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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 yes........I am due to give an update on the strategic planning and visioning process I am leading in my Department....it is moving along a little slowly but getting there. More important right now is 2 stepping! Yes, 2 stepping!!!! Slow, slow...quick, quick, and quick, quick, slow slow! Conversations...

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...

Recently the new President of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Dr. Ronald DePinho, shared his vision that we will cure 5 cancers in the foreseeable future. Now THAT is a vision worth supporting! I believe it to be true; when you have a strong, clear, aspirational vision of the future it is easy to rally...

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...

Wow, how time flies! Almost two months since I wrote my last blog post. When last we left our hero (grin) he was off to Philadelphia to engage in mortal combat on the dance floor at the AOTF Dancing with the Stars event at Annual Conference. If you have not seen the photos on the NorthCoast Medical...

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...

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...

Wow, so almost two months since the last time I did a Blog entry....time does really fly when you are working hard and playing hard! I have been swamped at work and have been focusing on creating more balance in my life and having a ball playing with my new friends in Houston spending much more time...