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APTA elected and appointed groups.


APTA Elected and Appointed Groups

Board of Directors
Ben F Massey, Jr, PT, MA                          2006
  President
Joanell A Bohmert, PT, MS                         2006
  Vice President
Babette S Sanders, PT, MS                         2007
  Secretary
Timothy J Lyons, PT                               2008
  Treasurer
Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA                   2008
  Speaker of the House
RM Barney Poole, PT, MEd, ATC                     2007
  Vice Speaker of the House

Directors
Pauline W Flesch, PT, MPS                         2007
Karl R Gibson, PT, MS                             2006
Connie D Houser, PT, DPT, ATC                     2008
Stephen CF McDavitt, PT, MS,                      2007
  FAAOMPT
Janet M Peterson, PT, MA                          2008
Paul Rockar, Jr, PT, MS                           2008
Randy Roesch, PT, MBA                             2006
John G Wallace, Jr, PT, MS, OCS                   2006
R Scott Ward, PT, PhD                             2007

Advisory Panel of Physical Therapist Assistants
Debora K Bornmann, PTA                            2008
David Emerick, Sr, PTA                            2007
Cherie Metz, PTA, BA                              2008
Valecia M Snyder, PTA                             2006
Jill Wakabayashi, PTA                             2007
Babette S Sanders, PT, MS                         2006
  (Board Liaison)

Advisory Panel on Education
Susan R Griffin, PT, MS                           2008
Patricia Hagemon, PT, PhD                         2006
Glenda Hill, MEd                                  2008
Ann R Jampel, PT, MS, OCS                         2007
Michael S Monaghan, PharmD                        2007
Janet M Peterson, PT, MA                          2006
  (Board Liaison)

Advisory Panel on Member
Recruitment and Retention
Chris Junkins, PTA                                2008
Stuart Katzman, PT                                2008
Debbie Lowenthal                                  2006
Nichole D Spoke, PT                               2007
Barbara Sullivan, PT                              2007
Pauline W Flesch, PT, MPS                         2006
  (Board Liaison)

Advisory Panel on Practice
Susan Bell, PT                                    2008
Katherine S Harris, PT, MS                        2006
Jorge R Orozco, PT, MSHM, NCS                     2007
Robert H Rowe, PT, DMT, FAAOMPT                   2006
Jean-Pierre Viel, PT, MSPT, OCS                   2008
Connie D Hauser, PT, DPT, ATC                     2006
  (Board Liaison)

Advisory Panel on Public Relations
Carolyn L Bloom, PT                               2008
Paul A Heath, PT                                  2008
Macmillan A Innocent, PT, MPT, ATC                2006
Sharon E McCallum, PT                             2007
Peggy DeCelle Newman, PT, MHR                     2006
Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA                   2006
  (Board Liaison)

Advisory Panel on Reimbursement
Policy and Planning
Jonathan Cooperman, PT, DPT, MS,                  2006
  JD, Chair
Susan R Hoshi-Castoro, PT                         2008
Maureen Kavalar, PT                               2006
Erik Van Doorne, PT                               2007
Stephen CF McDavitt, PT, MS,                      2006
  FAAOMPT (Board Liaison)

Advisory Panel on Research
Janet K Freburger, PT, PhD                        2008
Denise Gobert, PT, PhD                            2006
John H Mason, PhD                                 2007
Shreedevi Pandya, PT, MS                          2006
Mary M Rodgers, PT, PhD                           2008
R Scott Ward, PT, PhD                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

American Board of Physical Therapy
Specialties
Mary C Thompson, PT, PhD, GCS,                    2007
  Chair
Douglas S Christie, PhD                           2006
Manuel A Domenech, PT, EdD, OCS                   2009
David G Greathouse, PT, PhD, ECS                  2009
Beth McKitrick-Bandy, PT, MBA, PCS                2006
Patricia S O'Sullivan, EdD                        2006
Mark F Reinking, PT, , PhD, SCS, ATC              2008
Patricia Lou Scheets, PT, DPT, NCS                2007
Randy Roesch, PT, MBA                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

Annual Conference Program Committee
Gina M Musolino, PT, EdD, Chair                   2006
Dawn P Brown-Cross, PT, MBA, EdD                  2007
Alice Davis, PT                                   2008
Daniel E Erb, PT, PhD                             2007
Stephanie Johnson, PT, MBA                        2006
R Scott Ward, PT, PhD                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

Awards Committee
Subcommittee on Education
Diana G Venskus, PT, PhD, Chair                   2006
Wen K Ling, PT, PhD                               2007
Marilys Randolph, PT, PhD                         2009
James Smith, PT, MA                               2008

Subcommittee on Practice/Service
Anna W Cheung, PT                                 2006
Sharon K DeMuth, PT                               2008
Mary P Gannon, PT                                 2007
Jane Groeneweg Keehan, PT, MEd, OCS               2009
Patricia Giese Provance, PT                       2006

Subcommittee on Publications
James Gordon, PT, FAPTA                           2007
Hlapang Thubi Alinah Kolobe, PT, PhD              2006
Karen A Paschal, PT, MS                           2009
Alan Jette, PT, PhD, FAPTA                        2005
  (Ex-Officio)

Subcommittee on Research
Clare Lewis, PT, PsyD, FAAOMPT                    2009
Bradley William Stockert, PT, PhD                 2007
Keith Taylor, PT, PhD                             2006
Susan L Whitney, PT, PhD, NCS, ATC                2008

Catherine Worthingham Fellows Review
Committee
John L Echternach, Sr, PT, DPT
  EdD, FAPTA, Chair                               2006
Barbara Connolly, PT, EdD, FAPTA                  2008
Martha Ferretti, PT, MPH, FAPTA                   2008
Beverly J Schmoll, PT, PhD, FAPTA                 2007
Cynthia C Zadoi, PT, DPT MS,                      2006
  CCS, FAPTA

Clinical Instructor Education Board
Lisa Donegan Shoaf, PT, PhD, Chair                2006
Lori Moist Bordenove, PT, MEd                     2008
Christopher Lee Petrosino, PT, PhD                2008
Martha M Schiller, PT, MS                         2006
Carol Woodward, PT                                2007
Timothy J Lyons, PT                               2006
  (Board Liaison)

Commission on Accreditation in Physical
Therapy Education
Central Review Panel
Leslie Portney, PT, DPT PhD, FAPTA, Chair         2007
David G Greathouse, PT, PhD, ECS                  2009
Barbara J Gresham, PT, MS                         2009
Neil Hattlestad                                   2006

Jackie L Long-Goding, MEd, RRT                    2008
Sandra Radtka, PT, PhD                            2007
Karl R Gibson, PT, MS                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

Physical Therapist Review Panel
Martha Rammel Hinman, PT, EdD, Chair              2007
Douglas S Christie, PhD                           2007
Susan Kay Crabtree, PT                            2009
Daryl Dixon                                       2009
Abby M Heydman, PhD                               2007
Rebecca Story Hooper, PT, PhD                     2008
Carol C Likens, PT, PhD                           2008
Terry Malone, PT, EdD, ATC, FAPTA                 2009
Claire Peel, PT, PhD                              2009
Gita Wijesinghe Pitter                            2008
Karl R Gibson, PT, MS                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

Physical Therapist Assistant Review Panel
Debra L Gray, PT, MEd, Chair                      2006
Candace A Bahner, PT, MS                          2006
Cindy Calmese                                     2009
Ann Roberts Divine, PhD                           2009
Karen Grube, PT, MS                               2008
Joyce Maring, PT, PhD                             2007
Joy E Nobles, PTA                                 2006
Suzanne Reese, PT, MS                             2008
Jeanne Kowal Smith, PT, DPT, MPA, OCS             2006
Kathleen M Vielhaber, PT                          2009
Karl R Gibson, PT, MS                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

Committee for Physical Therapist Assistant
Recognition
Russell Stowers, PTA, MS, Chair                   2006
Nancy Barokion, PTA                               2007
Dixie Hurd Bowman, PT, EdD                        2007
Norman Johnson, PT, DPT, DEd                      2006
Juliana Robine, PTA                               2008
Shawne Elizabeth Soper, PT, MBA                   2006

Committee for Screening Proposals/Abstracts
Linda V Fetters, PT, PhD, Chair                   2006
John D Childs, PT, PhD, OCS,                      2008
  FAAOMPT
Ann Marie Flores, PT, MS, MA, PhD                 2006
Awilda R Haskins, PT, EdD                         2008
Sandra J Levi, PT, PhD                            2009
Mark D Rossi, PT, PhD, CSCS                       2008

Committee on Chapters and Sections
Kathleen K Mairella, PT, Chair                    2007
Kimberley Puttuck Cohee, PT, MS                   2006
Roger A Herr, PT, MPA                             2006
Laurie Kontney, PT, MS                            2007
Pamela K Levangie, PT, DSc                        2007
RM Barney Poole, PT, MEd, ATC                     2005
  (Board Liaison)

Committee on Clinical Residency and
Fellowship Credentialing
Dianne Valle Jewell, PT, PhD, CCS, Chair          2007
Gregory Hartley, PT, MS, GCS                      2009
Kathryn M Lyons, PT, MS, OCS                      2009
Patricia A McCord, PT, FAAOMPT                    2008
Teresa L Schuemann, PT, SCS, ATC                  2008
Paul Rockar, Jr, PT, MS                           2006
  (Board Liaison)

Committee on Cultural Competence
Elizabeth F Giles, PT, MS, Chair                  2006
Elizabeth A Bluebird, PT, MS                      2006
Charles Gulas, PT, PhD, GCS                       2008
Millee Jorge, PT, EdD                             2007
Nicole Terumi Taniguchi, PT                       2008
Janet M Peterson, PT, MA                          2006
  (Board Liaison)

Committee on Risk Management and
Member Benefits
Stuart H Platt, PT, MSPT, Chair                   2007
Nancy S Brox, PTA                                 2008
Paul A Hildreth, PT, MPH                          2007
Richard W Rausch, PT                              2006
Deborah H Shefrin, PT, JD                         2006
Babette S Sanders, PT, MS                         2006
  (Board Liaison)

Ethics and Judicial Committee
Susan W Sisola, PT, PhD, Chair                    2006
Peggy A Hiller, PT                                2008
Cathy Hinton, PT, PhD                             2010
Nancy Kirsch, PT, DPT PhD                         2009
Laura Swisher, PT, PhD                            2007
R Scott Ward, PT, PhD                             2006
  (Board Liaison)

Finance and Audit Committee
Timothy J Lyons, PT, Chair                        2008
Susan A Appling, PT, MS, OCS                      2009
Steven R Clark, PT, MHS, OCS                      2006
Judith Hickes, PT                                 2008
Nancy B Reese, PT, PhD                            2007

Government Affairs Committee
Paul Rockar, Jr, PT, MS, Chair                    2006
Michael P Johnson, PT, MS, OCS                    2008
James C Milder, PT                                2006
Brian Paul Murphy, PT                             2007
Janet M Shelley, PT                               2007
Ellen Strunk, PT, MS, GCS                         2008
Pauline W Flesch, PT, MPS                         2006
  (Board Member)

Member Consultants on Oral History
Thomas K Waugh, PT, Chair                         2006

Physical Therapy Political Action Committee
Thomas DiAngelis, PT, Chair                       2007
David Emerick, Sr, PTA                            2007
Ira Gorman, PT                                    2006
Bobble Hurt, PT                                   2006
Dennis P Langton, PT                              2006
Pamelia G Phelps, PT                              2007
Marilyn M Swygert, PT, MHS                        2008
Connie Hauser, PT, DPT, ATC                       2006
  (Board Liaison)


APTA APTA American Physical Therapy Association.  TASK FORCES AND OTHER APPOINTED GROUPS

Task Force on Advanced Clinical Training

Suzanne R Brown, PT, MPH MPH Master of Public Health.
MPH Master's Degree in Public Health


Michael J Emery emery: see corundum.
emery

Granular rock consisting of a mixture of the mineral corundum (aluminum oxide, Al2O3) and iron oxides such as magnetite (Fe3O4) or hematite (Fe2O3).
, PT, EdD

Kyle <noinclude></noinclude>

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One derivation of the surname is from the Scottish Highland word caol, 'channel', or 'strait'. There are other possible derivations (see below).
 P Meyer, PT, MPA MPA

medroxyprogesterone acetate.


Pamela J Millington, PT

Reva P Rauk, PT, MMSc, NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO.

NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF.


Joanell A Bohmert, PT, MS (Board Liaison)

Task Force on House of Delegates House of Delegates
n.
The lower house of the state legislature in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
 Governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems.

Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration (US government)
MSHA Master of Science in Health Administration
MSHA Mine Safety and Health Administration
MSHA Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine (French) 


Susan A Appling, PT, MS, OCS OCS - Object Compatibility Standard

Erik P Moen, PT

Julie K Tilson, PT, DPT, NCS

Gabriel E Yankowitz, PT

Cynthia C Zadai, PT, DPT, MS, CCS (1) (Common Channel Signaling) A communications system in which one channel is used for signaling and different channels are used for voice/data transmission. Signaling System 7 (SS7) is a CCS system, also known as CCS7. See SS7. , FAPTA FAPTA Fellows of the American Physical Therapy Association

Task Force on Manipulation/Mobilization

John G Wallace Wal·lace , Alfred Russel 1823-1913.

British naturalist who developed a concept of evolution that paralleled the work of Charles Darwin.
, Jr, PT, MS, OCS

Task Force on Physician Ownership of Physical Therapy Services

Francis Welk, PT, MEd, Chair

Cynthia Driskel, PT, GCS GCS Glasgow Coma Scale
GCS Guilford County Schools (North Carolina)
GCS Ground Control Station
GCS Grand Central Station
GCS Ground Control System
GCS Ground Combat Systems
GCS Group Communication Systems


Kathleen Luedtke-Hoffman, PT, PhD, MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration


Peter J McMenamin, PT, MS, OCS

Robert H Rowe, PT, DMT See DSL. , FAAOMPT

Paul Slocum, PT

Patrick Van Beveren Beveren

a large Belgian breed of fur rabbits, blue, black, brown or white with a dense, silky coat of short (1 to 1.5 in) fur, a pronounced Roman nose, big ears and a broad muzzle.
, PT, DPT, MA, OCS, CS

Michael Weinper, PT, MPH

John G Wallace, Jr, PT, MS, OCS (Board Liaison)

Task Force on Professionalism professionalism

the upholding by individuals of the principles, laws, ethics and conventions of their profession.


Linda E Arslanian, PT, DPT, MS

Susan Deusinger, PT, PhD

Karen Mueller, PT, PhD

Tara Pearce, PT

Laura Swisher Laura Swisher was the comedic "Ed McMahon" of Unscrewed with Martin Sargent that aired late-nights on TechTV. The show was cancelled on November 11, 2004, after G4 had purchased TechTV. , PT, PhD

Task Force to Develop Health Policy Research Questions

Elizabeth A Coulson, PT

Janet K Freburger, PT, PhD

Laurita M Hack The source code of a program (noun); writing the source code of a program (verb). The phrase "nobody has a package for that; it must be done through a hack" means someone has to write programming code to solve the problem because there is no pre-written software that does it. , PT, DPT, MBA, PhD, FAPTA

Michael P Johnson, PT, MS, OCS

Joanne Kerwin, PT

Patricia L Sinnott, PT, PhD, MPH

Henry C Wessman, PT

BOARD COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES

Board Committee--Alternative Payment System

Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA

Pauline W Flesch, PT, MPS

John G Wallace, Jr, PT, MS, OCS

Board Committee to Review Component Documents

Babette S Babette is a solitaire card game that uses two decks of playing cards shuffled together. Its game play is similar to that of Labyrinth. Game rules
First, a row of eight cards are dealt. These eight cards will be bases for eight columns to be formed during the game.
 Sanders San´ders

n. 1. An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
, PT, MS

Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA (Ex-Officio)

RM Barney Poole George Barney Poole (October 29, 1923 - April 12, 2005) was an American football end in the NFL for the New York Yanks, Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts, and New York Giants. He also played football in the All-America Football Conference for the New York Yankees. , PT, MEd, ATC ATC Air Traffic Control
ATC Average Total Cost
ATC Certified Athletic Trainer
ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center)
ATC Applied Technology Council
ATC All Things Considered


Paul Rockar, Jr, PT, MS

Board Committee to Review Product Endorsements product endorsement

a public statement declaring the virtues and recommending the use of a product. Discouraged by codes of veterinary ethics other than by the publication of research results.


Timothy J Lyons, PT, Chair

RM Barney Poole, PT, MEd, ATC

Karl R Gibson, PT, MS

Board Oversight
For Oversight in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Oversight.


Oversight may refer to:
  • Government regulation — The role of an official authority in regulating a separate authority.
 Committee--Guide to PT Practice

Ben F Massey, Jr, PT, MA

Joanell A Bohmert, PT, MS

R Scott Ward, PT, PhD

Board Oversight Committee--Hooked on Evidence

Pauline W Flesch, PT, MPS

Janet M Peterson, PT, MA

John G Wallace, Jr, PT, MS, OCS

Board Oversight Committee--Practice Application Project

Connie D Hauser, PT, DPT, ATC

Stephen CF McDavitt, PT, MS, FAAOMPT

Randy Roesch, PT, MBA

Board Task Force on Federation

Joanell A Bohmert, PT, MS

Babette S Sanders, PT, MS

Timothy J Lyons, PT

Randy Roesch, PT, MBA

Task Force on Government Affairs

Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA

Pauline W Flesch, PT, MPS

Paul Rockar, Jr, PT, MS

Francis J Mallon, Esq

Dave Mason

Justin Moore Justin Moore (born June 13, 1983 in Decatur, Georgia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division. He attended Parkview High School.

Moore played college soccer at Clemson University from 2002-05.


COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES

Nominating Committee A nominating committee is a group formed usually from inside the membership of an organization for the purpose of nominating candidates for office within the organization. It works similarly to an electoral college, the main difference being that the available candidates, either  
Barbara A Melzer, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Chair       2006
Melanie A Gillar, PT, DPT, MA                 2008
David A Lake, PT, PhD                         2007
David A Pariser, PT, PhD                      2008
Ellen F Spake, PT, PhD                        2007

Reference Committee
Ellen "Mickey" Bonk, PT, Chair                2006
Colleen M Kigin, PT, DPT, MS,                 2008
  MPA, CIMIT
Shawne Elizabeth Soper, PT, MBA               2007
Babette S Sanders, PT, MS                     2007
  (Board Liaison)
Stephen M Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA               2008
  (Ex-Officio)
RM Barney Poole, PT, MEd, ATC                 2007
  (Board Liaison)


APTA LIAISONS TO EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy The American Academy in Berlin is a non-partisan academic institution in Berlin. It was founded in September 1994 by a group of prominent Americans and Germans, among them Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Richard von Weizsäcker, Fritz Stern and Otto Graf Lambsdorff and opened in  of Orthopedic orthopedic /or·tho·pe·dic/ (-pe´dik) pertaining to the correction of deformities of the musculoskeletal system; pertaining to orthopedics.  and Manual Physical Therapists

Ben F Massey, Jr, PT, MA

Commission on Motion Laboratory Accreditation accreditation,
n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice.


Diane E Nicholson, PT, PhD, NCS

Wayne Stuberg, PT, PhD, PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1.

Federation of State Boards state boards Examinations administered by a US state board of medical examiners to license a physician in a particular state; these examinations play an ever-decreasing role in state medical licensure, as these bodies now rely on standardized national examinations  of Physical Therapy

Joanell A Bohmert, PT, MS

Foreign Credentialing Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy.  Commission on Physical Therapy

Joanell A Bohmert, PT, MS

JCAHO/PTAC--Ambulatory Care

Ronald Reed West, PT

JCAHO/PTAC--Home Care

Margaret Namovic-Carr, PT

JCAHO/PTAC--Hospital

Anita Bemis-Dougherty, PT

JCAHO/PTAC--Long Term Care and Assisted Living as·sist·ed living
n.
A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication.


Joanne Wood, PT, MBA

National Association of Advisors for Health Professions

Jody Shapiro Gandy, PT, PhD

Society for Women's Health Research The Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) is a non-profit organization in the United States whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy.

Pamela K Levangie, PT, DSc

Marilyn Raymond, PT, PhD

World Confederation A union of states in which each member state retains some independent control over internal and external affairs. Thus, for international purposes, there are separate states, not just one state.  for Physical Therapy

Ben F Massey, Jr, PT, MA
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