Charles Quick
San Antonio,United States
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Personable and eager to leverage knowledge as an experienced leader and occupational therapist. Skilled in using therapeutic techniques with good understanding of relevant regulations. Reliable and committed to developing and assessing programs for adaptive skills development and functional recovery with utmost care and attention.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Outpatient Occupational Therapist
Veterans Administration Medical Center
12.2023 - Current
- Established rapport with patients, fostering trust and open communication throughout therapeutic process.
- Enhanced patient recovery by developing and implementing customized treatment plans for various diagnoses.
- Managed full caseload efficiently while maintaining high-quality care standards through effective time management strategies during appointments and completing 100% of daily documentation within designated periods.
- Facilitated safe home transitions by conducting thorough assessments of patients living environments and recommending necessary modifications or equipment installation.
Acute Care Occupational Therapist
US Army Fort Sam Houston
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Enhanced overall quality of life for 100% of patients on my caseload with chronic conditions by addressing physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and sensory impairments.
- Promoted independence in activities of daily living through task analysis, environmental adaptations, and compensatory techniques.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing individualized treatment plans and monitoring progress.
Burn Rehabilitation Program Development
Department Of The Army
06.2018 - 06.2023
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to optimize outcomes and ensure patient and family needs are met.
- Identified four fundamental gaps in current therapeutic interventions; created concepts and programs for 100% gap elimination that support functional recovery using holistic concepts.
- Performed USA Burn Centers Department of Rehabilitations program development, effectively implementing 75% of developed programs.
- Created 80% of burn rehabilitations clinical research through development of novel adaptive devices for patient functional recovery.
Chief Occupational Therapist
Department of the Army
06.2016 - 05.2018
- Operated as Brooke Army Medical Center’s occupational therapy service chief and consultant to US Army Surgeon General.
- Collaborated with other healthcare providers to develop and implement occupational therapy's arm of US Army holistic health and fitness (H2F) pilot studies.
- Ensured occupational therapy implementation to 100% of H2F test sites.
- Instilled and ensured utilization of occupational therapy's scope of practice to serve beneficiaries of San Antonio, Texas military community.
- Supported clinical education as clinical instructor for occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students.
Education Branch Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps
Department of the Army
06.2014 - 06.2016
- Function as Education Branch Chief for Army Medical Specialist Corps and Army Veterinary Corps.
- Ensured acquisition of eligible candidates to apply for and attend educational programs that advance Army medicine's future.
- Organized monthly meetings for both Corps, assuring all programs and authorizations were filled.
- Conducted regular audits to maintain strict compliance with internal controls, proactively addressed discrepancies and concerns that led to recovery of post professional short course program (PPSCP) funds.
- Reinstated execution of more than 20 PPSCP courses for six Army Medical Command Corps, a 30% increase in educational opportunities.
Chief Occupational Therapist
Department of the Army
05.2011 - 05.2014
- Function as Landstuhl Regional Army Medical Center’s occupational therapy service chief.
- Instilled into and ensured utilization of occupational therapy scope of practice to serve casualties of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as well as beneficiaries under European Command.
- Collaborated with other healthcare providers to optimize outcomes and ensure patient and family needs are met.
- Executed education program creating opportunity for regional occupational therapists; all who attended earned 75% of their required annual continuing education units.
Occupational Therapist
Department of the Army
05.1998 - 05.2011
- Established rapport with diverse populations including pediatric, geriatric, mental health clients to ensure effective communication throughout treatment process.
- Mentored occupational therapy students during clinical rotations, fostering professional growth and development.
- Assigned to various locations and positions to include Occupational Therapist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and William Beaumont Army Medical Center.
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing individualized treatment plans and monitoring progress.
Education
Doctorate degree - Occupational Therapy
AT Still University
Master's degree - Health Sciences, Health Education
Touro University International
Bachelor's degree - Occupational Therapy
University of Texas Health Science Center
Skills
- Team building
- Program development
- Goal setting
- Time management abilities
- Excellent Communication
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Psycho-social Rehabilitation
- Resilience Interventions
Professional Publications
- 2021, Quick, C. D., Meyer, A. M, Cancio, J. M., Dewey, W. S., Ridge, C. M., Brown, J. K., Pittman, T. T. and Cancio, L. C. (2021). Adjustable dynamic ankle foot orthosis for recovery of functional mobility. Journal of Burn Care & Research, Volume 42, Issue Supplement_1, April 2021, Pages S179–S180, https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irab032.295
- 2019, Teresa L. Brininger, Charles D. Quick, Amy Mattila, Michelle Nordstrom, Robert D. Montz and Arthur Yeager, Chapter 44, Occupational Therapy: Serving Service Members and Veterans. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation, 2nd edition, 704-721.
- 2018, Baumann, M. L., Brown, A. N., Quick, C. D., Breuer, S. T., Smith-Forbes, E. V. Translating occupational therapy’s current role within U.S. Army combat and operational stress control operations, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
- 2016, Smith-Forbes, E.V., Quick, C.D., & Brown, K.M. Roles of Occupational Therapists in Theater, Past and Present, AMEDD at WAR: Lessons Learned 2001-2015. The United States Army Medical Department Journal, April-September, PB 8-18-4/5/6/7/8/9, 66-70.
- 2015, Gregg, B.T., Howell, D.M., Quick, C.D., & Iwama, M.K. The Kawa River Model: Applying Theory to Develop Interventions for Combat and Operational Stress Control. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 31(4), 366-384
- 2014, Quick, C., Judkins, J., Prudencio, T., Ryan, D., Hawkins, R., Larres, D., Yeager, A., Welsh, A., Hackett, L., Occupational Therapy in Polytrauma, Fact Sheet, The American Occupational Therapy Association.
- 2014, Quick, CD, Bejarano, BD. Chapter 17, Construction of Hand Splints, Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction, 7th Ed. M.V. Radomski & C.A. Trombly, 473-494.
- 2009, Hedman TL, Quick CD, Richard RL, Renz EM, et al., Chapter 13, Rehabilitation of Burn Casualties, Care of the Combat Amputee, Textbooks of Military Medicine, 277-379.
- 2009, Richard R, Baryza MJ, Carr JA, Dewey WS, Dougherty ME, Forbes-Duchart L, et al. Burn Rehabilitation and Research: Proceedings of a Consensus Summit. Journal of Burn Care and Research; 30:542-573.
- 2009, Dewey WS, Richard RL, Hedman TL, Chapman TT, Quick CD, Renz EM, Blackbourne LH, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB. Opposition splint for partial thumb amputation: a case study measuring disability before and after splint use. Journal of Hand Therapy; 22:79-87.
- 2008, Nelson JD, Richard RL, Barillo D, Quick CD, Hedman TL, Wolf S. Regaining Function, Improving Life. Journal of Burn Care and Research; Highlights From the 20th Annual Southern Region Burn Conference, November 2008; 29: 6 (S2)
- 2008, Chapman TT, Richard RL, Hedman TL, Chisholm GB, Jones JA, Quick C, Baer D, Dewey WS, Renz EM, Barillo DJ, Cancio LC, Chung KK, Holcomb JB, Wolf SE. Military return to duty and civilian return to work factors following burns with focus on the hand and literature review. Journal of Burn Care and Research; 29:756-762.
- 2008, Richard RL, Hedman TL, Quick CD, Barillo DJ, Cancio LC, Renz EM, Chapman TT, Dewey WS, Dougherty M, Esselman P, Forbes-Duchart L, Franzen BJ, Hunter H, Kowalske K, Moore M, Nakamura DY, Nedelec B, Niszczak J, Parry I, Serghiou M, Ward RS, Holcomb JB, Wolf SE. A Clarion to Recommit and Reaffirm Burn Rehabilitation. Journal of Burn Care and Research; 29:425-432.
- 2008, Reg Richard, Travis L. Hedman, Charles D. Quick, Evan M. Renz, Leopold C. Cancio, Kevin K. Chung, W. Scott Dewey, David J. Barillo, John B. Holcomb, Letter to the Editor, BURNS Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, Vol 34, No 2: pp. 295-296.
- 2008, Hedman TL, Renz EM, Richard RL, Quick CD, Dewey WS, Barillo DJ, Cancio LC, Baer DG, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB. Incidence and Severity of Combat Hand Burns After All Army Activity Message. Journal of Trauma 64(2): S169-S173.
- 2007, William S. Dewey, Reg L. Richard, Travis L. Hedman, Ted T. Chapman, Charles D. Quick, John B. Holcomb, Steven E. Wolf, A Review of Compression Glove Modifications to Enhance Functional Grip: A Case Series, Journal of Burn Care and Research, Vol 28, No 6, p.888
- 2007, Salinas RD, Hedman TL, Quick CD, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB. Ventilation back ramp designed to prevent supperative donor sites and accelerate healing time. Journal of Burn Care and Research; 28: S109.
- 2007, Travis L. Hedman, Ted T. Chapman, William S. Dewey, Charles D. Quick, Steven E. Wolf, John B. Holcomb, Two Simple Leg Net Devices Designed to Protect Lower-Extremity Skin Grafts and Donor Sites and Prevent Decubitus Ulcer, Journal of Burn Care and Research, Vol 28, No.1 p.115.
- 2007, Charles D Quick, Dorsal Wrist Extension Fulcrum Splint, Splint of the Quarter, BurnTherapist.com
- 2006, Chapman TT, Hedman TL, Quick CD, Dewey WS, Wolf SE, Holcomb JB. Airplane sling with seven degrees of freedom used to position the burned upper extremity (Poster). Southern Region Burn Conference, Durham, N.C.
- 2006, WS Dewey, PT, CHT, OCS, TL Hedman, MPT, OCS, CD Quick, OTR/L, LH Blackbourne, MD, TT Chapman, OTR/L, SE Wolf, MD, and JB Holcomb, MD, Poster
Affiliations
- American Occupational Therapy Association - Member
- World Federation of Occupational Therapy - Member
- American Burn Association - Member
Job Related Training
- US Army Surgeon General Consultant Symposium-2017
- Certified Hand Therapist-2009
- Medical Strategic Leadership Program-2015
- Command and General Staff College-Intermediate Level Education-Common Core -2011
- AMSC Evaluation and Treatment of Upper Extremity Conditions; 6H-A0609 Project Officer-2010
- AMEDD Executive Skills Course 6A-F4-2010
- AMSC Entry – Level Field Grade Officer Leader Development Course, Iron Majors Week-2010
- AMSC Treatment of Burns and Multiple Trauma Course-Project Officer-2006-2007 and 2017
- COL Mary Lipscomb Hamrick AMSC Research Course-2006
- AMSC Treatment of Burns and Multiple Trauma Course-2003
- AMSC Combat Stress Control Course-2000
- Upper Extremity Neuro-muscular-skeletal evaluator. Non-physician extender completed 2000
Certification
- OTR - Occupational Therapist Registered
- OTR/L - Licensed Occupational Therapist, Texas
- CHT - Certified Occupational Therapist
Timeline
Outpatient Occupational Therapist
Veterans Administration Medical Center
12.2023 - Current
Acute Care Occupational Therapist
US Army Fort Sam Houston
08.2023 - 11.2023
Burn Rehabilitation Program Development
Department Of The Army
06.2018 - 06.2023
Chief Occupational Therapist
Department of the Army
06.2016 - 05.2018
Education Branch Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps
Department of the Army
06.2014 - 06.2016
Chief Occupational Therapist
Department of the Army
05.2011 - 05.2014
Occupational Therapist
Department of the Army
05.1998 - 05.2011
Doctorate degree - Occupational Therapy
AT Still University
Master's degree - Health Sciences, Health Education
Touro University International
Bachelor's degree - Occupational Therapy
University of Texas Health Science Center
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