Sarah Mee
Currently the Consultant Hand Therapist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Regional Hand and Wrist unit, Sarah is a highly specialised hand therapist with more than 28 years of experience in hand and wrist therapy. Sarah has been a partner and teacher in NES Hand Therapy Training for 20 years.
Her first senior hand therapy post was at Mount Vernon Hospital. She went on to establish the hand units at UCH, East Grinstead and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals.
- Work History
- Education
- Professional Memberships
- Committee Work
- TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Awards
- Publications
- Special Interests
PARTNER AND TEACHER
NES Hand Therapy Training
CONSULTANT HAND THERAPIST
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust. Regional Wrist and Hand Unit, adult and paediatric trauma and acquired conditions.
SENIOR HAND THERAPIST / HEAD OT
Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex. Hands, Burns, Plastics and Rheumatology
SENIOR OT
University College Hospital, London. Hands and Burns
SENIOR OT
Mount Vernon Hospital, London. Hands, Burns, Amputees, Neurology
BASIC GRADE OT
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn
MSC HAND THERAPY
University of Derby
PG DIP BIOMECHANICS
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Welsh School of Occupational Therapy, Cardiff
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- The Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- The Health and Care Professions Council
- The British Association of Hand Therapists
- The British Society for Surgery of the Hand
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS CONSULTANTS GROUP
Member
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE (BAHT ESC)
Member and Chair
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- BAHT Validated courses since 1994
- MSc Hand Therapy tutor, Malmo, Sweden
- Bespoke courses in UK, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
- Speaker at International Congresses in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, USA, Switzerland, Argentina
- Tutor for BSSH Hand Diploma
- Tutor and Examiner for FRCS Orthopaedic Exams
- Tutor and Faculty member for AO UK Hand and Wrist
ACCREDITED HAND THERAPIST (BAHT)
Re-Accredited 2018.
BAHT HAND THERAPIST OF THE YEAR
Cooper’s FUNDAMENTALS OF HAND THERAPY
Wrote chapter on Wrist Instabilities -published 2020
OXFORD HANDBOOK
Edited chapters in Oxford handbook published 2017
SURGERY AND REHABILITATION OF THE HAND
Edited chapters in Surgery and Rehabilitation of the Hand 2012
JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume. Clinical measurement of dart throwing motion of the wrist: variability, accuracy and correction. April 2018
2. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) Ultrasound changes in the extensor pollicis longus and flexor pollicis longus tendons following open reduction and internal fixation of displaced intra-articular fractures of the distal radius. June 25, 2012
SPECIAL INTERESTS
- Anatomy and biomechanics
- Management of wrist and hand trauma
- Splinting techniques
- Team management, service development and teaching
Other team members:
Nicola Goldsmith
MSc Dip COT SROT
Elaine Juzl
MSc Grad Dip Phys MCSP