Sally
Middle Name
A.
DiBello, MPO, CPO, LO
Middle Name
A.
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Positions
- Assistant Professor
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School of Health Professions
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Course director for Fundamentals of Biomechanics, Lower Limb Orthotics, and Upper Limb Orthotics.
- Staff Orthotist
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Hanger Clinic
Houston, Texas United States
Currently practicing in the largest Hanger Clinic location in the United States as a part time staff orthotist. Experience includes orthotic residency under Tom DiBello CO, LO, FAAOP. Currently providing orthotic treatment to multiple patient populations including pediatric population with focus on patients with Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, and Down Syndrome and adults with Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, and Stroke. Previously invited to speak at the Texas chapter of the AAOP on Tuning AFOs in the Adult Population. Previously invited to present on AFO Tuning at Hanger's National Educational Fair in 2017.
- Clinic Manager
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Hanger Clinic
Houston, Texas
Addresses
- BCM-Michael DeBakey Center (Office)
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Room: BCMM-M108
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Education
- BS from Texas A&M University
- 05/2010 - College Station, TX
- Kinesiology - Motor Behavior
- MS from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
- 05/2011 - Dallas, TX
- Prosthetics and Orthotics
- PhD from University of Houston
- HOUSTON
- Beginning Fall 2018 - Kinesiology - Motor Behavior
Certifications
- Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
- #CPO03635
- ABC Orthotics and Prosthetics
- Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
- Licensed Orthotist
- #1618
- Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics
Professional Development
- 2D Gait Analysis: How to Utilize Video
- Conference (Presenter, 2018)
- Sponsor: AAOP
- Optimizing Orthotic Management of Persons with Stroke
- Course (Presenter, 2018)
- Sponsor: Hanger Clinic
- Hanger Clinic Annual National Education Fair
- Conference (Presenter, 2017)
- Sponsor: Hanger Clinic
- Texas Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Conference (Presenter, 2017)
- Sponsor: AAOP
- Optimizing Orthotic Management of Persons With Stroke
- Conference (Presenter, 2018)
- Sponsor: American Congress of Rehabilitative Medicine
- Connecting AFO Stiffness to Plantar Flexor Weakness - Concepts and Literature Review
- Conference (Presenter, 2018)
- Sponsor: Texas Chapter of the AAOP
Selected Publications
- "AAOP Academy Today: Manual Muscle Testing Considerations of the Plantar Flexors When Optimizing AFO Stiffness." 14 (No. 2): 10-11.
Projects
- Primary Investigator
- BCM Orthotics & Prosthetics Program (07/2017 - present)
- Primary investigator and mentor for Master of Science candidate projects which include: Systematic Review of AFO Stiffness Effects on Gait, Systematic Review of AFO Effects on Muscle Atrophy, Inter-professional Communication Barriers, Stance Control KAFO trial orthosis effects on gait, and development of a technical manual to aid in student lab learning experiences.
Memberships
- 2018 & 2019 AAOP Annual Meeting Clinical Content Committee
- Committee Member (03/2017)
- American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
- Member (01/2017)
- International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics
- U.S. Member (06/2017)
- AAOP Gait Society
- Member
- AAOP Lower Limb Orthotics Society
- Chair (02/2018)
- Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
- Member (09/2017)
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