Michelle Farmer, OTD, OTR/L

Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy

Room: CHP 133
Phone: (323) 442-2850
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Biography

Michelle Farmer is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy, and practices at the USC Eisner Family Medicine Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center Residency Training Site. As the facility's lead occupational therapist, Dr. Farmer trains faculty and providers on the role of occupational therapy in interprofessional care teams for patients across the lifespan. Her efforts focus on designing systematic evidence-based approaches to applying occupational therapy practice to population-based medicine. Dr. Farmer serves as core faculty on the USC Interprofessional Collaborative along with faculty from the USC School of Pharmacy and the Keck School of Medicine of USC, including the physician assistant program.
 
Dr. Farmer completed her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy in 2010 at the University of Southern California. With an interest in health care system design and legislation, she completed her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2011. Her doctoral work focused on the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on occupational therapy practice. While completing her OTD degree, she began working with the USC Department of Family Medicine on identifying opportunities for the integration of occupational therapy services into primary care environments.

Education

Doctor of Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California
2011

Master of Arts (MA) in Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California
2010

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Kinesiology
San Francisco State University
2008