The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), Illinois, has announced the addition of four new residents.
Alicia Foster has joined RIC as a resident prosthetist. She received her orthotic certificate in 2011 and her prosthetics certificate in 2012, both from California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH). Foster’s professional O&P experience includes the Veterans Affairs (VA) Long Beach Healthcare System, California, and Summit Orthotics and Prosthetics, Salem, Oregon. Foster completed her orthotic residency at the University of Michigan Orthotics & Prosthetics Center (UMOPC), Ann Arbor.
Shandy Rivera joined RIC as a resident orthotist. She received her master of science in prosthetics and orthotics (MSOP) in 2013 from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rivera’s internship experience includes Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minnesota; De La Torre Orthotics and Prosthetics, Pittsburgh; Union Orthotics & Prosthetics, Pittsburgh; and Hanger Clinic, Pittsburgh.
Nathaniel Tulloch joined RIC as a resident orthotist. He received his master’s degree from the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, P&O program in 2013. Tulloch’s O&P experience includes the UW Harborview Medical Center, Seattle; Hanger Clinic, San Diego, California; Cornerstone Prosthetics and Orthotics, Edmonds, Washington; and Douglass Certified Prosthetics and Orthotics, Seattle.
Adam Zastrow joined RIC as a resident prosthetist. He completed the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC), Chicago, Illinois, orthotics practitioner program in 2012 and the prosthetics practitioner program in 2013. His O&P experience includes Scheck & Siress, Chicago, Illinois, and Advanced O&P Solutions, Hickory Hills, Illinois.