Membership Directory Membership Anniversary Anniversary Commemorative th 100 Who’s Who Who’s Who’s Who 100th Anniversary 2017 Commemorative Membership Directory Michael Fillauer, CPO, 2017 ANO To: A TT O A G SEP 6 A PA H From: Fillauer C 11–AM 2 Carlton Fillauer, CPO, FAAOP, circa 1946 POST0 1 7 CARD Past President of AOPA: (1962 – 1963) Cheers to 100 years of advocacy, education, American and support through & Prosthetic Associationrthotic our four generations! Alexandria, VA 22314 www.fillauer.com © 2017 Fillauer LLC AD378 - AOPA 100th Membership Directory.indd 1 2/24/17 9:28 AM LL COM NE PA S N E IE H WELCOME S T the Newest Member of the Michael Fillauer, CPO, 2017 ANO To: A TT O A G SEP 6 A PA H From: Fillauer C 11–AM Carlton Fillauer, CPO, FAAOP, circa 1946 2 0 1 7 Past President of AOPA: (1962 – 1963) POST CARD CLUB Cheers to 100 years of advocacy, education, American and support through & Prosthetic Associationrthotic Congratulations AOPA! our four generations! Alexandria, VA 22314 The three independently operated Snell companies joined the “100 Year Club” in 2011 when we celebrated our centennial. Now we’re thrilled to help salute the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association’s ten decades of service to the profession. Our families are proud to have been a part of AOPA’s mission of enhancing the status of prosthetics and orthotics in the health care community and the organization’s ongoing efforts surrounding improvement in the legislative environment for the community and our patients. ORTHOTICS • PROSTHETICS Here’s wishing AOPA another 100 years of success! ORTHOTICS • PROSTHETICS Little Rock, AR Russellville, AR Shreveport, LA Fort Smith, AR Monroe, LA Mountain Home, AR Alexandria, LA Memphis, TN Fayetteville, AR Southaven, MS Hot Springs, AR North Little Rock, AR Pine Bluff, AR www.fillauer.com Conway, AR © 2017 Fillauer LLC AD378 - AOPA 100th Membership Directory.indd 1 2/24/17 9:28 AM Congratulations AOPA on 100 years of leading the profession. We are proud to have served together for generations. 2017 AOPA Commemorative Membership Directory Table of Contents 4 A Message from 2017 AOPA President Michael Oros, CPO, LPO, FAAOP 6 AOPA: Our Story is Your Story 32 Technology Time line 34 AOPA Leadership 2017 36 AOPA Past Presidents and Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients 38 Key to Titles, Certifications, Abbreviations & Membership 40 Thank You, O&P PAC Supporters 42 AOPA Membership Highlights 48 AOPA Resources 50 AOPA Bylaws SECTION I AOPA MEMBERS 57 Geographical Listings SECTION II AOPA SUPPLIERS 165 Supplier Listings SECTION III INDEX 177 Supplier Product Index SECTION IV INDEX 185 Member Alphabetical Index Who’s Who 100th Anniversary 2017 Commemorative Membership Directory 3 President’s Message Board of Directors Dear AOPA Member, OFFICERS The O&P profession celebrates a milestone in 2017 as AOPA turns 100. This President special edition 100th Anniversary Commemorative Who’s Who Centennial Michael Oros, CPO, LPO, FAAOP Directory is one of many ways AOPA is celebrating a century of growth Scheck and Siress O&P Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, IL and advancement of our profession. President-Elect This directory contains special sections about O&P history, advances in technology, Jim Weber, MBA photographs, and stories that celebrate our profession’s rich history. We hope you keep this Prosthetic & Orthotic Care Inc., keepsake as a reminder of how your association has helped to guide O&P facilities through St. Louis, MO challenging times while celebrating the very many successes along the way. This directory Vice President also formally recognizes all of AOPA’s 2017 members with contact information to encourage Chris Nolan networking, sharing and learning. Many AOPA members have also reached a significant Ottobock North America, Austin, TX milestone and are now guided by a third or fourth generation of O&P professionals and are Immediate Past President older than the association. James Campbell, PhD, CO, FAAOP Hanger Clinic, Austin, TX Over the last century, your association and its leaders have worked tirelessly to develop more knowledgeable practitioners, savvier O&P business practices, better-educated legislators, Treasurer Jeff Collins, CPA more O&P—friendly laws and more favorable reimbursement. What would our profession Cascade Orthopedic Supply Inc., be like today without its professional association AOPA? Chico, CA During this time of reflection, we hope the lessons learned from our past will help us tackle Executive Director/Secretary the important challenges that will impact the next generation of O&P professionals. It is Thomas F. Fise, JD AOPA, Alexandria, VA gratifying to be part of a dynamic sphere of people and care providers who have gone that extra mile in serving patients and whose success is our endearing legacy. DIRECTORS David A. Boone, PhD, MPH A century later, AOPA continues its commitment to research, advocacy, education, and Orthocare Innovations LLC, technical support for the O&P profession. AOPA continues to be a strong voice today—and Edmonds, WA with your continued support—for the next 100 years. Traci Dralle, CFm Fillauer Companies Inc., Chattanooga, TN With sincere appreciation for all your continued support, Teri Kuffel, JD Arise Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc., Blaine, MN Pam Lupo, CO Michael Oros, CPO, LPO, FAAOP Wright & Filippis and Carolina AOPA 2017 President Orthotics & Prosthetics Board of Directors, Royal Oak, MI P.S. Be sure to visit www.AOPA100.org for photos, stories, an interactive timeline, and more. Jeffrey Lutz, CPO Hanger Clinic, Lafayette, LA Publisher Thomas F. Fise, JD, Executive Director, AOPA Graphic Design and Production Marinoff Design, LLC Dave McGill Advertising Bob Heiman, director of sales, 856/673-4000, [email protected] Össur Americas, Foothill Ranch, CA The AOPA Membership Directory is published by the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association, 330 John Carlyle St., Ste. 200, Rick Riley Alexandria, VA 22314. Phone: 571/431-0876. Fax: 571/431-0899. To order additional copies, contact the AOPA Bookstore at 571/431-0876 Townsend Design, Bakersfield, CA or www.AOPAnet.org. The AOPA Membership Directory is available to AOPA members for $75 each and non-members for $185 each. We strive to ensure accuracy and provide current information in this directory. Changes and address updates should be sent Brad Ruhl to AOPA headquarters at [email protected]. Ottobock, Austin, TX www.AOPAnet.org. Printed in the USA. Copyright © 2017 American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association 4 Who’s Who 100th Anniversary 2017 Commemorative Membership Directory Scheck & Siress Prosthetics. Orthotics. Congratulations on a century of leadership. AOPA has been a strong, steady hand guiding us through the many challenges O&P has faced over the years. We are a relatively small industry, but AOPA has given us a large voice on issues of importance to our field. Scheck & Siress is honored to be a part of AOPA. Our industry, and ultimately our patients, are much better off because of the excellent work you have done and will continue to do. Here’s to the next 100 years. www.scheckandsiress.com Who’s Who 100th Anniversary 2017 Commemorative Membership Directory 5 AOPA: Our Story Is Your Story s the American Orthotic and Prosthetic facilities through challenging times and Association (AOPA) embarks on its celebrating successes along the way. A centennial celebration, it’s AOPA and the O&P profession have clear that the past 100 years have seen matured and come into their own. While momentous changes. Back in 1917, when it hasn’t always been an easy road, O&P the association was first chartered, no facilities and manufacturers have stayed one could have imagined the advances true to their focus: restoring function for in medical technology that would lead to O&P patients. Today, Americans with limb high-tech orthoses and prostheses, restoring loss and limb difference are achieving a O&P patients to a very high quality of life. better quality of life at unprecedented None of AOPA’s original members could levels, thanks to the O&P professionals have predicted the evolution in business who are committed to high-quality patient practices that would move the industry from care—and AOPA, the association that leads a mom-and-pop shop, hands-on industry, to the way in ensuring favorable treatment for a spectrum of small-, medium-, and large- the O&P business in laws, regulation, and size companies run by highly educated, services; helping members improve their certified orthotists and prosthetists—many management and marketing skills; and of whom have earned master’s degrees. And raising awareness and understanding of no one could have anticipated the explosion the industry and the association. of regulations and laws that have led to a The year 2017 marks a significant mile- heavily audited reimbursement climate, stone for AOPA and for O&P in general. As which has challenged O&P practitioners we celebrate this centennial and prepare for to become documentation experts while a new century of significance, we also take working collaboratively with physicians a look back at the history of the association to ensure optimal outcomes for patients. and the O&P profession, and pay tribute to Throughout this evolution, AOPA has worked the events of the past that have led to our side-by-side with members, guiding O&P achievements today. th 6 Who’s Who 100th AnniversaryAnniversary 2017 Commemorative Membership Directory Setting the Foundation for AOPA’s Formation: O&P in the 1800s While 1917 marks the year AOPA