Our Members
This page contains contact information for all the active Committee Members from each region of the American Burn Association as well as the members of the Occupational & Physical Therapist Special
Interest Group.
The utilization of the American Burn Association's Regional designation was based on the initial intent of capturing therapist representatives from the entire United States and Canada so that we would interact
at all levels and with representation of different hospital settings and facility structures. We have maintained this design even though the ABA has dissolved this system as of 2004. As this web site has
evolved, Ibelieve that we will be actively searching for additional members in other states as well as from other burn facilities within similar states so that we can truly represent every member of the
Occupational and Physical Therapy Special Interest Group and then expand to represent international hospitals and clinicians worldwide.
All of these founding members have been instrumental not only in the in the development of this web site and award since it was first conferred in 2002 but are prolific clinicians, researchers, educators,
mentors and friends that are dedicated to furthering burn research and collaboration. In addition to the founding members, current burn clinicians continue to support the efforts of this educational format.
If you are not familiar with any of these individuals, I strongly encourage you to take the time to contact the representative from your region as well as any other members. We are here to serve as a resource
and support to the advancement of therapist driven research.
We have also the latest burn therapist resource listing for the Occupational & Physical Therapy Special Interest Group which was updated in January 2008. Please review this list and make updates as often as needed.
Click here to request access to the OT/PT SIG Resource List
Click here to update or add your contact information to the OT/PT SIG Resource List.
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Criteria for Regional Committee Membership
Scope: To provide clinical support and serve as a liaison to encourage and promote therapist driven research for Physical and Occupational Therapists involved in any level of burn care and
rehabilitation.
Criteria: Recipients of this regional membership must meet the following criteria:
- A licensed / registered Physical Therapist / Assistant or Occupational Therapist and / or Assistant
- An active member of the American Burn Association for at least one year
- An active member within at least one of his or her practice discipline associations at either the national, state or regional level (i.e. AOTA; APTA; ASHT)or another burn related organization (i.e. The Phoenix Society, North American Burn Society, etc.)
- Practicing for a minimum of 7 years with at least 50% of his or her time specifically dedicated to burn care treatment andrehabilitation
- Demonstrate commitment, dedication and service on a daily basis to the treatment, rehabilitation and management of burn injuries and their consequences
The regional members will also support and contribute to the development and maintenance of the burn therapist website as well as contribute to the activities of the OT/PT SIG of the ABA and serve as a
research mentors to assist other Occupational and Physical Therapists in the clinical research development process.
Click here to download the Regional Committee Membership Form and GET INVOLVED NOW!
Committee Member Listing Numerically by Region:
Region I | Eric LaBonte, PT |
Region II | Hope Hunter, PT |
Region III | Rebekah Allely, OTR/L |
Region IV | Sandy Fletchall, OTR, MPA, CHT, FAOTA |
Region V | Beth Franzen, OTR |
Region VI | Michael Serghiou, OTR |
Region VII | Janelle Epp, OT |
Region VIII | Cynthia Hayes Lundy, PT |
Region IX | Ingrid Parry, MS, PT |
Region X | Vacant Position |
Region XI | Lisa Forbes Duchart, BMR (OT) |
Co-Chair | Reg Richard, MS, PT |
Chairperson | Jonathan Niszczak, MS, OTR/L |
Region I - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont |
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Eric LaBonte, MS, PT Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital 267 Grant St Bridgeport, CT 06610 (203) 384-4136 eric.labonte@bpthosp.org www.bridgeporthospital.org |
Region II - New York |
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Hope Hunter, PT Assistant Chief New York Presbyterian Hospital 525 East 68th Street, Box 142 New York, NY 10021 (212) 746-1573 hlaznick@nyp.org www.nyprehabmed.org |
Region III - District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia |
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Rebekah Reishus Allely, OTR/L Washington Hospital Burn Center Room 3-B-55 110 Irving Street, NW Washington, DC 20010-2975 (202) 877-7347 Rebekah.R.Allely@Medstar.net www.whcenter.org |
Region IV - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee |
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Sandy Fletchall, OTR/L, CHT, MPA, FAOTA Manager of Burn Rehabilitation Firefighter's Regional Burn Center 890 Madison Avenue, Suite TG043 Memphis, TN 38103 (901) 545-6439 hecsand@aol.com www.the-med.org |
Region V - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin |
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Beth J. Franzen, OTR Burn Rehabilitation Manager Regions Hospital 5 N Burn Rehab PO BOX 11105B 640 Jackson Street St Paul, MN 5510 (651) 254-1545 beth.j.franzen@healthpartners.com www.regionshospital.com |
Region VI - Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas |
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Michael A. Serghiou, OTR Clinical Specialist Bio Med Sciences, Inc. Burn & Wound Care Division 7584 Morris Court, Suite 218 Allentown, PA 18106 (409) 392-1471 mas@silon.com www.silon.com / www.oleeva.com |
Region VII - Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska |
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Janelle Epp, OTR/L, CHT Burnett Burn Center Unit 52, Room 5207 3901 Rainbow Boulevard Kansas City, Kansas 66160 (913) 588-6542 jepp@kumc.edu www.kumc.edu |
Region VIII - Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming |
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Cindy Hayes Lundy, PT Intermountain Burn Center Burn Therapy Room #4610 50 North Medical Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84132 (801) 581-2132 Cindy.Lundy@hsc.utah.edu www.medlib.med.utah.edu |
Region IX - Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada |
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Ingrid Parry, MS, PT Physical Therapist, Burn Care Specialist, Clinical Coordinator for Clinical Education Shriners Hospital for Children, Northern California 2425 Stockton Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95817 (916) 453-2240 iparry@shrinenet.org |
Region X - Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington |
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Region XI - Canada |
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Lisa Forbes Duchart, MSc, OT Reg(MB) Director, Firefighters Burn Camp Mamawi Clinical Specialist in Burn Care Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg MB R3A 1S1 Canada (204) 787-7955 lforbes-duchart@hsc.mb.ca |
Committee Co-Chair |
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Reg Richard, MS, PT Godfather of Modern Burn Rehabilitation regrichardinc@msn.com |
Committee Chairperson |
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Jonathan Niszczak, MS, OTR/L Clinical Specialist Bio Med Sciences, Inc. Burn & Wound Care Division 7584 Morris Court, Suite 218 Allentown, PA 18106 (610) 530-3193 or 800-257-4566 jn@silon.com www.silon.com / www.oleeva.com |