicago, Illinois, and a clinical residency at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. After several years in the private-practice setting, Fichtel joined WillowWood in 2004, supporting the company’s OMEGA® Tracer® CAD efforts, initially in the southeast and then nationwide. He returned to full-time patient care in 2009.
