Abigail Stepnitz, MPO, CPO/L (she/her/hers)

Certified/Licensed Prosthetist Orthotist
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Abigail Stepnitz, CPO/L, MPO, currently works as a prosthetist-orthotist at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She graduated from the master's program at the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center in 2022 and completed her combined prosthetic and orthotic residency at Gillette Children's in St Paul, Minnesota in 2024. Her clinical interests include orthotic management of scoliosis and pediatric prosthetics. Her research interests include outcome measures for pediatric prosthesis and orthosis users.

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Presentation(s):

• Clinical Training: Challenges and Opportunities During Residency - Sponsored by the Behavioral Science Society

  Thursday, February 19, 2026
  10:15 AM - 11:45 AM CDT

• Getting Aligned on Lower Limb Prosthetic Alignment

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  10:45 AM - 12:15 PM CDT

• Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) from the Evidence Based Practice Committee (EBPC)

  Friday, February 20, 2026
  2:15 PM - 3:45 PM CDT