Jody Greenhalgh, OTR/L, MCP
Team Member
Jody provides therapy, leadership, education, research, expert witness testimony, assistive technology and community outreach to better serve those impacted by trauma and illness (patients, families, therapists, healthcare providers, emergency responders, consumers, institutions, universities and students).
Ms Greenhalgh offers significant clinical qualifications including both “front end” and “back end” experience with trauma response. Over the past 35+years, Jody has practiced as an Occupational Therapist in a variety of healthcare settings including treating adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients in acute tertiary hospitals and university medical centers. She provides therapeutic support in physical and mental health crisis. Jody works in specialized areas of clinical practice for patients enduring spinal and head injuries, neurological impairments, multi-organ transplant, orthopedic and micro-vascular surgery, amputations and limb re-attachments, burns, muscle disease, cancer, AIDS, medical psychology, and other critical illnesses. She also offers support services for children with life-threatening diseases and their families. Jody has participated in clinical research projects including leading groups of high risk women living with HIV who experience trauma related stress as well as for siblings of clients with cancer. In addition, she assists police officers, firefighters, and emergency workers who must cope with catastrophic events including facilitating critical incident debriefings addressing grief, death, suicide intervention, and post-traumatic stress issues. Jody has been a board member and advisory for hospital ethics, emergency medical care, support groups for ill children and 1st responder agencies. She supports therapeutic canine assistance services to enhance the lives of people with disabilities and ensure quality partnerships. Jody is a guest lecturer at Universities and Conferences. Jody is also an international traveler emphasizing health and disability adaptation "Living Life Fully". Rehabilitating & Healing Humanity through Compassionate Leading-Edge Practice, Every Patient Every Time Jody Greenhalgh, OTR/L, MCP CBOT Advance Practice Swallow, PAM, Hands, NDT, CISM PhD Student (sabbatical) Stanford University Medical Center – Health Care San Mateo County CISM Team & Emergency Medical Care Committee C: 650.740.5639 [email protected] |