Sarah Doerrer

Sarah Doerrer PhD, OTR/L, CHT, CLT is an Assistant Professor at George Washington University and teaches in the occupational therapy entry level doctorate program. Sarah received her BS of Health Science and MS in Occupational Therapy in 2001 from Misericordia University and a PhD in Occupational Therapy in 2019 from Nova Southeastern University. Sarah received The Hand in Hand grant and AFSH Collaboration grant in 2026, The Judy Bell-Krotoski “Grab the Evidence” Award in 2023 and The Burkhalter New Investigator Award in 2017 all supporting her research on improving clinical outcomes for individuals with distal radius fracture. Sarah is the incoming research division chair for ASHT and has multiple publications in the Journal of Hand Therapy.