Tara Nair

Tara Nair is a prosthetist and orthotist working in a rehabilitation laboratory in Palo Alto, California. She designs, builds, and fits artificial limbs and supportive braces, often working with patients over many years to adjust their devices as their mobility changes. Nair worked as a technician fabricating orthotic devices before earning her master’s degree in orthotics and prosthetics. She also holds an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering.