HPU | OTD Las Vegas Faculty and Staff

OTD Las Vegas Faculty and Staff

Tracey Recigno

Robyn Otty, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, FAOTA 

Program Director and Professor 

Phone: (808) 356-5244 

Email: rotty@hpu.edu 

Michael Falcon, OTD, OTR/L, MHA

Sabrina Gowette, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS

Director of Fieldwork Education and Assistant Professor 

Phone: (808) 356-5291

Email: sgowette@hpu.edu

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Julia Graham, OTD, MFA, OTR/L

Director of Student Affairs and Assistant Professor 

Phone: (808) 236-5835

Email: jagraham@hpu.edu

Susan Lingelbach, OTD, OTR/L 

Assistant Professor 

Phone: (808) 356-5206 

Email: slingelbach@hpu.edu 

Mark Hardison, Phd, OTR/L

Assistant Professor

Phone: (808) 356-5273

Email: mhardison@hpu.edu

 

 

Lauren Milton, OTD, OTR/L

Director of Curriculum and Assistant Professor 

Phone: (808) 236-3553 

Email: lmilton@hpu.edu 

Amy Sadek, PhD, OTR/L, DipACLM 

Director of Capstone Education and Assistant Professor 

Phone: (808) 236-3537

Email: asadek@hpu.edu 

Elizabeth Torres, OTD, OTR/L, CAPS, ECHM

Director of Admissions and Assistant Professor

Phone: (808) 356-5240

Email: eltorres@hpu.edu

 

 

Tiffany Marie Salvador, MSW  

Administrative Coordinator 

Email: tsalvador@hpu.edu 

Rebecca Cannon

Enrollment Advisor

Faculty Scholarship and Highlights

Upcoming Faculty Presentations:

The following faculty will be presenting at AOTA Inspire 2024 Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida March 21-23:

Julia Graham, OTD, MFA, OTR/L

  • Yoga and Occupational Therapy: A Comprehensive Scoping Review Protocol. American Occupational Therapy Association Inspire 2024 Conference and Expo. Poster. Accepted for March 22, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. EST.

  • Critically Appraised Paper: DARE to MOVE: Feasibility Study of a Novel Dance-Based Rehabilitation Method in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. American Occupational Therapy Association Inspire 2024 Conference and Expo. Poster. Accepted for March 23, 2024 at 3 p.m. EST  

Susan Lingelbach, OTD, OTR/L

  • You're Just a Number: Understanding Burnout in School-Based OT. American Occupational Therapy Association Inspire 2024 Conference and Expo. Poster. Accepted for March 23, 2024 at 3 p.m. EST.

 

REcent Faculty Presentations:

Julia Graham, OTD, MFA, OTR/L

  • Impact of Universal Design for Learning Principles on Student Learning. American Occupational Therapy Association Ed Summit. Poster. November 10, 2023 at 4:45 p.m. MST.  

Amy Sadek, PhD, OTR/L, DipACLM

  • Integration of Lifestyle Medicine in Occupational Therapy Education. American Occupational Therapy Association Ed Summit. Workshop. November 10, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. MST.  

  • Reconstructing Syllabi: An Inclusive Approach for All Educators. American Occupational Therapy Association Ed Summit. Poster. November 10, 2023 at 4:45 p.m. MST.

Event Link: https://www.aota.org/events/calendar/aota-education-summit

Amy Sadek, PhD, OTR/L, DipACLM and Sabrina Gowette, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS

  • Unlocking the Potential of AI in Experiential Education: Demystifying the What, Why and How. Nevada Occupational Therapy Association. RISE Conference. Las Vegas, NV. May 18, 2024.            
  • Striking Balance: Considerations of AI in OT Education. Occupational Therapy Association of California. 3rd Annual Academic Symposium. Webinar. June 21, 2024.

Susan Lingelbach, OTD, OTR/L

  • Occupational Therapy Burnout: It’s Time to Extinguish the Flames and Reignite Passion in Practice. Kansas Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. Invited Keynote Presentation. September 15, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. CST. 

Event Link: https://www.kotaonline.org/Events

Robyn Otty, OTD, OTR/L, BCPR, FAOTA

  • Preventing Muskuloskeletal Injuries in the Workplace. TravCon. Educational Session. Accepted for September 19, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. PST.
  • Caring for Dementia Patients: Clinical Update. TravCon. Educational Session. Accepted for September 19, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. PST

Event Link: https://travcon.org/

 

REcent Faculty Publications:

Amy Sadek, PhD, OTR/L, DipACLM

  • Citation: Sadek, A., Billock, C., & Jordan, K. (2023). Health Policy Perspectives—Exploring reimbursement pathways for lifestyle medicine and health promotion services in occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77, 7703090010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2023.05025. PubMed PMID: 37272903.