
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.

Michelle Buccinna, OTD, OTR/L
Interim Director, Bay Shore Campus, Occupational Therapy
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy

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

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

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

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

Julie Kardachi, OTD, OTR/L, CLA
Academic Coordinator, Occupational Therapy
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy

Shifra K. Leiser, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy

Eileen Meehan, MS, OTR/L, CHT
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
Meira L Orentlicher, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Director of Research & Faculty Scholarship, School of Health Sciences
Associate Chair of Research & Scholarship, Occupational Therapy
Professor, Occupational Therapy

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

Susan A. Taddonio, DPT, MA, PT
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy

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

Serena Zeidler, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy