Ruby Doolan,
AHTA-accredited Hand Therapist

Ruby graduated from The University of Queensland in 2019 with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy with Honours. Her early clinical experience was in the public health system at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane through the COVID period, across four six-month rotations — rehabilitation and acute stroke, the orthopaedic and fractured neck-of-femur wards, geriatric evaluation and management, and acute short-stay general medicine.

Ruby first discovered her interest in hand therapy on the Acute Stroke Unit, where treatment of the hand sits at the intersection of neurorehabilitation and fine motor recovery. She relocated to Canberra in 2022 to pursue hand therapy full-time at SportsCare Canberra in Mawson, managing both non-surgical injuries and post-operative cases across the upper limb. During this period she completed the AHTA core accreditation pathway — Fundamentals of Hand Therapy, Open and Closed Trauma, Orthotic Fabrication and Mobilisation, and Wound, Oedema and Scar Management — earning her full accreditation as a Hand Therapist in 2025.

In 2025 Ruby relocated to Rockhampton to deliver a dedicated hand therapy service to Central Queensland with Extend Rehabilitation. She works alongside Dr Hirpara at CQ Hand + Upper Limb, coordinating post-operative protocols and providing structured recovery for trauma and elective hand surgery patients across the region.

Her clinical interests include post-surgical hand and upper limb recovery, scar management, custom thermoplastic splinting, and acute injury rehabilitation.