Summer Interns Cecelia and Chesca join Clinical Team

Being able to resume our summer intern program with the lifting of COVID restrictions is very rewarding, as education is a very important part of our mission. This year we welcome Chesca Basillo and Cecelia Lamancusa. Both Chesca and Cecelia are pursuing careers in prosthetics and orthotics and spending time in a P&O practice gives them the opportunity to continue their hands on education in a busy practice. Cecelia spent some of her summer of 2017 with us, and also a few weeks in January 2019 before COVID began to shut things down.

Chesca and Cecelia wrote a few words to introduce themselves.

My name is Chesca Basilio and I am interning this summer at Dankmeyer. I am a rising senior at the University of Delaware, studying biomedical engineering. Outside of class, I am involved in a disability advocacy and design club that makes custom assistive devices for families in the local community. I also enjoy going to concerts and traveling to new areas. In the fall, I will be applying to graduate programs in Prosthetics and Orthotics. I am looking forward to learning more about the field to prepare for my future studies.

Hello, my name is Cecelia Lamancusa. I’m a college graduate of Dickinson College and I’ll be starting my first semester at the Prosthetics and Orthotics master’s program of the University of Pittsburgh. I hope that this internship will not only give me a wider and fuller prospective of the field, but also have me more than ready for my first classes in grad school. I enjoy looking at and making artworks, especially sculptural works. I also enjoy baking and taking cute pictures of my cats.

Welcome them when you see them, Chesca (left) and Cecelia (right) when they are not with patients, and if you see them in patient areas, masked!

Welcome, Kayla Iman!

Dankmeyer has a long tradition of introducing high school and college students to prosthetics and orthotics through work and study in various short term summer programs. As you can well imagine, some of our team members have children in this age group who might be wondering what is going on in an orthotics and prosthetics office. We enjoy teaching them what we do, so they can better understand mobility impairment, the issues faced by our patients, how devices are fabricated and worn, and how an office such as ours is run.

This summer, we welcome to the Cumberland area office Kayla Iman. Kayla is Patient Services Representative Heather Iman’s daughter. Heather has been working in the Cumberland office for five years and is now giving Kayla a close up look at what patient administration looks like. Kayla writes this:

My name is Kayla Iman and I am a recent high school graduate.  In the fall, I will be attending Allegany College of Maryland seeking a degree in Massage Therapy as well as attending the Bedford County Tech Center’s Cosmetology program to complete my hours to become a licensed Cosmetologist.  For the summer, I am answering the phones and scheduling patients for Dankmeyer from their Cumberland office location.   I am excited to be part of the Dankmeyer Team and look forward to meeting everyone in person and via phone!  I am grateful for the opportunity to learn about orthotics and prosthetics and cannot wait to see what the summer brings.

So if you call the office and hear a new voice, it might be Kayla’s - or she might be on the other end of the line with a confirmation call, or making an appointment. Welcome, Kayla!

Kyla and Heather at the Children’s League walk/run event last fall.

Kyla and Heather at the Children’s League walk/run event last fall.

Welcome to Dankmeyer, Sarah Martinez

Please join us in welcoming Dankmeyer’s newest team member, Sarah Martinez, CPO. Sarah is part of the Easton office team, so you will see her there.

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Originally from Falls Church, Virginia, Sarah did an 8th grade project on a prosthetic device and was eager to look into the bigger picture of how this device helped people.  She continued her undergraduate education at East Carolina University (Go Pirates!) and completed her M.S. in Prosthetics and Orthotics from the University of Hartford. While completing her graduate education she was able to provide prosthetic care overseas by attending a mission trip to Lima, Peru with the Dreaming and Working Together program. 

Sarah appreciates that this field is full of constant growth and learning experiences. She is devoted to caring for her patients and works to  understand their goals to develop a solution together.  We are so happy to have her on board!

Welcome to Dankmeyer, Bryanna Miyamoto!

Please join us in welcoming Bryanna Miyamoto to Dankmeyer! You will see Bryanna at the front desk of our Linthicum office, either checking patients in or out, as our newest Patient Services Representative. Bryanna wrote a few words to introduce herself to patients and clinical partners:

I worked at Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) for six years with Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as a medical assistant and clinical coordinator. I already know many patients at Dankmeyer from working there and it’s so great that I still get to see them! I am very familiar with a lot of the doctors we work with too, and I am excited to bring my knowledge of “the other side” to Dankmeyer. Before that I was a medical massage therapist. My knowledge of the body and its mechanics is helpful here too. Outside of work I have a 13 year old daughter who keeps my husband and I busy. We also have five rescue animals - three cats and three dogs.

I am so happy to be part of the Dankmeyer family after working with Mark Hopkins for so long at JHH. Since starting here I am reminded on a daily basis that healthcare is a service and not just a business, and that feels amazing ! I am so grateful that I get to be a part of such an amazing group of people and do my part to help those in our community that need it.

WELCOME BRYANNA! We are very happy to have you!