Erica Elliot

Occupational Therapist and Hand Therapist

Erica is an Accredited Hand Therapist (as awarded by the Australian Hand Therapy Association), a University of South Australia trained Occupational Therapist and has her Masters of Health Science degree from Monash University. She has over 20 years’ experience as an Occupational Therapist, with over 17 years working in the area of hand therapy in both Australia and overseas. Erica has worked primarily in the public service (SA Health and the National Health Service, UK) working in Adelaide at both the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and as hand therapy team leader at Flinders Medical Centre. She has also worked in the Burns Unit at the RAH.

Along with Belinda, Erica was on the committee to organise the national AHTA conference in Adelaide in 2017. She joined the AHTA in 2006 as an associate and has been a full member of the AHTA since 2013.

Erica is passionate about evidenced-based care and has presented several free papers at national AHTA conferences and locally at the South Australian Hand Surgeon Society annual meetings. Erica has been co-author of a journal article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Hand Therapy, and was an invited speaker at the 2016 AHTA national conference in Sydney. Erica has previously taught the post-graduate Occupational Therapy splinting workshops at Flinders University and scar management workshops at the University of South Australia for undergraduate students.

Erica has a particular interest in managing major trauma and post-surgical conditions, including tendon repairs, fractures, scar management including burns, and joint replacements.