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Jae (Myungjae) Lee, MS, OTR/L

Licensed Occupational Therapist, Certified Hand Therapist

Jae (Myungjae) Lee, MS, OTR/L Photo

Education:

  • Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (OT), Loma Linda University
  • Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Southern California

Certification:

  • Certified Hand Therapist (CHT): Hand Therapy Certification Commission
  • Advanced Practice Hand Therapy and Physical Agent Modalities: CA Board of Occupational Therapy
  • Occupational Therapist Registered/Licensed (OTR/L): National Board for Certification in OT/CA Board of OT

Ms. Lee has been practicing hand therapy since 2018, working with adult and pediatric patients with orthopaedic and neurological conditions. She truly believes in, and practices holistic person approach in therapy to treat the whole person, not just their injuries. She has delivered a lecture presentation on a topic of ‘Providing Holistic Hand Therapy to Patients with PTSD’ in the 2018 OT state conference.

In her free time, Ms. Lee likes to cook, try new restaurants/foods, decorate her house, garden, and compost (she likes her warm worm friends.) Her coworkers and patients often describe Jae as “kind, caring, patient, knowledgeable, and animated.”

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