Lecturer, Department of Occupational Therapy Online Program
Education:BS in Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California
MS in Healthcare Administration, California State University Long Beach
Doctor of Occupational Therapy (PP-OTD), Boston University
Cclinical practice with adolescents and adults in mental health settings and with adults and geriatric populations in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, adult day health care and outpatient hand therapy; currently the supervisor of the OT department at the VA Long Beach, where she has been employed since 2002. Karen became a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (CLSSBB) and leads VA teams in value stream analysis and Lean process improvement events.
Karen is currently conducting research as the co-investigator for the comprehensive program evaluation of the VA Everyday Matters workshop. She has published in the textbook Occupational Therapy Essentials for Clinical Competence, 3rd edition (2016).
