John Miguelez founded Advanced Arm Dynamics in 1998 with the recognition that every orthotic and prosthetic facility wants to provide the highest level of care for its patients and wants to thrive in the increasingly competitive health care market. He has specialized in upper-extremity prosthetics for 18 years.

Mr. Miguelez is the former Founder, Vice President and Senior Clinical Director for the National Upper Extremity Prosthetic Program at NovaCare, Inc., now Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics. After launching NovaCare’s Program in 1991, Mr. Miguelez successfully led 28 regional upper-extremity prosthetic specialists, the Upper Extremity Research and Fabrication Center and a national team responsible for patient coordination and insurance justification serving 3,000 patients a year.

Mr. Miguelez has published several articles in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics and the Atlas of Amputations and Limb Deficiencies and conducts lectures nationally and internationally. He manages clinics throughout the United States for patients with challenging upper-extremity prosthetic requirements. Mr. Miguelez is also involved in several research and development initiatives, working closely with upper-extremity component manufacturers on education, component refinement and design.

Since 2003, Mr. Miguelez has led a team of senior clinicians at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., providing care at the request of the Department of Defense to injured U.S. soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. At Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Mr. Miguelez and his team offer prosthetic services to patients with amputations of all levels and in all areas of the rehabilitation process.

Mr. Miguelez attended the University of Southern California and received his Prosthetics Certificate from Northwestern University. He is an American Board for Certification (ABC) certified prosthetist and is certified by all leading component manufacturers for upper-extremity prosthetics, including Otto Bock, Motion Control, Liberating Technologies and Hosmer. He has served as a clinical instructor for Motion Control and Liberating Technologies for several years. Mr. Miguelez is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists and the former Chair of the Academy’s Upper-Limb Prosthetics Society. He is also a member of the board of directors for the International Society of Prosthetists and Orthotics (ISPO).

Mr. Dodson received his Bachelor of Science in biomedical science from Texas A&M University and a second Bachelor of Science in prosthetic and orthotics from the University of Texas Southwestern School of Allied Health Sciences. He completed a prosthetic residency at Southern Illinois University and an orthotic residency at the Center for Independent Rehabilitative Services (CIRS) in San Jose, California. He is ABC certified in orthotics and prosthetics and a member of the American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics (AAOP) and AAOP Upper-extremity Society.

Before returning to Texas, Mr. Dodson practiced both orthotics and prosthetics at CIRS and was active at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, a nationally renowned spinal cord rehabilitation hospital.

MacJulian (“Mac”) Lang is the Clinical Director of Advanced Arm Dynamics of the Northwest which opened in April 2008.  Prior to leading the team in Portland, he spent two years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. where he was a member of the Advanced Arm Dynamics team providing upper extremity prosthetic services to injured service members.

Mr. Lang has over ten years of experience providing upper extremity prosthetic care. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Cornell University, he put his engineering background to use in a field where he could interact directly with those his work would affect. Mr. Lang attended the orthotics and prosthetics program at California State University Dominguez Hills and completed his residencies in Portland, receiving his ABC Certification in prosthetics and orthotics.  His passion for providing the best prosthetic care available led him to join AAD in 2006.

He is a member of the American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics (AAOP), AAOP Upper-extremity Society, and International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics and continues to contribute to the prosthetics field by presenting research and prosthetic techniques.  He has been published in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, along with co-authoring a chapter on Upper Extremity Prosthetic Care in the “Care of the Combat Amputee” medical textbook.

Patrick Prigge, CP is the clinical upper extremity specialist at AAD of the Midwest. Mr. Prigge also spends time with the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) team based in Washington, DC providing care to American military personnel who have suffered the loss of a limb in combat.

Mr. Prigge worked previously as the Director of Prosthetics Education for Otto Bock HealthCare in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His responsibilities included developing a team of prosthetists and occupational therapists dedicated to bridging the gap through education between fitting highly advanced new technologies by the prosthetist and full acceptance and usage by the end user. He also had responsibility for education content and strategy and was involved with product development. In addition to his time with Otto Bock HealthCare, his work experience includes working as a clinical prosthetist for both Hanger and Gillette Children’s Hospital.

He received his post graduate certificate as a prosthetics technician and practitioner from Century College and earned his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Biomedical Science from St. Cloud State University.