Arvie Vitente, PT, DPT, MPH, GCS

Dr.  Vitente is a Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist and serving as the Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences  (USAHS), Miami Campus.  He joined the USAHS team as a core faculty in November 2018. He received his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2017 from the Dominican College of Blauvelt in Orangeburg, New York. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy and Master of Public Health degrees from Angeles University Foundation, the Philippines, in 2003 and 2006, respectively.  He also served as an Associate Professor at the same University for more than 9 years and taught Anatomy, Kinesiology, Research Methodology, and Neuroanatomy before immigrating to the United States. His clinical practice has been focused on Neurologic and Geriatric Physical therapy in acute and post-acute settings. He is a graduate of the distinguished American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) Fellowship in Education Leadership in 2019. Currently, he is a Ph.D. in Education Management candidate at the Graduate School of Angeles University Foundation, Philippines. Before joining USAHS, he was the Program Director at Pensacola State College’s PTA program and taught Functional Anatomy and Kinesiology,  Pathological  Conditions in Physical Therapy, and Neuromuscular Therapeutic Techniques. Dr. Vitente currently serves the PT profession as the Southeast District Chair of the Florida Physical Therapy Association (FPTA), Chair of the FPTA Neurologic Special Interest Group, Item Writing Task Force Member of the NPTE-PT of the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, and Nominating Committee member of the APTA Geriatrics. He is also one of the contributing authors in Umphred’s Neurologic Rehabilitation, 7th Edition, Elsevier, Inc., and Neurorehabilitation for the Physical Therapist Assistant, 3rd Edition, Slack, Inc.