Director Somerset facility
Jeff is a graduate of Hahnemann University with honors in the
Masters program. Jeff's experience has been focused on sports
and orthopedic rehabilitation with a manual-based approach. He
is an experienced lecturer in rehabilitative care for patients with
cardiac, upper/lower extremity and spinal disorders. Jeff is
an active member of the private practice and sports physical
therapy sections of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Assistant Director Somerset
Meredith is a graduate of Northeastern University in Boston,
where she received her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy and a
Bachelors of Science in Rehabilitation Science. While in school,
she was selected to present at National and International APTA
Meetings for a Masters Project entitled A Multifaceted Physical
Therapy Program to Address the Behavioral Aspects of a Woman with
Multiple Sclerosis. Her professional experience has been
primarily in outpatient orthopedics, but has also worked with
inpatient acute care patients. Meredith is also the program
director for the PEP Program- which is an ACL injury prevention and
sports enhancement program for young athletes.
Director of Clinical Education and Research/Staff Therapist
Pritee holds both a Doctorate of Physical Therapy as well as a
Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from Marymount University;
and she received her Bachelor's Degree in Biology from Rutgers
University. Prior to PT school, she worked as the Head
Aide in our New Brunswick facility. Along with her many years of
experience as a PT aide, Pritee brings knowledge of acute care
including orthopedic trauma, craniofacial pain, TMD (Temporal
Mandibular Joint Dysfunction), and oncology. Pritee is an
active member of the orthopedic and sports physical therapy
sections of the American Physical Therapy Association.
Staff Therapist
Kristen attended the University of Scranton and holds a Masters
in Physical Therapy and a Bachelors Degree in Health Sciences. She
has over three years experience in inpatient and outpatient
therapy treating trauma, orthopedic, neurological, cardiac,
pulmonary, oncology, medical, and post-surgical patients. She's
been involved in community outreach programs and education for
geriatric populations, an ALS clinic evaluating and treating
patients, a healthcare team that worked to improve comfort and
quality of life and has mentored high school and collegiate
students in their endeavors to enter into the Physical Therapy
field. Kristen uses a manual-based approach to PT and utilizes PNF,
Maitland, and Mulligan techniques. Of particular interest to
Kristen is preventative care, ergonomic evaluations, and orthopedic
PT. Kristen is one of two CCCE's for Sports PT, which allows
our company to provide clinical experience to current Physical
Therapy Students as part of their required curriculum.
Clinical Coordinator of Clinical Education/Staff Therapist
Judy graduated from Seton Hall with a Bachelors of Science in
Biology and earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) from the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She has
experience in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as being
involved in several research projects. Her research was
published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in
Sports and she has presented her research at a national conference
for the American Physical therapy Association (APTA).
Judy has been an active member of the Orthopedic/Sports section of
the APTA since 2003. She looks forward to setting up sports
enhancement programs for local elementary, high school, and college
teams.
Staff Therapist
Julia earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from
Boston University with a Bachelors of Science in Health Science and
a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy. Several years later,
Julia graduated from a COMTA accreditated program at the Somerset
School of Massage. She has since practiced in in-patient
acute care, sub-acute rehab, and hospital based out-patient
orthopedics, as well as owned a massage pain
management studio. She takes an eclectic approach to her
physical therapy treatment, but relies heavily on the manual
techniques she has honed while working in the various areas of
rehab.
Staff Therapist
Craig is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Bachelors
in Exercise Physiology and earned his Masters in Physical Therapy
from Widener University where he graduated with Honors. Craig has
focused his therapeutic skills in manual therapy and comprehensive
movement exercises. He has a particular interest in sport
specific training, especially towards the education of players and
coaches regarding injury prevention. Craig approaches
physical therapy focusing on motor learning, motor control and
decreasing movement impairments.
Staff Therapist
Alexis is an undergraduate from Tulane University and earned her
Masters in Physical Therapy (MPT) from Nova Southeastern
University. Alexis' primary experience is in the
outpatient, orthopedic setting, with some experience in aquatic
therapy. She would like to develop a sports programs with an
orthopedic focus that help to prevent injuries by properly
conditioning the body. Everyday she puts her ideas to use treating
the variety of injured bodies at Sports PT. She utilizes theories
and techniques from Mulligan's, McConnell, and McKenzie during
most of her treatment sessions.
Staff Therapist
Miriam is a recent graduate of Arcadia University, where she
earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) and before that was
a Nutritional Sciences major at Rutgers University. Miriam's
physical therapy experience is primarily in orthopedic and sports
physical therapy, but she has a special interest in working
with the aging population and Parkinson's patients, and hopes to
eventually gain some more experience in that arena.
However, right now she plans to focus on the orthopedic
patients and even presented for her Poster Presentation
case report on "Differential Diagnosis and Clinical Decision Making
of a Patient with Traumatic Shoulder Dislocation."