… for a week this summer. Unlike most others though, her week away wasn’t a break from work. Spellman, an assistant professor in the MGH Institute’s occupational … understanding of what it’s like to live with the injury and are no longer healing from other injuries they may have had in their initial rehabilitation stints.  In … in the water if necessary; and an adaptive cooking group using adaptive equipment from MonTech, Montana’s adaptive technology lending program. She also mentored …

… they can always meet with me if my door is open. I think the best teamwork stems from a team that has trusting relationships with one another. Lastly, I believe it’s … your team? Fostering an environment that normalizes asking questions and learning from one another. I have realized that you can be an expert of your own craft, but … become so much more powerful as a practitioner when you express curiosity to learn from other disciplines! I am so grateful to have learned so much from my fellow …

… would span four decades, including 11 deeply impactful years at the MGH Institute. From Clinical Practice to Academia After completing her undergraduate studies at the … I said I would never do, I did do, so through a lot of consideration and advice from friends and family, I decided to take the leap.” Motivated by her family and … would become the class of 2017 at the MGH Institute, Smith has taught everything from research sequences to an elective on disabilities in society, to leadership and …