MGH Institute of Health Professions
Department of Physical Therapy
AWARDS and GRADUATION CELEBRATION
May 11, 2023
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Assembly Row
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
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
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.
MarjorieK.Ionta AwardsforClinicalExcellence
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.
Outstanding ClinicalEducatorAward
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
Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, EdD, NCS Associate Professor, Chair
Benjamin Adams, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, CSCS Assistant Professor
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 Assistant Professor
Caitlin J. Fitzgerald, PT, DPT Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Education
Shweta Gore, MPT, DPT, PhD, GCS, CLT Associate Professor
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 Assistant Professor
Julie Keysor, PT, PhD Professor
Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PhD, PT, FAPTA Professor, Director of the Brain Recovery Lab, Director of the PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences Program
Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, EdD, OCS Assistant Professor, Director of Curriculum, Coordinator of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
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 Instructor
Devashish Tiwari, PhD, DPT, MPT, NCS Associate Professor