Meet Our
Faculty
Our network of faculty spans the country, from Florida to Texas to California—and beyond. USAHS boasts the country’s largest teams of OT and PT faculty-practitioners, who draw from their diverse expertise to develop our blended learning components—the online coursework and real-world lab activities. Our faculty members have vast experience as clinicians and researchers, and they share a passion for educating and mentoring the next generation of practitioners.
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Anas (Sal) Ababneh, PT, PhD, MSc


Faris Alshammari, PT, MPT, NCS, PhD


Kefah Alshebber, PT, MS, PhD


Brent Anderson, PT, PhD


Hazel Anderson, PT, DPT, ScD, MDT


Catherine Andrea, PT, MPT, EdD


Morgan Ascher, PT, DPT, CSCS


Mohammed Ata, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS, C/NDT


Bindu Balakrishnan, MSc, PhD


William (Allan) Besselink, PT, DPT, PhD, Dip. MDT


Edward (Ed) Bezkor, PT, DPT, PhD


Fabian Bizama, PT, MPT, PhD


Yvonne Body, PT, DHSc


Blaise Bourgeois, PT, DPT, ScD, MTC


Jonathan Bray, PT, DPT, EdD, MS


Danielle Brito, PT, DPT, NCS


Amber Brown, PT, DPT


Heather Bushnell, PT, DPT, EdD, MPT


Eilish Byrne, PT, DSc


Derrick Campbell, PT, DPT, DSc


Ashley Hall Campbell, PT, DPT


Amy Cassidy, PT, DPT


Cortney Charlesworth, PT, DPT


Lisa Chase, PT, PhD


Zoe Crawford, PT, DPT, NCS


Edla da Silva, PT, MSc, PhD


Rose (Rosie) DeFeo, PT, DPT, EdD, PCS, ATP


Kristen (Kristy) Demers, PT, DPT


Brent Denny, DPT


Birendra Dewan, PT, PhD


Heather Disney, PT, DPT, PhD


Marcio Dos Santos, PT, MSc, PhD


Natonya Early, PT, MSPT, PhD


Thomas Eberle, PT, DPT


Leonard Elbaum, PT, EdD


Clover Farr, PT, MPT, CMPT, DHSc


Eman Fayed, PT, PhD, MS


F. Scott Feil, PT, DPT, EdD
Dr. F. Scott Feil has been a Physical Therapist for 19 years and practiced in every setting imaginable. He graduated with a BA in English from Wake Forest University in 2001, a Masters in Physical Therapy from East Carolina in 2006, a t-DPT from University of St Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) in 2013, and


Brittani H. Freund, PT, DPT, PhD


Mohan Ganesan, PT, PhD


Christian Garcia, PT, DPT


Miguel Garcia, PT, DPT, EdD


Pedro Gonzalez-Cabrera, PhD, MS


Melissa Green, PT, DPT


Marie Halfman, PT, DPT
Dr. Halfman focused her clinical career on the geriatric client across therapeutic settings, from outpatient to PACE to acute care.


Kristine (Kristi) Hanks, PT, DPT


Marianne Hanover, PT, DPT, PhD


Grace-Anne Herard, DPT, EdD


Claudia Herrera, PT, ScD


Melanie Hill, PT, DPT


Karina Ingegneri, DPT, ATC/L


Christopher Ingstad, PT, DPT, ATC


Hatem Jaber, PT, MPT, DSc


Amie Marie Jasper, PT, DPT, PhD


Lisa Jenkins, PT, MPT, EdD


Mohamed Kamel, PT, PhD


Elise Keeney, PT, DPT, SCS


Mohamed Khallaf, PT, DPT, MS, PhD


Neeraj Kumar, PT, DPT, PhD


Nicholas (Nick) LaRosa, PT, DPT, EdD


John Layne, PT, DPT


Karen Leyva, PT, DPT


Shannon Logan, PT, DPT, ATC, PhD, MS


Scott Love, PT, DPT, DHSc, MPT


Katie Lynch-Bronson, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC, MBA


Jennifer (Jenn) Lyng, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, CSCS


Garrett Mandel, PT, DPT


James (Jim) Mathews, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA


Warren McAdams, PT, DPT


Erin Menefee, DPT


Marilyn Miller, PT, PhD


Jacqueline Moore, PT, MPT, DSc


Shelbi Moxley, PT, DPT


Lisa Nichols, PT, EdD, MHS


Cory Parker, PT, DPT


Amanda Parrish, PT, DPT


Mitchell (Mitch) Perez, PT, DPT


Jessica Phung, DPT


Evan Pucillo, PT, DPT, EdD


Carmina (Minnie) Rafael, PT, DPT


Madeline Ratoza, PT, DPT, PHD


Ryan Reed, PT, DPT, PhD


Whitney Reese, PT, DPT


Felicity Macahilig-Rice, PT, DPT


Courtney Rivadeneira, PT, DPT


Eric Robertson, PT, DPT, MFA


Andrew Rodriguez, PT, DPT


Bonnie Rogulj, PT, DPT


Hermes Romero, PT, DPT, PhD


Jeffrey A. Rot, PT, DHSc


Christine Salmon, PT, DPT, EdD
Dr. Christine Salmon has more than 11 years of combined teaching and clinical experience in physical therapy, including more than five years providing clinical instruction for students from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences and other institutions. Her clinical work focuses on evaluating and treating the geriatric, orthopedic, cardiac, and neurological patient population.


Robert (Bob) Salvatori, PT, DPT, DSc, MBA


Summer San Lucas, PT, DPT, DSc


Jorge E. Sarmiento, PT, MS, MBA-HCM


Michelle Sawtelle, PT, MPT, PhD


Chad Schmeeckle, PT, DPT


Kunal Singhal, PT, PHD


Laura Siviter, PT, DPT, DSc


Kayla Smith, PT, DSc


Gabriel Somarriba, PT, DPT, EdD


Cathleen (Kate) Soper, PT, DBA, MS


Samantha Sorce, PT, DPT


Rudie Spigarelli, PT, DPT


Peyton Sykes, PT, DPT, EdD


Loren Szmiga, PT, DPT, EdD, CHT, MTC


Tania Tablinsky, PT, DPT


Behdad Tahayori, PT, PhD


Bansari Thakkar, PT, ScD


Edwin (Joshua) Tizon, PT, DPT


Archana Vatwani, PT, DPT, EdD, MBA


James A. Viti, PT, MSc, DPT


Amy Walters, PT, DPT


Margaret Wicinski, PT, DPT, EdD


Christopher Wise, PT, DPT, ATC, PhD


Sean Witkin, PT, DPT


Ryan Wooley, PT, DPT


