March 2023

Q: How long have you been working at Blue Ridge Orthopaedic?

1 year

Q: What is your job title?

Physical Therapy Assistant, DME (durable medical equipment) coordinator, team leader

Q: What does your job entail?

Patient care, managing and fitting therapy DME, and overseeing the non-clinical aspect of Rehabilitation Specialist duties (laundry, cleaning, etc.)

Q: What do you like most about your job?

Interacting with patients and being constantly on the move

Q: How would you describe your team?

My team is a very dedicated group of people in servicing patients to get back on their feet. They make work fun and enjoyable to be a part of!

Q: What is one professional skill you are actively developing?

Making patients have as much of an enjoyable experience as possible

Q: What is your favorite productivity hack?

Finish what you start

Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Growing my family

Q: What were you doing before this?

PTA at Hilltop Physical Therapy in Fredericksburg

Q: What is the best career lesson you’ve learned so far?

Work hard and rewards will follow

Q: What’s the best advice you were ever given?

Be yourself

Q: What is the best career lesson you’ve learned so far?

Finish what you start

Q: What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t doing this?

Architect

Q: What profession would you definitely NOT like to do?

Accounting

Q: What county do you live in?

Orange County

Q: What do you like best about your county?

Rural area

Q: What is your favorite local business?

Tokyo steak and sushi restaurant

Q: What do you like to do when you aren’t working?

Spend time with my family (wife, daughter, and dog), work out, golf, and hang out with friends

Q: What’s a fun fact about you many people may not know?

I have an identical twin brother

Q: Where’s your favorite place in the world?

Any golf course

Q: What is your motto or personal mantra?

Hakuna Matata

Q: If you could meet anyone in the world, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

Derek Jeter, favorite baseball player

Q: Three words to best describe you:

Kind, quirky, laid back

Q: What is the one thing you can’t live without?

My wife

Q: What is the most recent TV show you binge watched?

House of Dragons

Q: What is the best movie of all time?

Lord of the Rings The Return of The King

Q: If you could have any superpower what would it be?

Teleportation

Q: What is one food that you cannot resist?

Popcorn

Q: If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?

Card games

Q: Are you a dog person or a cat person (or neither)?

Dog

Q: What’s your time of day? Do you enjoy the morning or the evening?

Morning person

Q: What would you eat if you had to eat only one meal every day for the rest of your life?

Baby back ribs, loaded baked potato, and waffle fries