PT Program Ceremony Booklet - 2023

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MGH Institute of Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy AWARDS and GRADUATION CELEBRATION May 11, 2023 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Department of Physical Therapy

AWARDS & GRADUATION CELEBRATION May 11, 2023 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

WELCOME REMARKS Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, EdD, NCS Chair and Associate Professor Interim Dean, School of Healthcare Leadership PRESENTATION OF AWARDS Announced by Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Instructor Donna Applebaum, PT, DPT, MS Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor Adams Fellow Award Megan Vega, DPT ‘23 Marjorie K. Ionta Award Kristen Lucht, DPT ‘23 Corey Green, DPT ‘23 Mary Mankin Award Hargun Khanna, DPT ‘23 Outstanding Clinical Educator Award Debra Clooney, PT, DPT STUDENT ADDRESS Joshua Cameron, DPT ‘23 CLOSING REMARKS Laura Plummer, PT, EdD, DPT, MS, NCS Chair and Associate Professor Interim Dean, School of Healthcare Leadership

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CLASS OF 2023 Callie Albers * Miriam A. Aviles Teja Mohan Badami Kaylie C. Beeson Meghan S. Berry * Anne Breda Lexie T. Buttle Kariela Margarita Cabrera Portugal Amanda Jean Cain Joshua David Cameron Ogbonnaya Ikemefuna Chikezie Brittney Alexis Coniglione Kevin P. Conway Sophia R. Cousineau Aisling Marie Cuffe Alyssa R. Czerwinski Itua Eghe Robert Michael Farretta Nathan W. Feehrer Erin Morgan Flajnik Emma Elaine Garvey Corey Alexander Green Lauren Marie Hayes Christine G. Hernandez Po-Yao Hsu Sophie L. John * Senna Rae Johnson Travis F. Johnston * Toni Kane Hargun Khanna Payton Amanda Kiel Taylor E. Kong Katey Elisabeth Latassa Allison D. Lebwith Sarah Katherine Lewis Jisu Lim Angelia M. Littig

Mariah N. Lombard Kristen L. Lucht Madison Eddy Markey * Andrew P. Marzan Maeve Abaigeal McKeeby Chloe A. Melton Natalia Miller* Corey Carlos Muggler Abbey L. Murphy Connor McNamara Nelson Andrew N. Pacheco Pramuk Sanjeewa Peliyagoda Anita Phan Kimberly Catherine Praino Benjamin David Purtell Rebekah J. Raber Lisa Raddassi Ian Alan Randle Aileen C.P. Reginaldo Benjamin Resnick Joseph Bruce Sampson Andrew Kousuke Sasaki Alina Shirley* Jonas B. Singer Jamie L. Smith Nicole H. Strong Erika M. Thorne * Ian C. Travis Jennifer N. Vangelder Megan Elizabeth Vega Stephen Allen Warren II Marjorie Kai Wickenden Laura Kaitlin Wiles Valerie Noel Williams Nathan Hongen Xu Allie Shayna Zunick

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AWARDS Adams Fellow Award

The Adams Fund, created by Barbara Adams in 1986, was established to offer financial support for graduate education for physical therapists at the Institute. This award is given to students who show evidence of leadership abilities, service to the profession, and the potential to make a significant contribution as a clinical scholar.

Marjorie K. Ionta Awards for Clinical Excellence This award is named in honor of Professor Emerita Marjorie K. Ionta, who was chief physical therapist in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1958 to 1981 and a founding member of the Institute faculty. The award is presented to individuals who have demonstrated growth and a consistent, excellent performance coupled with outstanding humanistic qualities.

Mary Mankin Prize This prize is awarded to a Doctor of Physical Therapy student who demonstrates significant potential as a clinical scholar and the ability to make a contribution to the physical therapy evidence that supports optimal patient care.

Outstanding Clinical Educator Award This award honors a physical therapy clinical educator who serves as an exceptional role model of professionalism and clinical excellence, and who has made significant contributions to clinical education. The award recognizes outstanding communication and teaching skills that foster clinical learning and evidence-based decision making in physical therapy students.

American Council of Academic Physical Therapy National H onor Society* The National Physical Therapy Honor Society was established by ACAPT in 2018 to recognize current Doctor of Physical Therapist students who demonstrate excellence, integrity and professionalism in areas of academic achievement, leadership, service or research and demonstrate strong moral character, ethics and the core values of the PT profession.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY FACULTY Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, EdD, NCS Associate Professor, Chair Benjamin Adams, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, CSCS Assistant Professor

Maninderjit Kaur, PT, PhD Assistant Professor

Donna Applebaum, PT, DPT, MS Assistant Professor, Director of Clinical Education

Julie Keysor, PT, PhD Professor

Monica Arrigo, PT, DPT, MS Instructor

Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PhD, PT, FAPTA Professor, Director of the Brain Recovery Lab, Director of the PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences Program

Jane Baldwin, PT, DPT, NCS, FNAP Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Physical Therapy Center, Director of Student Success and Activities

Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD, OCS Assistant Professor, Director of Curriculum, Coordinator of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy

Christopher Clock, PT, DPT, OCS Assistant Professor

Prudence Plummer, PhD, PT, BPhysio (Hons) Professor

Elizabeth Cornforth, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Catherine Schmidt, PT, DPT, PhD Assistant Professor

Caitlin J. Fitzgerald, PT, DPT Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Education

David Selkowitz, PhD, PT, DPT, OCS, DAAPM Associate Professor

Shweta Gore, MPT, DPT, PhD, GCS, CLT Associate Professor

Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Instructor

K. Douglas Gross, MPT, DPT, ScD, FAAOMPT, CPed Associate Professor

Devashish Tiwari, PhD, DPT, MPT, NCS Associate Professor

Anne McCarthy Jacobson, PT, DPT, MS Assistant Professor Rania Karim, PT, DPT, GCS Assistant Professor

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