The decision to sunset two well-established foundations in the pursuit of new opportunities through the creation of a singular O&P foundation for education and research may have raised some eyebrows. Yet, when Don Katz, CO/L, FAAOP, former chair of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Education and Research Foundation (OPERF), and I, former chair of the Center for Orthotic and Prosthetic Learning (COPL), met in early 2020 with a looming pandemic putting the world into a haze of uncertainty, we were resolute with our vision. By consolidating resources and streamlining initiatives, a single O&P foundation would be strategically poised to drive increased research, advance education, and ultimately, transform patient outcomes beyond what was possible as separate organizations.
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The Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research (or simply, the O&P Foundation) was born on October 1, 2022. In launching the O&P Foundation, we had the goal to merge and begin our growth trajectory with minimal disruption to the members of the O&P community that had already grown to trust both legacy organizations.
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