Kantessa Stewart is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Hand Therapist.  She is a graduate of The Ohio State University Occupational Therapy program and received a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation from Drexel University.  Currently she works as a Clinic Manager while maintaining a full-time patient caseload with a high level of professionalism, motivation, commitment to continuous learning, patient satisfaction and employee teaching.  Over 17 years working closely with Hand Surgeons, managing day to day clinic operations, facilitating staff education, setting up new therapy clinics and programs, collaborating with medical professionals, and over 23 years of providing skilled patient care.  Accomplishments include presenting two lectures “Rehab of the Replant” and “Rehab of Soft Tissue and Bone” at the 2019 American Society for Surgery of the Hand Conference to mid-level providers in Las Vegas, NV; Publishing “Overcoming Barriers to Treat Children in Need” in the ASHT Times Vol. 18, Issue 3, Fall 2012; teaching Custom Orthosis Fabrication at the collegiate level to Occupational Therapy Students for 18 years, presenting at the Ohio Occupational Therapy State Conference, and forming the Dayton Area Hand Therapist networking group. 

Yesenia has spent over 6 years in Outpatient Rehabilitation as a licensed Occupational Therapist. She provides care to a variety of age groups and helps individuals with orthopedic and neurological conditions regularly. After graduating from Florida International University with her Master's in Occupational Therapy, she has worked both in outpatient and in-patient settings including Acute Care Rehabilitation and Inpatient Skilled Nursing Facilities. Focused and passionate about hand therapy, Yesenia is currently working toward her Certified Hand Therapy Certification. She is trained in Casting Motion to Mobilize Stiffness and Orthotic Fabrication. Yesenia is also certified and trained in performing Work Conditioning and Functional Capacity Evaluations. She is bilingual and fluent in Spanish, providing the hispanic community quality patient care. Making a connection and acquiring trust with her patients is important to Yesenia, as she has found it has allowed her patients to confidently return to work and daily activities.