Rising Professional

Rising Professionals: From Student to Specialist - Charting Your First Five Years

Session Leader(s)

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  Abbey Gilhooly-Senczyszyn, CPO, MBA, MPO, FAAOP (she/her/hers)

  Staff Clinician and Clinical Manager
  Bremer Prosthetics
  Flint, Michigan, United States

Speaker(s)

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  Scott Thach, MSPO, CPO (he/him/his)

  Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
  Shriners Children's Hawaii
  Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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  Kathleen Carroll, MS, MSPO, CPO, FAAOP (she/her/hers)

  Senior Manager, Clinical Outcomes
  Hanger Institute for Research and Education
  Austin, Texas, United States
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  Sydney Ezell, MSPO, CPO (she/her/hers)

  Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
  Tech Ridge Prosthetics
  Kyle, Texas, United States
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  Jonah Rhymer, MPO, CPO

  Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
  Open Bionics
  Northwestern University Prosthetics and Orthotics Center
  Chicago, Illinois, United States

Transitioning from school or residency into professional practice is exciting but daunting. This session explores strategies for building confidence, avoiding burnout, setting career goals, and embracing lifelong learning in the first critical years of practice.