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Gayle Severance

Occupational Therapist

Team Leader: Hand

Preferred First Name: Gayle

Pronoun: She

Location

  • Spruce: 801 Spruce Street, 7th Floor · Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Expertise

  • Orthopaedics
  • Hand

Special Interests

  • Orthopaedics
  • Hand, Wrist and Elbow
  • Custom Orthotic Fabrication

Education

Highest Therapy Degree

Master of Science of Occupational Therapy

  • Masters Degree: Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
  • Masters School Name: Tufts University
  • Masters Graduation Year: 2000
  • School Name: West Virginia University
  • Academic Degrees: Bachelor of Arts
  • Graduation Year: 1993

Certifications

Specialty Certifications

  • Certified Hand Therapist

Memberships

Other Active Membership

  • American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Teaching

Other Teaching School

  • Recorded lectures - Jefferson University, Virtual Hand to Shoulder Fellowship program.

Scholarly Activities

  • Presentation- Local
  • Book Chapter
  • Presentation- State
  • Manuscript
  • Presentation- International
  • Presentation- National

Topics

  • Examination- Upper Extremity
  • Modalities and Physical Agents
  • Graded Motor Imagery
  • Flexor Tendon Injuries
  • Return to Activity/Sport
  • Hand
  • Tendon Transfer
  • TFCC
  • Complex Trauma- Upper Extremity
  • Lateral Epicondylitis
  • Hand/Upper Extremity Transplantation
  • Orthopaedics
  • Injury Prevention
  • Elbow
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes
  • Nerve Transfer
  • Extensor Tendon Injuries
  • Fracture- Hand/Elbow/Wrist
  • Ligament Injuries
  • Osteoarthritis- Hand
  • Edema management
  • Global Partnership