Paul Bonzani, Clinical Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy

Paul Bonzani

Clinical Assoc Professor
Office: Occupational Therapy, Hewitt Hall, Durham, NH 03824

<p>Paul Bonzani OTD, OTR/L, CHT (ret.) is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of New Hampshire, Department of Occupational Therapy. Dr. Bonzani is a skilled clinician and educator with substantial expertise in musculoskeletal rehabilitation of the upper extremity and peripheral nerve rehabilitation. Dr. Bonzani is strongly committed to student success and well-being and serves as co-chair of the UNH Health and Well-Being committee. He is consistently identified by his students as being among their most influential professors. In addition to teaching and mentoring students, Dr. Bonzani is committed to international service. He has recently presented International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy congress, served on hand therapy training efforts for Ukrainian and Ghanian hand therapists and currently serves as a volunteer consultant and lecturer for the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Occupational Therapy department in Malawi, Africa.</p>

Courses Taught

  • KIN 652: Clinical Kinesiology
  • OT 501: Developmental Tasks of Adulthd
  • OT 513: Stressed Out Lab
  • OT 745/845: Admin & Mgt for OT Practice
  • OT 750: Neuro-Occupation
  • OT 751/851: Mind-Body Systems
  • OT 752: Human Movement Environ Effect
  • OT 752/852: Human Movement Environ Effect
  • OT 752L: Human Movement Lab
  • OT 752L/852L: Human Movement Lab
  • OT 795/893: SpcTop/OT in Biomed Settings
  • OT 845: Admin & Mgt for OT Practice
  • OT 850: Neuro-Occupation
  • OT 852: Human Movement Environ Effect
  • OT 852L: Human Movement Lab
  • OT 888: PAMS

Education

  • Doctor, Occupational Therapy, Creighton University
  • M.H.S., Occupational Therapy, University of Florida
  • B.S., New York University

Selected Publications

  • Bonzani, P. (2019). Mobilization Orthoses: Serial-static, Dynamic, and Static-Progressive Orthoses.. In B. Coppard, & H. Lohman (Eds.), Introduction to orthotics: A Clinical Reasoning and Problem-Solving Approach (5th ed.). St Louis, Mo: Elsiever.

  • Bonzani, P., & Wiley, M. S. (2019). Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Quick Reference Guide and Review

    Chapter 1 Clinical Anatomy. In S. Weiss, & L. C. Rogers (Eds.), Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Quick Reference Guide and Review (4th ed.). St. Petersburg, FL.

  • Bonzani, P. J., & Brown, H. (1998). Postoperative management following thumb reconstruction.. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg, 2(3), 221-231. doi:10.1097/00130911-199809000-00011

  • Bonzani, P. J., Millender, L., Keelan, B., & Mangieri, M. G. (1997). Factors prolonging disability in work-related cumulative trauma disorders.. J Hand Surg Am, 22(1), 30-34. doi:10.1016/S0363-5023(05)80176-5

  • Most Cited Publications