OPGA names Fanny Schultea 2025 O&P Woman of the Year
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:57 AM CDT, Mon September 8, 2025
WATERLOO, Iowa – The Orthotic and Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA) has announced that Fanny Schultea, MS, MSed, CPO, LP, FAAOP, executive director of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research, has been selected as the 2025 O&P Woman of the Year. The award was presented to Schultea during the AOPA National Assembly on Sept. 4. “Thank you to VGM Group, OPGA and Össur for this platform and the extraordinary opportunity to share with the O&P community the vision behind my work with the O&P Foundation,” Schultea said. “To empower our community to reimagine not just how we deliver care and how we train the next generation, but how we use data to drive better outcomes, and how we elevate voices that have long been underrepresented in research, education and clinical practice.” Schultea is a certified ABC Orthotist/Prosthetist and a Fellow with Distinction of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP). Prior to her current role, she served as an assistant professor in the Baylor College of Medicine program in Houston, Texas, and as director of AAOP’s O&PiQ. She continues her service to the profession with the Limb Loss and Preservation Registry (LLPR) on the Scientific Committee. She is passionate about knowledge translation, health care quality, access and innovation in O&P clinical care.
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