Pam Harrell, OTR, CHT is the assistant manager of the Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Clinic in Franklin. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with her Occupational Therapy degree in 1980 and received her hand therapy certification from the Hand Therapy Certification Commission in 1992. She is a past president of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals and a past chair of the Tennessee Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. Pam has served on national committees for the Arthritis Foundation and the American College of Rheumatology and has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences.