Ritu Goel, MS, OTR/L, DHSc, CHT

Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Graduate Faculty

Name

Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-4485
Office:
Health Professions, 4110H
Email:
rgoel@towson.edu

Education

Advanced Practice Certificate, Hand and upper limb rehabilitation, Thomas Jefferson University

DHSc, Occupational Therapy (Orthopaedics), University of Indianapolis

MS, Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, Towson University

BS, Kinesiological Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park

Areas of Expertise

Hand therapy

Orthopaedics

Brachial plexus birth palsy

Orthosis fabrication

Trauma

Select Publications

  • Goel, R., May, C. C., Abzug, J. M. (2023). Pediatric hand fractures: Rehabilitation and orthoses. In J. M. Abzug, R. G. Gaston, A. L. Osterman, & R. J. Tosti (Eds.), Pediatric and adult hand fractures: A clinical guide to management (pp. 147-164). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32072-9
  • Goel, R., Geigle, P., Santurri, L., Fruth, S., & Abzug, J. (2022). Telerehabilitation use with spinal cord injury: Occupational therapists’ perspectives. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(2). doi:10.5014/ajot.2022.045831  
  • Zarro, M., Goel, R., Bickhart, N., May, C., & Abzug, J. M. (2022). Extensor carpi ulnaris tendinopathy in athletes: A review of the conservative and rehabilitative options. HAND. doi: 10.1177/15589447221127331
  • Marchand, L., Horton, S., Mulliken, A., Goel, R., Krum, N., Ochenjele, G., O’Hara, N., O’Toole, R., Eglseder, A., & Pensy, R. (2021). Immediate weight bearing of plated both-bone forearm fractures using eight cortices proximal and distal to the fracture in the polytrauma patient is safe. Journal of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, 29(15), 666-672. doi:10.5435/JAAOS-D-20-01252
  • Goel, R., Case, A. L., Hogarth, D. A., & Abzug, J. M. (2020). Amputations and replants. In J. M. Abzug, S. H. Kozin, & R. Neiduski (Eds.), Pediatric hand therapy (pp. 303-319). Elsevier, Inc. doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0-03968-2
  • Goel, R., & Abzug, J. M. (2015). deQuervain’s tenosynovitis: A review of the rehabilitative options. HAND, 10(1), 1–5. doi.org/10.1007/s11552-014-9649-3

Select Presentations

  • Goel, R. (2024, February). Flexor Tendon Rehabilitation [Invited speaker: Fellow didactics]. University of Maryland. Baltimore, MD.
  • Goel, R. (2023, March). Pediatric Hand Fractures: Therapy considerations [Conference session]. Hand Rehabilitation Foundation Meeting: Pediatric Pre-course. Philadelphia, PA.
  • Goel, R. (2019, November). Telerehabilitation for individuals with spinal cord injury: Is it feasible? [Poster presentation]. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM). Chicago, IL.
  • Goel, R. (2019, March). Digital amputation and replantation: Therapy considerations [Conference session]. Hand Rehabilitation Foundation Meeting: Pediatric Pre-course. Philadelphia, PA.
  • Goel, R. (2019, February). Adolescent sports injuries in the upper extremity: Surgeons’ and therapists’ perspective [Webinar]. American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), American Association for Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS), American Society for Hand Therapy (ASHT).
  • Goel, R. (2018, November). deQuervain’s tenosynovitis: A review of the rehabilitative options [Conference session]. Maryland Occupational Therapy Association (MOTA). Baltimore, MD.