PT Program Ceremony - 2020

MGH Institute of Health Professions Department of Phsycial Therapy AWARDS and GRADUATION CEREMONY July 1, 2020 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Department of Physical Therapy AWARDS & GRADUATION CELEBRATION July 1, 2020 7:00-8:00pm WELCOME REMARKS Lynn Foord, PhD, MEd, PT Professor and Chair DEAN’S ADDRESS Michael Iwama PhD, MSc, BSc, BScOT Dean, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences PRESENTATION OF AWARDS Announced by David Selkowitz, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, DAAPM Associate Professor Donna Applebaum, DPT, MS Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor Adams Fellow Award Jeffrey Fuqua Kerbel, DPT ‘20 Marjorie K. Ionta Award Yasaman Zarbafian, DPT ‘20 Sidney Maribel Argueta, DPT ‘20 Mary Mankin Award Daniel Matthew Humphrey, DPT ’20 Brittani A. Morris, DPT ‘20 Outstanding Clinical Educator Award Rosemarie R. O’Connor, PT, DPT STUDENT ADDRESS Yasaman Zarbafian, DPT ‘20 CLOSING REMARKS Lynn Foord, PhD, MEd, PT Professor and Chair

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CLASS OF 2020 Ashley M. Aldred

Almamy A. Jalloh

Ryoki Aoki

Jared A. Juarez

Sidney Maribel Argueta

Carley N. Kaikkonen

Elena Biagioni

Mollie Tod Kam

Nicole Marie Brennan

Evan Kappler

Xavier Brito

Jeffrey Fuqua Kerbel

Kayla Ka-Yee Chan

Jeremy Benjamin Lichtman

David Siu Lung Chan

Katherine Victoria Lim

Darren Chew

Han Keat Low

Meredith Mary Conroy

Alexis L. Lyons

Andrew John Coonan

Andrew Madrid

Rachel Christine Cortright

Jason Robert Mango

Francis Andrew Covino

Taylor Christine McCue

Alexandra Davey D'Ascenzo

Seamas L.C. McGuire

Elana B. Dalgin

Kaitlyn Maxine McKenna

Danielle A. Davila

Megan McKinney

Meaghan Grace DuPuis

Casey Louise McVicar

Mackenzie B. Duyon

Natalie E. Miano

Nathalie A. Echeverri

Justin Thomas Montgomery

Emily Rose Elandt

Brittani A. Morris

Rebecca Leigh Fall

Corinne M. Natale

Natasha Fett

Adam Nicholas Schmidt

Emily E. Finger

Vanessa A. Singleton

Christina Flores

Kayla L. Spohn

Ruthie Furman Ingard

Neily G. Thompson

Jessica Mallory Gibbons

Jameson L. Trout

Corey James Goldman

Joseph Valadez

Sasha Elizabeth Gunther

Kelsey Elizabeth Warren

Alison Miharu Hayashi

Ellyn Wertella

Andres J. Huang

Anna Mellisa Wilk

Daniel Matthew Humphrey

Yasaman Zarbafian

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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.

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY FACULTY Monica Arrigo, PT, DPT, MS Instructor

Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PT, PhD Professor, Director of the Brain Recovery Lab

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

Janet Kneiss, PhD, DPT Assistant Professor

Jane Baldwin, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor

Rania Karim, PT, DPT, GCS Assistant Professor

Christopher Clock, PT, DPT, OCS Instructor

Maninder Kaur, PT, PhD Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Cornforth, PT, DPT, NCS Instructor

Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, MS, OCS Instructor

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

Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, MS,NCS Assistant Professor

Lynn Foord, PhD, Med, PT Professor and Chair

Prudence Plummer, PT, PhD Professor

Shweta Gore, PT, PhD, DPT, CS,CLT Associate Professor

Catherine Schmidt, PT, DPT, MS, PhD Assistant Professor

Shweta Gore, DPT, PhD, GCS, CLT Assistant Professor

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

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

Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Instructor

Anne McCarthy Jacobson, PT, DPT, MS Assistant Professor

Elise Townsend PT, PhD, DPT, PCS Associate Professor and Associate Director PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences

Julie Keysor, PT, PhD Professor

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