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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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