Two students (Class of 2009) received prestigious scholarships, by competition, from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at the Association’s National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 2009. Abigail Gillard was the recipient of the Mary McMillan Scholarship, which recognizes outstanding students in their final year of study with superior capabilities and Carlos Mercedes the Minority Scholarship, which also acknowledges and rewards high scholastic performance. This is the third year in a row that a Columbia student has been honored with a Mary McMillan Scholarship. Rami Said was a recipient in 2007 and Lonnie Stewart in 2008.
Four 2nd year students have received, by competition, Rudin Foundation Scholarships: Jamie Barish, Sarre Geller, Allyn Susko and Jennifer Zellers. Second year student Shannon Harrington has been award, also by competition, a Donna Lynn Mushkin Memorial Scholarship forr demonstrated commitment to a career in pediatric physical therapy.
Six faculty and 19 students presented their research via poster presentations at the Combined Sections Meeting, APTA, Las Vegas, NV, February 2009.
Dr. Clare Bassile is an investigator on a Pilot Award for Collaborative Clinical and Translational Research from the Irving Center, Columbia University. Her work involves “The Implementation of an Acute Stroke Recovery Program in a Multiethnic Inpatient Population”.
Dr. Ashwini Rao has been appointed as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. He is also a co-investigator on a new 3 million NIH RO1 on "Pathogenesis of Essential Tremor”.
Dr. Martha Sliwinski is a co-author on the recently published text “Spinal Cord Injuries Management and Rehabilitation”.
Dr. Kevin Wong won the Research Poster Award from the APTA Section on Women’s Health for his study "Analysis of Lower-Extremity Gait Before, During, and After Pregnancy.
Welcome to the web site of Columbia University’s Doctoral Degree Program in Physical Therapy (DPT). Columbia’s program is one of the oldest yet exceptionally progressive programs to educate students wishing to enter the profession of physical therapy.
As a nationally ranked program, students come to study at a world-renown university on a campus that houses cutting-edge medical facilities.
Following the tradition of the University and College of Physicians and Surgeons, the DPT program is recognized for:
• Its reputation for graduating highly qualified clinicians
• The reputation of its faculty; the breath and depth of their teaching and research expertise
• The reputation of the part-time, medical center & adjunct faculty who comprise a cadre of academicians, scholars and clinicians serving as role models and mentors in specialty areas of practice
• Its innovative curriculum
• The breadth and depth of its clinical affiliation network
The program is guided by the principle that the acquisition of knowledge and skills is important in professional education, but far more vital is an understanding of the science, the art and the ethic within which both knowledge and skill are applied. The program builds its curriculum, selects its faculty, and assemblies its clinical experiences to develop in its students this understanding of physical therapy.
As you peruse our web site, you will understand why Columbia’s Program in Physical Therapy has been shaping the profession for 67 years.
Dr. Risa Granick
Director Program in Physical Therapy