Terry Supan, CPO, LPO, FAAOP, FISPO

Professional Qualifications:

1969                USAF Orthopedic Appliance Specialist School Diploma

1972-74           Northwestern University - City Colleges of Chicago, Associates of Applied Sciences (Orthotics)

1974                Board Certified in Orthotics, American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedothics, Inc.

1976                Board Certified in Prosthetics, American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedothics, Inc.

2002                 Licensed Orthotist, Licensed Prosthetist, Licensed Pedorthist, State of Illinois

Professional Career:

1/69-6/72         Orthotist, United States Air Force

6/73-9/73         Orthotist - Research and Development, Pope Brace Company, Kankakee, Illinois

6/74-5/76         Research Orthotist, Northwestern University Rehabilitation Engineering Program, Chicago, Illinois

5/76-9/79         Chief Research Orthotist/Prosthetist, Instructor, Northwestern University Rehabilitation Engineering Program, Prosthetics Research Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois

9/79-6/82          General Manager, Illini Brace & Limb, Springfield, Illinois

7/82-present     Instructor ('82), Assistant Professor ('87), Associate Professor ('93), Professor (’99), Clinical Professor (’02) of Clinical Surgery; Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 

7/82-11/99         Director, Orthotic and Prosthetic Services Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 

12/99-10/02       Director of Education, Orthotic and Prosthetic Residency Program  SIU Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. (formerly: SIU School of Medicine Orthotic and Prosthetic Services), Springfield, Illinois

11/02-3/08         Clinical Associate, Orthotic & Prosthetic Associates of Central Illinois, PC, Springfield, Illinois

4/08-present      President & CEO, Supan Prosthetic Orthotic Consultations, Rochester, Illinois

6/15-10/19         Treasurer & Executive Board Member, International Society of Prosthetics & Orthotics

Professional Honors:

4/91                    Member, Harbinger Society, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

3/01                   Fellow, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

2/04                   Distinguished Practitioner of the Year, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

6/04                   The Loren Jouett Award, Midwest Chapter–American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

12/04                Fellow, International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics

3/12                  The Titus-Ferguson Lifetime Achievement Award, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists