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    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