It has been Tilton’s Therapy’s pleasure throughout the year of 2021 to provide outstanding mobile Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy services to our adult and mental health clients and families.

This month, our featured team member is Jocelyn Wells, Speech-Language Pathologist. Jocelyn received her Master's in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from the University of Nevada, Reno. When Jocelyn was in college, she knew she wanted to work with children, but did not have a desire to become a teacher.

Please be aware there are changes from the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy (DHCFP) affecting all providers in the state of Nevada. They have called for a random re-assignment of members of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to be more evenly distributed amongst the four plans.

This month, we are featuring one of our wonderful Occupational Therapists, Danielle Palmer!

Danielle began her career in Occupational Therapy in an outpatient pediatric clinic in 2016. From there she was able to branch out into early intervention services. Danielle also had the opportunity to work overseas in Germany at a US Air Force Base with early childhood and school-aged children.

We’re highlighting Occupational Therapist Leslie McGannon for this month’s featured team member!

Leslie was born in California and settled down in Colorado Springs, CO at six years old. In 1989, she graduated from Colorado State University and in 1994, moved to Las Vegas, NV. Leslie loves Las Vegas, and considers it to be her home.

This month, we are shining a light on one of our talented Speech-Language Pathologists, Renée Losey! Renée obtained her Bachelor’s in Psychology from Nevada State College in Henderson, NV before moving to Reno, NV to pursue a Master’s in Speech-Pathology and Audiology.

Our featured therapist this month is Brittany Vargas, Occupational Therapist Assistant!

Brittany has been working in this industry or in a related position for three years. She was a member of the first graduating OTA class at Pima University. Brittany joined the Tilton’s Therapy Team in August of 2020.

Our featured team member this month is Heather Karchefski, Speech-Language Pathologist.

Heather graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017. She has been practicing in pediatrics since graduating four years ago and in outpatient pediatrics for three years. Heather was originally drawn to the profession after working as a nanny to a child who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

This month we are featuring one of our amazing speech-language pathologists, Theresa Grimes! Theresa has always loved children and knew she had a passion for helping others. The career path of speech therapy was the perfect fit and she has been working as a speech-language pathologist since 2001.

Our featured team member this month is Robert Buhl, COTA!

Robert has worked as an occupational therapist assistant or in a similar position in the industry for 21 years. He has worked for 13 years full-time and the remainder part-time.

This month our featured team member is physical therapist, Julie Dendy! Julie earned a Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Texas Woman’s University in Houston, TX.

This month, we are highlighting one of our amazing team members, Tina Walker!

Beginning in January 2020, Tina joined the administration team part time. Once the adult market in Southern Nevada and the Northern Nevada market began to grow, Tina took on a full time role with Tilton’s Therapy. The aspect she enjoys most about her job is the flexibility and the ability to work from home.

As I began to prepare Tilton’s Therapy vision statement for 2021 I must not forget about how our incredible team of therapists and administrative team allowed for continuation of outstanding and quality therapy services for all of the individuals to whom we provide therapy services. This is solely due to the adaptation and dedication of Tilton’s Therapy team and our lovely clients.

For this month’s featured member of the Tilton’s Team, we are highlighting Geoffrey Shih, OT! Geoffrey has been working as an occupational therapist since 2018 both in pediatrics and mental health with his focus primarily on adult mental health diagnoses such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or depression.

Our featured therapist for this month is one of our wonderful speech-language pathologists, Kim Koch! Kim has working in this industry or a similar position for the past 27 years. Originally, she was drawn to the profession through a friend. Kim’s best friend’s sister was an SLP and she used to tell her about the kids and adults she had the opportunity to treat. After hearing these stories, Kim thought the occupation sounded interesting.

This month, we are featuring a wonderful team member and Physical Therapist - Erin Oelklaus. Erin worked with Tilton’s Therapy for a little over two years before starting travel therapy for the past year and a half. We’re so glad to have Erin back on the team and assisting us in getting started in the Oregon region.

This month’s featured team member at Tilton’s Therapy is Lisa Costa, OT!

Lisa has worked in Occupational Therapy for 11 years. During the first eight years of her career, Lisa worked with pediatrics, specifically early intervention and outpatient pediatrics with a specialty in Hippotherapy (horse-assisted therapy).

We’re excited that our team has began servicing the Northern Nevada communities this month/ We looking forward to working with new clients and helping them to achieve maximum independence in their lives.