Aida Olvera-Dyckes, OTR/L, MSOP, CHT, CLT

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Ann Arbor, MI 48108

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Educational:

Guest Lecture at Eastern Michigan University: Primarily prosthetic and orthotic department – Area Educational Lecture Expertise: Low Temperature thermoplastic polymers

Editing; Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation, 4th Ed Book - A Quick Reference Guide and Review, Chapter 1 ligaments and Muscular Disorders Chapter 7 Edema/Lymphedema and Vascular Disorders,

Authoring: Chapter Critical Concepts to Commit to Memory Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation, 4th Ed Book - A Quick Reference Guide and Review. Chapter 3 Edema Reduction Techniques Fundamentals of Hand Therapy: Clinical Reasoning and Treatment Guidelines for Common Diagnoses of the Upper Extremity, 3rd Edition

Current Clinical Employment:

Ascension St. John Providence Hospital, Southfield - Jan. 2019 to 2021 - Outpatient hand therapy. Therapist responsible for evaluation and treatment of patients, marketing and program development, staff training and mentoring.

May 2018 to March 2020 - Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak: Contingent Occupational Therapist on 100 bed orthopedic floor. Duties include. Education and mentoring of junior staff with splinting, treatment implementation with upper extremity orthopedic patients. Patient caseload includes upper and lower extremity orthopedic patients.

Outpatient Experience

2016- 2017 Plymouth Physical Therapy Specialist: Opened start up outpatient occupational hand therapy clinic for Milan Michigan location. Ordered equipment, established protocols, marketed physicians generated referral flow for current therapist.

2005 to 2016 Staff Occupational Therapist, Outpatient hand therapy clinic, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Case load consists of but not limited to. Post-operative Traumatic Injuries, Upper extremity fractures, tendon injuries, cumulative trauma disorders

2003-2004 Hand Therapy Fellowship, ARM Rehabilitation, Lansing, MI. Nine month post-graduate fellowship in hand therapy. Worked directly with Certified Hand Therapists and Hand Surgeons.

1994–2001 Staff Occupational Therapist, HealthSouth Corporation, Las Vegas, NV.

Staff Occupational Therapist, Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria, CA.

Extensive experience with orthopedic and neurological patients. Hand therapy patients included Carpal Tunnel, Flexor and Extensor Tendons, complex regional pain syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome and various arm, wrist, hand and finger fractures. Neurological patients included CVA, TBI, Guillen Barre, and SCI. Skills include utilization of manual therapy techniques, serial casting and splinting.

Long-Term Care Experience - Evangelical Home Care Shared Services Ann Arbor Michigan: Home Health, provide safe transition to home ensuring safety and independence with activities of daily livings transfers to commode, shower chair for independence with personal hygiene. Household ambulation transfers to bed including bed mobility and to chairs couch and wheelchair. Assess for patient safety with cooking, meal preparation, medication preparation and home exercise program. To enhance and elongate patient’s ability to live independently and safely in their own home as long as possible

Evangelical Homes of Michigan Saline Michigan: Work inpatient rehabilitations at the Redies center primarily orthopedic case load; supervise COTA’s, providing services to patient promoting independence for safe return home.

1992-1994 Staff Occupational Therapist, NovaCare Corporation, Columbus, OH.

Staff Occupational Therapist, NovaCare Corporation, Waco, TX.

Staff Occupational Therapist, TheraCare Corporation, Newark, OH

Evaluated and treated patients in multiple nursing homes. Opened a new department for NovaCare in Texas.

Rehabilitation Experience

1987–1992 Staff Occupational Therapist, North Valley Hospital, Chico, CA

Staff Occupational Therapist, Healthsource Saginaw, Saginaw MI.

Staff Occupational Therapist, Jackson – Madison Co. Hosp., Jackson, TN

Acute inpatient Rehabilitation patients included CVA, TBI, SCI, Hip and Knee replacements, and multiple traumas. These hospital units ranged from 35 to 60 beds.

Private Practice Experience

1989-1990 Contract Occupational Therapist, Milan, TN.

Contracted with multiple providers in Western Tennessee to provide Occupational Therapy Services. Providers included Center for Child Development, Home Health agencies and school systems.

Education

2011 – Master’s Degree in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

1987 – B.S. in Occupational Therapy, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.

Completed National Certification Exam -1987.

Hand Therapy Fellowship, - 2004. ARM (Assessment Rehabilitation Management), Lansing, MI

NDT Certification in Adult Hemiplegia – 1991. Certificate # AH-1067-91

NDT Advanced Course: Upper Extremity Function – 1992

NDT Advanced Course: Function in the Upright Posture – 1992

Matheson Functional Capacity Evaluation Certification Program 1999

Certified Hand Therapist May 2016 certificate number 20160596

Manual Lymph Drainage (Vodder Technique and Complete Decongestive Therapy – 135 hour certification program. July 2016