PT Program Ceremony - January 12, 2024

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MGH Institute of Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy AWARDS and GRADUATION CELEBRATION January 12, 2024 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

One Constitution Wharf

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

AWARDS & GRADUATION CELEBRATION January 12, 2024 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

WELCOME REMARKS Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD Interim Chair and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor Coordinator of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy PRESENTATION OF AWARDS Announced by Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Assistant Professor Donna Applebaum, PT, DPT, MS Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor Adams Fellow Award Amber Asbury, DPT ‘24 Adriana Josephine Santoro, DPT ‘24 Shoshana Margalit Weiner, DPT ‘24 Marjorie K. Ionta Award Kayla Elizabeth Ucciferri, DPT ‘24 Alyssa Legarreta, DPT ‘24 Mary Mankin Award Yuchao Wang, DPT ‘24 Outstanding Clinical Educator Award Emily Smith-Sturr, PT STUDENT ADDRESS George Matthew Damaa, DPT ‘24 CLOSING REMARKS Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD

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CLASS OF 2024 Elizabeth Claire Abare

Clarence E. Lee *

Jessica R. Adams

Stephen Lopez

Shanjida Alam

Alyssa Legarreta *

Kendra Andrada *

Mackenzie Lee Marks

Amber Asbury *

Elizabeth Anne McCoy

Elizabeth Ann Bellis

Caroline Paige Merguerian

Amanda Z. Bond

David Marcos Misrahi

Sara Taylor Bowers

Nicholas Moore

Nicole Antoinette Brennan *

Victor Khader Najjar

Olivia G. Caplan

Maria D. Negri

Jack Oliver Carr

Josephine Hoai-Yen Nguyen

Elizabeth B. Cheung

Leann Plett

Nicola Susana Ciccomancini

Natalie R. Prisco

Nicolas Paul Colacitti

Jackson Reiss

Erik Emanuel Cruz

Marina Natalie Rubin

Sharon Curtis

Gabriella Carolina Ruggeri

George Matthew Damaa

Adriana Josephine Santoro

Carina Elizabeth Dillon

Krina Shah

Kevin Duffy *

Bilal Sheikh

Tania Ann Dutra

Angelo Michael Stefani

Ghadi El Helou

Sarah Su

Ana José Eraña

Kayla Elizabeth Ucciferri

Isabella Maureen Ferrera

Kristin VanProoyen

Jonathan Flores

Yuchao Wang

Taylor Ann Goodhue

Shoshana Margalit Weiner

Taylor D. Hunt

Zoe K. Weisskoff

Emily E. Hyde *

Lauren Elizabeth Wilkie

Justin Juliano

Daniel Benjamin Winters

Michael U. Jung *

Kylee H. Wollins *

Camara Kadete

Di Wu

Fallon Katz

Noah Yeingst

Anna Louise Lafreniere *

Justina Young

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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 Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD Associate Professor, Interim Chair, Coordinator of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Benjamin Adams, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, CSCS Assistant Professor

Rania Karim, PT, DPT, GCS Assistant Professor

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

Maninderjit Kaur, PT, PhD Assistant Professor

Monica Arrigo, PT, DPT, MS Instructor

Gwendolyn Larsen, PT, DPT Instructor

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

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

Katherine Beal, DPT, OCS Instructor

Rebecca Pham, PT, DPT Instructor

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, Interim Director of Academic Curriculum

Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Assistant Professor

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

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