April O’connell OTR/L, ACSM, CHT

April O’Connell, OTR/L, CHT, ACSM is the Clinical Specialist in the Hand and Upper Extremity Therapy Department at NYU Langone Health and has been practising for 15 years. She earned her Occupational Therapy degree at Boston University, is a Certified Hand Therapist and is certified by the American Council of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as a Clinical Exercise Specialist. She has lectured to orthopaedic surgeons and therapists nationally and internationally in current concepts of orthopaedic rehabilitation of the upper extremity.

In addition, she has presented on Flexor Tendon Repair Advancement at AAOS in 2015 and was later asked to speak at ASSH national conference in 2016. She recently presented her latest research at ASHT National Conference on flexor tendon rehabilitation. She also lectures at Touro College in NY on various topics including tendon injuries, splinting, and research.