MGH Institute of Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy AWARDS and GRADUATION CEREMONY August 5, 2021 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Department of Physical Therapy AWARDS & GRADUATION CELEBRATION August 5, 2021 6:00-7:30pm WELCOME REMARKS Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, MS, NCS Interim Chair PROVOST’S ADDRESS Alex Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 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 Kamaria A'Brenay Washington, DPT ‘21 Rachel Privett, DPT ‘21 Marjorie K. Ionta Award Fayola Oni Etienne, DPT ‘21 Mary Mankin Award Matthew Picard-Fraser, DPT ’21 Outstanding Clinical Educator Award Leigh de Chaves, PT STUDENT ADDRESS Kamaria A'Brenay Washington, DPT ‘21 CLOSING REMARKS Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, MS, NCS Interim Chair and Assistant Professor
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CLASS OF 2021
Alex Lin Stephanie Aletta Lin Ana Lucia Lotz Eric S. Luo Allison L. Martella Shannon Meermans McCrea Victoria Elizabeth Misitano Rudolph Mitchell Megan Elizabeth Moisand Kendra Alexis Morscheck Sonakshi Narayan Gina Nguyen Matthew Picard-Fraser Jaclyn M. Pontell Rachel Privett Eileen Richards Kayla Lynne Sholds Geordon Smith Tanner J. Snow Tyler A. Sousa Lisa Karyn Stone Javier Jurgen Strickler Stephen Su Wesley Benay Sutton Lindsey R. Sweet Jason Tan Tarryn Marie Teresak Katherine J. Torres Adam Hieu Tran Kamaria A'Brenay Washington Annalisa Webb-Gordon Anna Mellisa Wilk Emily Christine Workman Samantha K. Youmans
Carly Arbeit Miriam Zehava Axelbaum Ryan Patrick Beierle Vinson Chen Haylie Christine Davis Sarah Nicole Dempsey Molly Emilia Donovan Julia Melanie Doucett Megan C. Erlandson Ramiro Escalera Fayola Oni Etienne Christina Marie Fernandez Mason Anthony Fessler Lindsay Josephine Fletcher Alicia M. Franklin Madeline Jo Fuchs Stephen Michael Gant Meghan Tedoldi Giglio Benjamin Gordon Corinne N. Haase Lena A. Hedayat Madison Lee Horner Jason J.C. Hsieh Elizabeth Nora Johnson Jared A. Juarez Ian Karby Alice Khalafyan Junsu Kim Sarah Michelle Knight Rebecca M. Langdon Kathryn Taylor Lawson Steve Le Zeno S. Lee Austin Chun Leung Vivian Bao-En Leung
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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 Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PT, PhD Professor, Director of the Brain Recovery Lab, Director of the PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences
Monica Arrigo, PT, DPT, MS Instructor Donna Applebaum, DPT, MS Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor
Rania Karim, PT, DPT, GCS Assistant Professor
Jane Baldwin, PT, DPT, NCS Assistant Professor, Interim Director of Student Support and Activities
Maninder Kaur, PT, PhD Assistant Professor Keshrie Naidoo, PT, DPT, MS, OCS Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the Clinical Residency in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Interim Director of Curriculum
Christopher Clock, PT, DPT, OCS Instructor Elizabeth Cornforth, PT, DPT, NCS Instructor
Laura Plummer, PT, DPT, MS,NCS Interim Chair and Assistant Professor
Caitlin Fitzgerald, PT, DPT Associate Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor
Prudence Plummer, PT, PhD Professor
Shweta Gore, PT, PhD, DPT, CS,CLT Associate Professor
Catherine Schmidt, PT, DPT, MS, PhD Assistant Professor
Douglas Gross, MPT, DPT, ScD, FAAOMPT, CPed Associate Professor
David Selkowitz, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, DAAPM Professor
Anne McCarthy Jacobson, PT, DPT, MS Assistant Professor
Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS Instructor
Julie Keysor, PT, PhD Professor
Elise Townsend PT, PhD, DPT, PCS Associate Professor and Associate Director PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences
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