A 28-year-veteran of the orthotics and prosthetics industry, certified prosthetist Tom Watson owns and is president of the practice that bears his name. In March, he was elected president of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA), a national trade group for the O & P industry.

Tom is a past president of AOPA South Region and former state AOPA president for Kentucky. He presently serves on the group's Government Relations Committee, the Veterans' Oversight Committee, and he chairs the membership Political Action Committee (PAC).

Tom also belongs to the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP), and is a facility surveyor for the American Board for Certification (ABC) for Facility Accreditation. He was ABC-certified in prosthetics in 1980, following studies at Northwestern University and at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, both in Illinois. He practiced in Tennessee before relocating to Owensboro, Kentucky, and purchasing the firm in 1981.

Locally, Tom is past-chair of the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce Industry, Inc., and a former member of the Governor's Workforce Investment Board. An above knee amputee since he was injured in his teens,

Tom has long supported programs for people with physical disabilities. He is affiliated with the Kentucky and Indiana Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs, the Veteran's Administration, and the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, with particular emphasis on pediatrics and developmental disabilities. In 1996, Tom was chosen to carry the Paralympic Torch in a segment through Kentucky as the flame made its way to Atlanta.

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Thomas H.
Watson, CP

Jeffery Scott
Phelps, BS, CPO

Jude Blair, RPT

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