JPO Editorial Board

Steven A. Gard, PhD

JPO Editor-in-Chief

Executive Director of the Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center for Education & Research, Chicago, Illinois. He is on the Northwestern University Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation faculty, the Feinberg School of Medicine, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Kristie Bjornson, PT, PhD, MS

Professor of Developmental Medicine, Pediatrics at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute.

Goeran Fiedler, PhD

Associate professor for the Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics (MSPO) program at the University of Pittsburgh

Mark Geil, PhD

Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Health Georgia State University. He specializes in biomechanics, and pediatric prosthetics and orthotics.

Brian J. Hafner, PhD

University of Washington (UW) professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and an adjunct Professor in the UW Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Michelle J. Hall, MS, CPO, FAAOP(D)

Lead prosthetist and O&P residency director at Gillette Children's, St. Paul, Minnesota. She specializes in pediatric prosthetic care and research.

Daniel Heitzmann, Dipl. Ing. (FH)

Research Engineer with the Department of Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. He specializes in lower-limb orthotics and prosthetics, as well as gait analysis.

M. Jason Highsmith, PT, DPT,
PhD, CP, FAAOP(D)

Prosthetist, Physical Therapist, Medical Scientist. Professor- School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida (Tampa, FL). National Director- Orthotic, Prosthetic & Pedorthic Clinical Services (OPPCS) Program Office with the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Physical Therapist- US Army Reserves.

Peter Kyberd, PhD, MSc, BSc

Visiting scholar at the Musculoskeletal Research Unit at Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital, University of London, UK.
He is a specialist in the design and evaluation of upper-limb prosthetic components.

Matthew J. Major, PhD

Research health scientist at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Sara Morgan, PhD, L/CPO

Acting Assistant Professor in the Prosthetics & Orthotics Program, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington.

David Morgenroth, MD

Physiatrist and scientist. He is Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington. In addition, he is a Staff Physician and Associate Program Director for the Amputation Rehabilitation Fellowship at VA Puget Sound Health Care System and an Investigator at the VA RR&D Center for Limb Loss and Mobility (CLiMB).

Elaine Owen, MSc SRP, MCSP

Physiotherapist with 50 years of experience. Independent practitioner and lecturer, formerly Superintendent and Clinical Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist, Child Development Centre, Bangor, UK. She specializes in gait analysis and designing, aligning, and tuning AFOs. 

Phillip M. Stevens, CPO, MEd, FAAOP

Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist with Hanger Clinic in Salt Lake City,
Utah. He specializes in upper-extremity prosthetics.

Nicolette Chamberlain-Simon, MPO, CPO

Certified Prosthetist-Orthotist at UC San Francisco and Director of the Academy's evidence database, O&P IQ. She has worked in various prosthetic and orthotic settings, including rehabilitation hospitals, private clinics, and mobile care environments.