Physical Therapy

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Joyce Maring, DPT, Ed.D., has been appointed as the chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Health Care Sciences.
The new physical therapy class is composed of 41 students from across the United States, making it the largest in SMHS history.
David Scalzitti, P.T., Ph.D., O.C.S., assistant professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, has been named a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Applied Health Sciences.
The 33 students who make up the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) Class of 2013 Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, gathered in the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre to celebrate their accomplishments and recognize the program’s highest achievers during the…
The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new neurologic physical therapy residency pilot program. The pilot program will begin in August 2013.
Josh D'Angelo, a third-year doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, is the first GW student to receive the prestigious Mary McMillan Scholarship Award.
Congratulations to the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty members, Jennifer Halvaksz, assistant clinical professor of physical therapy and health care sciences, and Karen Schlumpf, M.P.H., lecturer of clinical research and leadership, for being selected as…
Kenneth J. Harwood, Ph.D., PT, recently returned from an educational initiative in Singapore where he was a member of an international team of experts teaching management and leadership to physical therapy students.
With a new year comes new leadership. Taking a lead role in 2013 are two George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) students: Josh D’Angelo, a third-year doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student and Pete Tooley, a second-year DPT student. Both students were…
It was an unseasonably cold late-October afternoon, with Hurricane Sandy churning up the East Coast. Ominous skies threatened to unleash a downpour at any moment, but that didn’t keep the 13 members of the Challenger team off the baseball diamond at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Va.