Mary Collier Barnes, MOT, CHT, CIDN

Mary Barnes has been a CHT for over 25 years. She is an instructor for ASHT’s Education on Tour, Hands on Orthotics, the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association, Integrative Dry Needling, the Arthritis Foundation and Belmont University. She also teaches hand therapy and orthotics courses internationally through ASHT’s International Traveling Course and ASHT’s International Committee Virtual Education Series. She is the author and instructor of the Foundations Course and International Traveling Course. She has taught hand therapy courses in Vietnam, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala. She helped form Vietnam’s first hand therapy society.
Mary has completed international medical mission trips with Healthcare Volunteers Overseas and SurgiCorps International. She is the recipient of the AAHS International Volunteerism Award.
She served in the Education Division as project for lead for Education on Tour and on ASHT’s International Committee. She is the former Chair of the Tennessee Board of Occupational and Physical Therapy Examiners.
Mary is the recipient of my awards including TnOTA Therapist of the Year, ASHT Grassroots Award.