Margaret “Peggy” Grill

Margaret (Peggy) Grill, OTD, OTR/L earned her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1992 and completed her post-professional doctorate at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in 2021. Her doctoral studies emphasized higher education and leadership development. Additionally, her doctoral research explored how school-based occupational therapists contribute to educational literacy and the broader implications for occupational therapy practice.

Dr. Grill has more than 29 years of clinical experience, primarily in pediatrics with expertise in physical, neurological, and mental health conditions. She has provided interventions for rare, low-incidence, and medically complex disorders within interprofessional care models. Her practice background also includes adult rehabilitation, particularly in treating individuals with traumatic neurological injuries. She has served clients across the lifespan in hospital, outpatient, home health, and school-based settings. In addition to her clinical practice, she has held supervisory and leadership roles including outpatient clinic manager, senior therapist, mentor, fieldwork educator, and COTA staff supervisor.

Her professional interests include occupational therapy advocacy and leadership expansion, culturally relevant practice, spirituality, and broadening community-based practice. Dr. Grill considers it both an honor and a privilege to educate the next generation of occupational therapy professionals.