
Occupational Therapy Doctorate
Faculty
Our faculty are approachable and understanding. They are clinically active, conversant in the latest OT research and practice, involved in the community and in building the knowledge base for occupational therapy education and practice.

Robin Akselrud, OTD, OTR/L
Director, All Women’s Section of the Occupational Therapy Program, Occupational Therapy MS

Michelle Buccinna, OTD, OTR/L
Director, Long Island Campus, Occupational Therapy MSAssistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Beth Chiariello, PhD, OTR/L
Director, Manhattan Campus, Occupational Therapy MSAssistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Tara Collins, DHS, OTR/L
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Occupational Therapy MS

Debra Cullinane, OTD, OTR/L, CAPS
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Louis Dmytryk, PP-OTD, OTR/L, RT (R) (ARRT)
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Pola Ham, EdD, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CAPS
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS
Helene Hendel, PhD., M.S., OTR
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Leon Kirschner, OTD, MPH, ATP, CBIS, c/NDT
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Virginia E. Koenig, OTD, MSA, OTR/L
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Occupational Therapy MS

Shifra K. Leiser, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MSOT Coordinator of Recruitment, Enrollment, and Retention, Occupational Therapy MS
Danielle Losonci, MS, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Eileen Meehan, EdD, OTR/L, CHT
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS
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Remeshwar Narain, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Meira L Orentlicher, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Director of Research & Faculty Scholarship, School of Health SciencesAssociate Chair of Research & Scholarship, Occupational Therapy MSDissertation Committee & Research Coordination, Clinical PsychologyProfessor, Occupational Therapy MS

Rena Purohit, JD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Linda Rini, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CLC
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy MS

Stephanie Dapice Wong, DPT, PT, OTR/L, CAPS
Chair and Director, Occupational Therapy MSAssociate Professor, Occupational Therapy MS