Brent Braveman

Name and Contact

• Brent Braveman, OTR, PhD, FAOTA
  Director, Department of Rehabilitation Services, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

• Email: bbraveman@gmail.com 

• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brentbraveman

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brent_braveman/

Training and Advanced Certifications

• Certificate in Emotional Intelligence. Weatherhead Executive Education: MD Anderson Cancer Center Leadership Institute. November, 2021.

Area(s) of Expertise

• Management

• Leadership 

• Cancer rehabilitation

• Work disability

Awards and Honors

• Fellow, American Occupational Therapy Association, 2002

• President’s Award, Alexian Brothers AIDS Ministry, 2004

• Certificate of Distinction, Phi Theta Epsilon, 2006

• Excalibur Award for Teaching Excellence, UIC College of Applied Health Sciences, 2006

• AOTA/AOTF Leadership Fellowship, 2007

• AOTA Recognition of Achievement Award, "Exemplary Contributions in Management and Program Development", 2017

Leadership Accomplishments and Passions

Leadership

• Chairperson, Executive and Professional Association Community Affairs Committee (fundraising), 2002-present

• AOTPAC Board Director, 2019-2024

• National Quality Forum Cancer Standing Committee, 2018-2021

• Secretary, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Cancer Rehabilitation Network Group, 2016-2018

• Secretary, AOTA Board of Directors, 2013-2016

• Speaker, AOTA Representative Assembly, 2007-2010

• Chairperson, AOTA Special Interest Section Council, 2003-2007

• Chairperson, AOTA Administration & Management Special Interest Section, 2000-2003

• Roster of Accreditation Evaluators, 1995-1998

• President, District of Columbia Occupational Therapy Association, 1991-1992

Passions

• Social justice

• Eliminating health disparities

• Work disability

• Eliminating HIV

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