Optimus Prosthetics - August 2018 Newsletter

STAFF UPDATES

Optimus Prosthetics is saddened to announce that our Cincinnati Clinical Manager, Travis Barlow, is departing the company. Travis came to Optimus in 2010 as a Prosthetic Resident. Travis and his family are moving out of the state. We wish him nothing but the very best and thank him for his years of service in the prosthetic community.

Taking over as Clinical Manager in Cincinnati is David Frautshi, CP. David has worked at Optimus Prosthetics since 2015 in our Dayton office.

In addition, w e would like to welcome clinicians, Rachel and Derick Schmidt!

Rachel will be working in our Dayton office while Derick will be working in Cincinnati. This husband and wife duo join us from Pennsylvania. They both graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and have 15+ years of combined experience.

Welcome to the Optimus team!

Last, but not least, we'd like to welcome back Kelsey Holden! Kelsey returned to Optimus Prosthetics in May.

Optimus Prosthetics Represented in Africa

Andrea Kinsinger, PT at Optimus Prosthetics, just returned from a 3 week long mission trip to Malawi, Africa.

"My husband, Jay, and I had a wonderful time serving orphans, widows, children with disabilities and pastors in Malawi, Africa with 11 teens from our youth group. We did many outreaches including Vision clinics where we handed out 300+ glasses and vacation Bible school outreaches with anywhere from 250 - 1000 kids. I taught 40 Malawian people how to do ROM(range of motion), strength and balance activities for disabled kids so they can go back to their respective villages and teach the parents of these kids.

Jay and I had a unique opportunity to represent Optimus in Africa working with a 31 yo gentleman, Mark, who lost his arm in an accident 6 years ago. His arm is basically worn out, but Jay did some modifications to give him so more functional use with it."