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Event Speakers

Orthotic Spine Management

  • Date: February 28, 2024
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Speakers

Organization: Hennepin Healthcare


Daniel Ayana, RN, MSN, CNP, is a nurse practitioner with experience managing neurosurgery patients and works for a trauma level one hospital in Minneapolis, MN.


Organization: Winkley Orthotics & Prosthetics


Jennifer Fawcett, CO, specializes in orthotic treatment of the spine focusing on a variety of spinal diagnoses that include trauma, infection, and deformity. She was a contributing author to the Atlas of Spinal Orthotics and lectures regularly to the local spine fellows.


Organization: Gillette Children's


Kristin Smith, CO, currently serves as lead orthotist in the spinal division of Gillette Children’s Specialty Health­care in St. Paul, MN.


Organization: Winkley Orthotics & Prosthetics


Zach Thurow, CPO, specializes in traumatic spinal brac­ing at Winkley O&P in Minneapolis, MN. He works closely with the Neurosurgery team at Hennepin County Medical Center in downtown Minneapolis, providing custom and off the shelf spinal solutions for traumatic spinal injuries.