Heather Gates OTD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy

Keck Hospital
CHP 133
(323) 442-5370
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Heather Gates received her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Lafayette College. She then completed her master’s and clinical doctorate degrees in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California.

Dr. Gates currently serves as a clinical faculty member at Keck Hospital of USC, where she provides OT evaluation and intervention to patients in the acute care setting. As a doctoral resident she focused on demonstrating occupational therapy’s distinct role and value in evaluating individuals for advanced heart failure interventions including heart transplantation and left ventricular assist device implantation. She is passionate about providing high quality patient care and engaging in research in the clinical setting to advance occupational therapy practice.

Education

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.