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CAPT Karen Lohmann Siegel |
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Meet the New Chief Professional Officer for the Therapist Category |
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CAPT Karen Lohmann Siegel has been selected as the Chief Professional Officer for
the Therapist category effective 13 February 2007. As Chief Therapist Officer, CAPT
Siegel is responsible for providing leadership and coordination of therapy professional
affairs of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps) for
the Office of the Surgeon General and the Department. CAPT Siegel will provide guidance
and advice to the Surgeon General and the Therapist Professional Advisory Committee
(TPAC) on matters such as recruitment, retention, and career development of Corps
audiologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language
pathologists.
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CAPT Siegel graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in Physical
Therapy in 1984 from Washington University in St. Louis. She began her Corps career
in 1985 as a clinical staff therapist in the Physical Therapy Section of the Clinical
Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 1987 she transferred to the
Biomechanics Laboratory at NIH, and in 1993 completed a master’s degree in Biomechanics
at the University of Maryland in College Park.
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Currently, CAPT Siegel is a Senior Staff Specialist in the Physical Disabilities
Branch, a collaboration between the NIH Clinical Center and the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development. In this capacity, she manages a clinical
movement analysis laboratory and utilizes the technology in support of numerous
clinical research protocols and in clinical evaluations of gait to enhance the diagnosis
and rehabilitation of movement disorders. She has published over 85 manuscripts
and abstracts and presented at 50 national and international conferences speaking
about movement adaptations to minimize the impact of physical impairments on locomotor
disability.
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CAPT Siegel is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) including
the Orthopaedic and Federal Physical Therapy sections, the Gait and Clinical Movement
Analysis Society, and the Commissioned Officers Association. She contributes expertise
on research design and serves as a subject matter expert on gait, biomechanics,
and motion capture techniques for numerous biomedical journals and has served on
a research study section for the Department of Veterans Affairs. She is a past member
and executive secretary of the TPAC, served on numerous TPAC committees and task
forces, and has designed and maintained the category Web site since its inception.
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CAPT Siegel has been a Regular Corps officer since 1990, and Corps recognition has
included three Public Health Service (PHS) Commendation Medals, a PHS Achievement
Medal, a PHS Citation, and a Crisis Response Service Award. She has been a three
time recipient of the Josef Hoog award, the Therapist category award for excellence
in research. Other professional recognition includes the Jack Walker award from
the APTA for the best article published on clinical practice in the journal Physical
Therapy, and an outstanding alumni award from Washington University.
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