Mike Cricchio, MBA, OT/L, CHT, is a graduate of the Loma Linda University Occupational Therapy Program. He completed a Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship at Stanford University Hospital in 1996 and went on to earn a Master’s of Business Administration. He is a Certified Hand Therapist and active clinical educator. 

Mike has provided instructional education on an array of clinical and practice management concepts for several annual ASHT and ASHT/ASSH conferences. He has been the Vice Chair and/or Chair of ASHT national conferences in Phoenix, Boston, San Diego and Chicago. Mike presently works as the Manager of UFHealth Hand and Upper Extremity Center and Educational Conference Coordinator of UF Health Rehab.

Mike co-founded and chairs the Teton Hand and Upper Extremity Conference Series and is owner of UE | Applications. He has been an item writer for HTCC and participated as a member of the CHT exam review committee. Mike is actively involved with UF | Innovate and UE | Applications to bring entrepreneurial concepts/ideas to market. As an Adjunct Faculty member at University of Florida Occupational Therapy Program, Mike taught Kinesiology in the Bachelor of Health Science Program for years and presently continues to teach in the Foundations of Occupational Therapy in the Doctorate of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program. Mike has also been a regular Guest Lecturer on upper extremity anatomy and injury at the University of Florida Physical Therapy and Masters of Athletic Training Programs. Mike is published in the Journal Hand Therapy. He is presently involved with ongoing IRB research related to Total and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty and the incorporation of The Dell Hand, as a model to advance the educational experience and improve retention of hand anatomy within the occupational therapy classroom.