POTA Awards

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POTA Recognizes quality and achievement in Occupational Therapy practice through presentation of the following awards (click to see details of each award):

Reba Sebelist Scholarship
OTA Student Award of Recognition
Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Award for Outstanding Achievement
Award of Recognition
OTA Award of Recognition
Master Clinician Award
Academic Educator Award
Fieldwork Educator Award
Student Award of Recognition
Award of Appreciation
President's Award
Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

Award Recipients

Congratulations to the following individuals who received POTA awards! Thank you for your contributions to POTA and to the field of occupational therapy!

2007

Matthew Carson Wilcox OTA Student Award of Recognition
Valerie Bey Award of Recognition
Bernadette S. Vas Dias , OTA OTA Award of Recognition
Jana Poole Master Clinician Award
Courtney Lea Fellows , OTS Student Award of Recognition
Rebecca Austill-Clausen , MS, OTR/L, FAOTA President's Award
Danielle Sue Shuttleworth Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
Amalie L Andrew Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

2006

Rebecca Austill-Clausen , MS, OTR/L, FAOTA Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Ingrid M. Kanics , MOT Award of Recognition
Tracey J. Seganos , COTA/L OTA Award of Recognition
Fern L. Silverman Master Clinician Award
Denise Chisholm , PhD, OTR/L Academic Educator Award
Lynsay R Whelan , OTS Student Award of Recognition
Bethlehem Haven, Marilyn Sullivan, Director Award of Appreciation
Good Will Industries of Pittsburgh Award of Appreciation
Allegheny County Department of Human Services Award of Appreciation
Michelle Ziegmann , MS OTR President's Award
Lana Kay Gealy Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

2005

Kristie Patten Koenig , PhD, OTR/L Award for Outstanding Achievement
Maureen K. Riggle Award of Recognition
Lisa Ann Fagan , MS, OTR/L Master Clinician Award
Ingrid Mary Provident , Ed.D OTR/L Academic Educator Award
William L. Lambert , OTR/L Fieldwork Educator Award
Joy A Lisak , MS, OTR/L Student Award of Recognition
Barrie E. Sheffler Award of Appreciation
Resources for Human Development Award of Appreciation
Michael Allen, Esq. President's Award
Lana Kay Gealy Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

2004

Patricia Crist , Ph.D.,OTR/L,FAOTA Award for Outstanding Achievement
Amy E. Hudkins , BS, COTA/L OTA Award of Recognition
LeeZa-An F Ohl , COTA/L Master Clinician Award
Ann Marie Potter , MA OTR Academic Educator Award
Tina Bhatt Student Award of Recognition
Pennsylvania Optometric Association Award of Appreciation
Senator Arlen Specter President's Award
Irina Collins Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

2003

Susan L. Haiman Award for Outstanding Achievement
Michele A. Yotz Award of Recognition
Tracy Hough OTA Award of Recognition
Ann H. Neckers , MS,OTR/L,BCP Master Clinician Award
Joyce S. Salls , OTD, OTR/L Academic Educator Award
Michelle Ziegmann , MS OTR Award of Appreciation
Jerome L Martin , PhD, PT Award of Appreciation
Susan E. Santalucia , MS, OTR/L Award of Appreciation
JHF/Coro Pittsburgh Health Sciences Fellowship Award of Appreciation
Stephen L. Heater President's Award
Alisha May Kowalecki , OTS Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

2002

Janet V. DeLany Award for Outstanding Achievement
Mary Gavacs , OTR/L Award of Recognition
Susan A. Fletcher Skees Master Clinician Award
Arlene Lorch , MS, OTR/L, CHES Academic Educator Award
C. Thomas North , MBA, PhD, OTR/L Fieldwork Educator Award
Stephanie Fantauzzo Student Award of Recognition

2001

Colleen White , M.S, OTR/L Award of Recognition
Pamela E. Toto , MS, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA Master Clinician Award
Helen L. Hopkins Academic Educator Award
Pamela Kasyan-Itzkowitz Award of Appreciation
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April, Pittsburgh Award of Appreciation

2000

Nancy L. Beck , MA OTR/L Award for Outstanding Achievement
Jill Noaker Luck Award of Recognition
Jeryl E. Werner , COTA/L, MSCS OTA Award of Recognition
Dr. Moya Kinnealey , OTR/L Academic Educator Award
Dave V. Baldwin Fieldwork Educator Award
Ingrid M. Kanics , MOT Student Award of Recognition
Dave Slubowski Award of Appreciation
Terence W. Starz, MD Award of Appreciation
Boris Vilic Award of Appreciation
Bernard Kolodner, Esq. President's Award

Annual Awards Information

Do you want to recognize an individual for their work and conributions to the field and to POTA? Click here to download the nomination form.

The procedural guidelines and criteria for the awards can be viewed here in its entirety. Or click on each award above to see procedures and rating forms used by the committee for each award.

For questions concerning the award process, contact the POTA Vice-President:
Valerie Bey , , VBEYOT@aol.com