Members in the News

Posted on May 15, 2012

Congratulations to ASHT member Jeanine Beasley, EdD, OTR, CHT, FAOTA on receiving the AOTA Roster of Fellows Award at the 2012 AOTA annual conference.

Posted on April 02, 2012

ASHT member Debbie Phibbs, a certified hand therapist with Arlington Physical and Hand Therapy in Arlington, is all too familiar with the chronic injuries that can take place in an office environment. She was recently featured in Herald Business Journal article on preventing chronic workplace pains…

Posted on February 18, 2012

At 90 years old, Evelyn Mackin has the rare pleasure of seeing her life’s work continue to grow and reach new heights. Now retired as a resident of Friends Village [in Woodstown, N.J.], Mackin worked alongside talented physical therapists and surgeons to develop hand therapy as a specialty. She…

Posted on February 16, 2012

For Ed Keeling, recycling is about more than improving the environment – it’s an opportunity to help people in need. Keeling, of The Highlands, and his wife, Catherine Cambridge, recently delivered a U-Haul truck full of crutches, walkers and wheel chairs to a Pittsburgh charity that will deliver…

Posted on February 16, 2012

ASHT’s primary objectives for joining AOTA’s September Hill Day were to represent our position on the Medicare Outpatient Therapy Caps and on the Sustainable Growth Rate fix or fee schedule. At the onset of planning, AOTA’s focus was to get members of the house and senate to support S.829/HR.1546,…