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So we have kicked off the process of analyzing and discussing the culture of the Department of Rehabilitation Services at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. I started with my leadership team to identify the "continue" behaviors that we want to be sure continue to happen. I also started our "SOAR"...

Hi everyone, Voting opens today in the AOTA General Elections. I am so excited about the idea of serving our Association as the Next Vice-President. Please log on to www.aota.org and vote! I am honored to consider my two opponents in this election as close colleagues and friends. The great thing about...

I am very excited to have been approved by the Nominating Committee as a candidate for the office of AOTA Vice-President for 2012 to 2015! I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about myself as an occupational therapist and as a long-time volunteer for AOTA and the profession. Over the...

So I have been at my job as Director of Rehabilitation Services at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for 2 whole months. Yesterday I was in a meeting with my fellow Directors in my Division and I shared that with them AND that clearly it seem my honeymoon period as a new Director was over. People were so...

After a lot of hard work on the part of my Leadership Team I am ready to share the next step of our strategic planning process at the MD Anderson Cancer Center Department of Rehabilitation Services. We have spent over 6 months revising our Mission Statement, developing a vision statement for 2021, analyzing...

The summer has been busy (and HOT) in Houston! Much of July was spent on preparing the budget for the 2012 fiscal year which starts today and operational planning and issues, but we continue to move along with the strategic planning process in the Department of Rehabilitation at the University of...

Well it is almost here. Wednesday of this week will be my last day of employment as a college professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I am looking forward to two gainful weeks of unemployment before starting my new adventure as Director of Rehabilitation for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center...

I have been blogging and sharing my experiences over the last few months about the strategic planning process for the Department of Rehabilitation Services at MD Anderson. The Department of Rehabilitation Services includes occupational therapy and physical therapy, employs approximately 90 FTE’s...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. The slate of candidates for the 2013 AOTA elections was posted today and I am happy to share that I am running for the office of AOTA Secretary. With just a few years until our Centennial year there is important work to be done. I believe that my experience as a clinician...

So, we continue with our process of strategic planning and visioning in the Department of Rehabilitation Services at MD Anderson Cancer Center. This month we are conducting a SWOT (strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis to compliment the SOAR (strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations and...

I had the pleasure of spending last Friday and Saturday at the AOTA Student Conclave in Louisville, Kentucky. What a GREAT experience! Our students are always full of energy and enthusiasm, and every time I go to Conclave I walk away feeling even more confident that the future of our profession is...

Today was a perfect day as a professional. Today I presented along with a large group of my physical therapy colleagues at the Texas Physical Therapy Association Conference in the The Woodlands, Texas. These colleagues are all members of the staff I supervise and they submitted a full day workshop...

In an earlier post I mentioned that M.D. Anderson, and particularly my Division (Clinical Support Services) is totally focused on meeting customer expectations and improving our financial position through performance improvement efforts. These are formally recognized or "chartered" projects...

This week my orientation shifted from a focus on the organization and my division (Clinical Support Services) to a focus on my department (Rehabilitation Services) and to learning about cancer and the services we provide to our patients. Even though I had heard some of this before, the facts are shocking...

This week I shared my plan for a year long strategic visioning and strategic planning process for the Department of Rehabilitation Services at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center with my staff. While the Department has a mission and vision statement, I don't see them as current and they are not powerful...