Lisa Smurr Walters, OTR/L, CHT is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist at the University of Kentucky HealthCare in Lexington, KY, and is an expert in upper limb amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation management. She was a ROTC graduate in 1999 from Gannon University in Erie PA with a B.S in occupational therapy. She began her career as a second lieutenant in the Army at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and was stationed there during 9/11 where she helped to establish amputee rehabilitation care in occupational therapy. She completed a Certificate in Upper Quarter Rehabilitation from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and received her M.S. in Exercise Science and Health Promotion at California University of Pennsylvania. She left active duty in 2011 and continued her military service in the U.S. Army Reserves. She worked as a civilian occupational therapist with the Department of the Army at the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center until 2015. She and her family moved to Houston, TX in 2015 where she worked for Arm Dynamics, a private prosthetic provider specializing strictly in upper limb amputation rehabilitation management. In 2019, Lisa and her family moved to Lexington, KY where she is pursuing her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences. Lisa retired as a Major from the Army Reserves in 2020 with 21 years of service. As a subject matter expert in upper limb amputation rehabilitation, Lisa is a member of the Amputee Coalition Upper Limb Loss Advisory Council. She has written numerous articles and textbook chapters on amputation rehabilitation and was a co-chair and contributor for the first Veterans Administration and Department of Defense Upper Extremity Amputee Rehabilitation Clinical Practice Guideline. She has presented at scientific symposiums on topics related to upper limb trauma and amputation rehabilitation.