David Harrington, MBA, OTR/L, CBIST

President/Chief Executive Officer

David Harrington began working in the field of postacute brain injury rehabilitation in 1993. He is currently a Registered and Licensed Occupational Therapist with advanced practice in hand therapy and physical agent modalities. In addition to being a clinician, his career has included being a Therapist, Clinical Case Manager, Quality Manager, and Director of Operations. He is currently the President and CEO at Centre for Neuro Skills.

David studied Occupational Therapy at San Jose State University prior to obtaining his Masters in Business Administration at California State University in Bakersfield. He has been a Certified Brain Injury Specialist and Trainer (CBIST) since 2006.

Mr. Harrington routinely presents to medical and academic groups regarding the neurology and function of vision and perception after acquired brain injury, disease management of brain injury, and ethics in healthcare. In addition, he is an adjunct instructor at the School of Business at California State University Bakersfield where he teaches Operations Management, Business Ethics, Stakeholder Management, Business Data Analysis, Organizational Behavior, and Diversity Management.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of America. He is also a member of the Kern County Concussion Consortium.

Professional publications include co-authorship of the textbook chapter Management of Residual Physical Deficits in the 3rd and 4th edition of Traumatic Brain Injury, as well as the published study, Post-Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Effects on Outcome Measures and Life Care Costs, in the Journal of Neurotrauma (May 2015, 32(10): 704-711).

His professional interests include heightening awareness of acquired brain injury and resulting sequela, improving the efficacy, efficiency, and quality of healthcare interventions, and leading better business practices in health care.