Alta Fried, MS, OTR/L, CHT
Alta Fried is the Hand Therapy Director for the Atlantic Hand Therapy Center in NJ, which she joined after completing extensive training in the treatment of the hand and upper extremities. Alta is also the co founder of the ARMS (amputation rehabilitation medicine and surgery) clinic alongside Dr. Ajul Shah, a multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to treatment and care for patients afflicted with upper limb amputations. After graduating summa cum laude from Salus University in 2014, Alta went on to complete fellowship training at the prestigious Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center and has since completed many hours in hand therapy practice to receive her Board Certification in Hand Therapy.
Additionally, Alta has presented at state conferences and has published articles, in the Journal of Hand Surgery, The Orthoplastic Surgery journal both being nationally distributed magazines for the hand and reconstructive surgery surgeons and therapists. Her training includes a wide variety of conditions, with a special interest in complex traumatic hand injuries and upper extremity amputation.
Her passion for hand therapy was born after she suffered a severe degloving injury to her left hand from a rollover motor vehicle accident. It was during those grueling yet rewarding hand therapy sessions that Alta developed her love and passion for hand therapy. Now, she has devoted her career to hand therapy and helping patients in similar situations to her own.