About Ann Burkhardt

Academic Experience

Founding Director, Chair and Tenured Professor, OTD Program, Drake University

Founding Director and Professor OTD Program, Johnson & Wales University

Director, Quinnipiac University On-line Post Professional Master’s Degree Program

Division Director, Long Island University, Occupational Therapy BS/MS degree programs

Associate Clinical Instructor, Columbia University, Programs in Occupational Therapy

Director, Occupational Therapy, NYPH-Columbia

Chief, Occupational Therapy, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Professional Service and Accomplishments

Past President of NYSOTA

Former Elected Director, AOTA Board of Directors

Co-investigator NIA Funded research, the Sources of Independence in the Elderly, Sergievsky Center, Columbia University

Content expert, CDC Funded ICF coding implementation grant, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Program in Medical Informatics

Recent Courses Taught

OTH 515 Occupational Engagement in Adulthood

Selected Publications

Burkhardt, A. (2021). Chapter 33, Oncology, in Early’s Physical Dysfunction for the Occupational Therapy Assistant (4th Edition). M.B. Patenaude, editor. Mosby, St. Louis, MO.

Burkhardt, A. (2019). Chapter 14. Starting new programs, in K. Jacobs & G.L. McCormack (Eds.), The Occupational Therapy Manager (6th Edition) (141-152). Bethesda, MD: AOTA Press.

Kornblau, B. & Burkhardt, A. (2012). Ethics in rehabilitation: a clinical perspective, 2nd Edition. Slack: Thorofare, NJ.Albert, S.M., Bear-Lehman, J., Burkhardt, A. (2011). Mild depressive symptoms, self-reported disability, and slowing across multiple functional domains. International Psychogeriatrics, 24, 253-260.

Spencer, S.M., Albert, S.M., Bear-Lehman, J., Burkhardt, A. (2009). Lifestyle-Adjusted Function: Variation Beyond BADL and IADL Competencies. The Gerontologist, 49 (6), 767.

Kukafka R, Bales ME, Burkhardt A, Friedman C. (2006). Human and automated coding of rehabilitation discharge summaries according to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health. J Am Med Inform Assoc., 13(5), 508-15.

Educational Background

Wheaton College
BA, Psychology/Biology
New York University
MA, Occupational Therapy
Creighton University
Post-professional OTD