Megan McCarthy, MS OTR/L CLT CCST

I have been a practitioner since October 2014 and spent the majority of my career as a staff member and lead Senior Occupational Therapist at New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) .

I have experience in and provided rehabilitation services for the following conditions:

• Breast Rehabilitation

• Lymphedema therapy (CLT)

• Plastic surgery

• Oncology

• Orthopedics

• Surgical trauma

• Outpatient hand therapy

• Burn rehabilitation (adults and pediatrics)

• Neurology/Neurosurgery/Neurology intensive care

• Stroke rehabilitation

• General medicine

• Medical intensive care

• Cardiology/cardiac intensive care, patients with Ventricular Assistive Devices (VADs), intra aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) and, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

• Inpatient Rehabilitation

• COVID intensive care unit and recovery  

My goal as a clinician was to become a well rounded therapist. If anyone walked through my door, I wanted to be able to treat them. After mastering a multitude of practice areas, including becoming Lymphedema certified, I decided I wanted to designate myself as a specialist and start a private practice. Breast Rehabilitation has become a passion of mine. It is an area of therapy that requires a variety of skillsets and one where you can help individuals get results quickly or even alleviate pain after one-two sessions. It is very humbling to be able to provide a service that can not only impact one’s wellbeing but helps clients to find a healthy connection with their body. This is how Thera became my next endeavor.

Over the years, I have become heavily involved in plastic reconstruction recovery. I was a part of collaborative effort to create a research driven post-operative breast rehabilitation protocol that is still in use today. Most recently, became certified as a Cosmetic Surgery Therapist (CCST) and in the Strength After Breast Cancer program. Also, I completed training through Herman and Wallace to effectively treat, assess and manage mastitis. Having a certification in lymphedema therapy has allowed a greater understanding of breast swelling and overall treatment. Being able to integrate my background of scar management, plastic reconstruction, oncology, and lymphedema made the gap in healthcare apparent and I am on a mission to provide those missing services to you!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at meganm@thera-rehab.com