Episode 7: Sue Michlovitz

AO Trauma Hand Sage on Stage Series

This week's sage, Dr. Sue Michovitz is a physical therapist and Certified Hand Therapist. She spent her career teaching masters and doctoral students, delivering clinical care, and participating in research. Since 2007, she has been an Adj. Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Program in Physical Therapy, Columbia University, New York City. Her previous university appointments were in Philadelphia, where she spent the majority of her career, and included the University of Pennsylvania, Hahnemann University (now Drexel University) and Temple University. She has been a volunteer with Guatemala Healing Hands Foundation (GHHF) for medical and community outreach trips to Guatemala participated in 9 trips to Guatemala from 2007 through 2018.

She has served on the boards of the American Society of Hand Therapists (served as the 2013 President), the American Association of Hand Surgery (Affiliate Board Member) and the Kitchen Theatre, a regional equity actors theatre (Ithaca, NY). From 1995 to 2019 she was on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Hand Therapy, most recently as an Associate Editor.

For her achievements and contributions as an educator, mentor and servant leader, Dr. Michlovitz has been awarded the following:

1. Clinician Teacher of the Year Award, American Association for Hand Surgery, 2003
3. Nathalie Barr Lectureship, American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT), 2008
5. Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association (FAPTA), 2018
7. The 2019 ASHT Lifetime Fellowship Award
9. Emeritus Membership, American Association for Hand Surgery, 2020

She presently lives in Camden, Maine where she is in her final year as an MFA student in Media Arts at Maine Media College. Her work is on photography and book arts.