Elaine Fess

Certified Hand Therapist, 1991
OTD: Indiana University, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Post Professional OTD program, 2016
MS: Indiana University, School of Education, 1977
BS: Indiana University, School of Medicine, Occupational Therapy Program, 1966

American Occupational Therapy Association Roster of Fellows, 1982
Sociedade Brasileria de Terapeutas da Mao Honorary Member, 1988
American Society of Hand Therapists Lifetime Fellowship Award, 1999
Philadelphia Surgery & Hand Rehabilitation Symposium Honored Senior Professor, 2002
American Hand Therapy Foundation Chairman Emeritus, 2004
Indiana University, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) Distinguished Alumni, 2010
5th Edition, Diagnosis and Treatment Manual for Physicians and Therapists, ed. 2020
Cannon, N., Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center, Indianapolis, IN, Dedicated to Elaine E. Fess, OTD, OTR, FAOTA, CHT, 2020
Roy Meals, MD, Invited Lecture, Doctors Demystify Survey: Selected one of the "Greats in Hand Therapy", 2017

114 Professional publications including 7 coauthored books; 23 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals; 33 book chapters; 1 patent, 3 copyrights, etc.
247 Professional presentations including 48 state/regional; 171 national; 26 international; 1 virtual (during COVID); and 1 upcoming national in 2026.
American Society of Hand Therapists:
- Board Member at Large; only elected officer on inaugural ASHT Board (original six founders grandfathered in), 1978-1979
- Secretary, 1980-1982
American Hand Therapy Foundation
- Treasurer, 1989 – 1996; and 2007 – 2021
- Chairman, 1996 – 2004

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