Stephanie B. Email & Phone Number

•14 years of Occupational Therapy experience.•Program development in establishing Occupational Therapy in the Emergency Department: emphasis on high/complex clinical reasoning, creative problem-solving, diagnostic work-up, and patient advocacy for safest discharges in close interdisciplinary team collaboration with ED Physician’s, Physician Assistant’s,Case Management, Social Work, Physical and Speech therapy.•Education and utilization of functional cognitive screens in the ED to provide critical data to our providers towards patient’s experiencing failure to thrive and/or questionable capacity to live alone safely.•ED OT data collection demonstrating decreased ED re-admissions when receiving ED OT Consultations. •Patient advocacy through OT is my heart. And wow, what an incredibly profound and humbling journey it has and continues to be. •Let’s make a good impact with our community together 🤞🏼

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  University Of Southern California

  Occupational Therapy/Therapist