MGH Institute of Health Professions
Department of Physical Therapy AWARDS and GRADUATION CELEBRATION
January 10, 2025
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
One Constitution Wharf
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Department of Physical Therapy
AWARDS & GRADUATION CELEBRATION
January 10, 2025 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
WELCOME REMARKS
Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD Chair and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Announced by Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Assistant Professor
Caitlin J. Fitzgerald, PT, DPT Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor
Adams Fellow Award
Alexia J. Nachtigal, DPT ‘25
*Alexander Stephen Weimer, DPT ‘25
*Miranda Jaclyn Milunsky, DPT ‘25
Marjorie K. Ionta Award
*Katherine Adrienne Haddon, DPT ‘25
Emily Alexis Menice, DPT ‘25 Diana Kimberly Berthil, DPT ‘25
Mary Mankin Award
Ivy Tse, DPT ‘25
Outstanding Clinical Educator Award
Noam Segal, PT, DPT, OCS
STUDENT ADDRESS
Johnathon Justin Martinez, DPT ‘25
CLOSING REMARKS
Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD
Bryce Anvar
Laken M. Ayers
Ayla L. Barry
Gabrielle Vaughan Beaulieu *
Diana Kimberly Berthil
Indre Eugenija Bielskus *
Grace Margaret Brooks
Jacquelyn Nicole Burke
Sydney A. Campilii
Sarah Zimmerman Cassidy
Kevin H. Chung
Emily C. Delepine
Shireen Dilawar
Jose Carlos Duran
Seth Ira Fineman
Bronte A. Fontaine
Amy G. Francis
Emma M. Garrett
Katherine Adrienne Haddon *
Johnny He
Rachel M. Hickey
Christine V. Kane *
Melaina B. Khudari *
Grace Carolyn Lambright
Stephane Lin
Johnathon Justin Martinez
Bradley P. McMahon
Katherine M. McMorrow
Emily Alexis Menice *
Natalie N. Metzger
Miranda Jaclyn Milunsky *
Caroline E. Mitzel
Gabriela Molina
AWARDS
AdamsFellowAward
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.
MarjorieK.IontaAwardsforClinicalExcellence
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.
MaryMankinPrize
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.
OutstandingClinicalEducatorAward
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.
AmericanCouncilofAcademicPhysicalTherapyNationalHonorSociety*
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.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY FACULTY
Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD Chair, Associate Professor
Benjamin Adams, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, CSCS Assistant Professor, Director Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
Donna Applebaum, PT, DPT, MS Assistant Professor, Director of Clinical Education
Monica Arrigo, PT, DPT, MS Instructor
Jane Baldwin, PT, DPT, NCS, FNAP Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Physical Therapy Center, Director of Student Success and Activities
Christopher Clock, PT, DPT, OCS Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Cornforth, PT, DPT, NCS, PhD(c) Assistant Professor
Caitlin J. Fitzgerald, PT, DPT Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Education
Shweta Gore, MPT, DPT, PhD, GCS, CLT Associate Professor, Interim Director of Academic Curriculum
K. Douglas Gross, MPT, DPT, ScD, FAAOMPT, CPed Associate Professor
Anne McCarthy Jacobson, PT, DPT, MS Assistant Professor
Rania Karim, PT, DPT, GCS Assistant Professor
Maninderjit Kaur, PT, PhD Associate Professor
Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PT, PhD, FAPTA Professor, Director of the Brain Recovery Lab
Gwendolyn Larsen, PT, DPT Instructor
Rebecca Pham, PT, DPT, CCS Instructor
Prudence Plummer, PhD, PT, BPhysio (Hons) Professor
Catherine Schmidt, PT, DPT, PhD Assistant Professor
David Selkowitz, PhD, PT, DPT, OCS, DAAPM Associate Professor
Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Assistant Professor
Devashish Tiwari, PhD, DPT, MPT, NCS Associate Professor
