Kelsey Watters
CScD, MOT ’11

About Kelsey Watters

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Job title: Clinical practice leader for Occupational Therapy (OT)

Degrees: Masters of Occupational Therapy ’11 (UW), Doctorate in Clinical Science (CScD 2022, University of Pittsburgh)

Career stage: Mid-career

State of practice: Chicago. IL

Current practice settings: Academic medicine / teaching hospital, Healthcare administration / leadership

Lived career experiences/transitions:

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Neurological Rehabilitation
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • Implementation and knowledge translation

Graduation year from the UW School of Medicine: 2011

Specialty/subspecialty: I work in an inpatient rehabilitation setting, focusing on adult neurological rehabilitation. I specialize in advanced assessment and interventions for patients with functional cognitive and visual/perceptual disorders.

Teaching roles: I teach adjunct at several universities on various topics related to neurological rehabilitation.

Research or other professional interests: Neurological rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury (TBI), Stroke, knowledge translation, implementation, spatial neglect, using evidence-based practice within clinical setting

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