Susanne is an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Midwestern University and for 20+ years has been teaching courses such as kinesiology, orthotics, upper extremity rehabilitation, physical agent modalities and anatomy along with administration, leadership and program development. She has presented continuing education courses on a variety of topics related to upper extremity rehabilitation locally and internationally. Her clinical practice is in outpatient orthopedics in the western suburbs of Chicago.
Dr. Higgins graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy. She earned her Master of Health Sciences degree at the University of Indianapolis and completed her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. She has been a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) since 1992 and a charter member of the ASHT since 1988. Susanne serves as a volunteer for the Education Division of the American Society of Hand Therapists.