Angela Liuzzi, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
My specialties:
- Occupational therapy
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Professional interests:
- Diversity, equity and inclusion
- Affirming provider for LGBTQIA+
- Complex rehabilitative seating/technology (CRT)
- Spinal cord injury
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation - neuro
- Sexual health and intimacy
Practice philosophy: To quote a verse from Maya Angelou's poem, The Human Family, We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.
What are you passionate about and why? Showing up for others, reading, traveling, and staying curious. Also, being an auntie - best job ever.
If you weren't a health care provider, what would you be? A professional dancer.
What is something you have learned from your patients? To be present, always.
What is the best thing you've done for your health or the best health advice you've received? Mental Health Counseling - shout out to my therapist for changing my life.
What are you most proud of? During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Global Uprising for social justice happening in our backyard, and in response to the feeling “what can I/we do?” I co-founded The Collective – a coming together of colleagues to learn, discuss and reflect on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in healthcare.
What are a few of your personal achievements? Directed an international bachata dance team and founded a bachata dance festival in Minneapolis.
Credentials
- OTR/L
Board-certified specialties
- Occupational therapy
Awards and recognitions
- Robert A. and Yvonne E. MacDonald Distinguished Employee Award Recipient (2022)
Personal interests
- Dancing
- Performing arts
Educational institutions
- Mount Holyoke College
- College of St. Catherine
Current licenses and certifications
- Minnesota Department of Health Occupational Therapy Practitioner License
- National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
Years of experience
- 23
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)