Clinical Team

As the founder, president and senior clinical director of Arm Dynamics, John has dedicated his career to positively transforming prosthetic rehabilitation for people with upper limb loss. He innovated a model of care that places each patient at the center of a multidisciplinary team of experienced upper limb prosthetists, occupational and physical therapists, technicians and insurance reimbursement specialists. The team provides holistic patient assessments, expedited prosthetic fitting and individualized prosthetic training, enabling patients to achieve dramatic and measurable improvements in comfort, wear time and functional ability. John’s advanced socket designs for all levels of upper limb loss have allowed Arm Dynamics to leverage emerging technologies to achieve optimal patient outcomes that were not possible with previous socket designs. His expertise in upper limb prosthetics and involvement in a range of international research projects led to the company’s appointment as a sole source provider of upper limb prosthetic services at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2003-2014.

John is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (FAAOP-D) and received the AAOP Clinical Creativity Award in 2017. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California and received his prosthetics certificate from Northwestern University. He is engaged in a range of research and development initiatives with the Department of Defense, DARPA, FDA, Cleveland Clinic, and prosthetic component designers and manufacturers around the world. He is recognized internationally for his presentations and publications on innovative care techniques, interface designs, prosthetic care for military amputees, and novel outcome measure assessments for people with upper limb loss.

Dan supervises a nationwide team of prosthetists at Arm Dynamics Centers of Excellence across the country. Under his direction, the centers are unified in a common mission of providing exceptional upper limb prosthetic rehabilitation and personalized patient care. He has 36 years of experience in prosthetics and orthotics and has been an upper limb specialist for 25 years. He was a key member of the Arm Dynamics team of upper limb specialists at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 2003-2014.

Dan is highly experienced in building collaborative teams, both within Arm Dynamics and with research partners around the globe, and has facilitated numerous successful scientific collaborations involving pattern recognition, implantable controls, multi-articulating hands and other new technologies. He has published articles in the Textbooks of Military Medicine-Care of the Combat Amputee” and the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, and presented at international prosthetic symposiums.

Dan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (FAAOP). He received his prosthetics and orthotics certificates from Minnesota Vocational Technical Institute, an affiliate of the University of Minnesota-Department of Orthopedic Surgery.

Jamison has provided occupational therapy services in various settings, including acute care, outpatient hand and arm, inpatient rehabilitation, and skilled nursing. He believes that focused, individualized care is the key to helping patients establish independence in all aspects of their lives. What he loves most about his work is building friendships with each patient and learning about their passions, struggles, and resiliency. Jamison graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s in human movements and exercise science and earned his master’s in occupational therapy at A.T. Still University.

Rob joined Arm Dynamics as an upper limb prosthetic specialist in 2005. “The most powerful moments in my work are when I get to see a patient use their prosthesis for the first time, drinking from a cup or reaching out and shaking my hand.” Rob is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists (FAAOP) and has been published in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. Rob graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science and received his bachelor’s degree in prosthetics and orthotics from the University of Texas-Southwestern.

Elyssa has worked as an occupational therapist in a variety of settings including skilled nursing, assisted living centers, and outpatient settings. Her passion is helping patients maximize their function so they can live their lives to the fullest. She believes that providing therapy guided by goals that are meaningful to the patient greatly improves outcomes including the ability to incorporate a prosthesis into their daily lives. She loves problem solving with patients and the prosthetist and collaborating to make obstacles that feel impossible, possible. Elyssa earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science and psychology from Old Dominion University and a master’s in occupational therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University.