April O'Connell studied Occupational Therapy at Boston University and trained under former
ASSH president, Dr. Dennis Phelps. Ms. O’Connell moved to NYC and joined NYU Langone
Orthopedics as a clinical specialist in 2009. She has presented at ASSH, AAHS, and ASHT on a
variety of topics including tendon injuries and rehabilitation. Ms. O’Connell has appeared on Dr.
Radio speaking on various Hand Therapy topics and is one of the founding members of Pitch
Smart and the Golf Lab at NYU. She has several research projects underway including “Relative
Motion Orthosis vs. a Dorsal Blocking splint for flexor tendon repairs”. Last year, Ms. O’Connell
joined the occupational therapy department at Cedars Sinai with Dr. Shin and recently she
presented on the Rehabilitation of the Overhead Athlete at ASSH in 2022 with Drew Morcus,
DPT.