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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