Amanda Waples

Amanda Waples PT, DPT, LSSGB graduated with her DPT from Drexel University in 2014 and has been working in pediatrics over the last 11+ years. She has been working at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia since 2018 and specializes in pediatric patients with advanced heart failure requiring mechanical circulatory support and/or ventricular assist devices. She is a lead physical therapist in the Advanced Cardiac Therapies – Intensive Care Unit (ACT-ICU) at CHOP. Her involvement in the ACT-ICU has included extensive education within the Rehabilitation Department and throughout the Cardiac Center. Amanda has prepared and presented several presentations on the local, national, and international level. Other areas of interest include human factors engineering, quality improvement with a focus on objective outcomes in the acute care setting, specifically the AM-PAC 6 Clicks, as well as adaptive equipment. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time outside or at the climbing gym with her hus