Faculty Members of the Physical Therapy faculty represent a wide variety of backgrounds and skills. Their areas of expertise include: biofeedback, burn care, child development, chronic pain, curriculum, educational tests and measures, electrotherapy, epidemiology, geriatrics, infant/young child assessment/treatment, manual therapy, medical screenings, motor control, neuroanatomy/physiology, neurodevelopment, neurorehabilitation, oncology, orthopedic evaluation and treatment, physical agents, psychology, public health, public policy, research design and methodology, sensory integration, sexuality, spinal cord injury, stress management, therapeutic exercise, wheelchair seating design, and wound care.
Master clinicians from throughout the region expand and enrich the curriculum with specialized expertise and experience. Expert physical therapists from the community serve as guest presenters in basic courses, teach the advanced clinical method electives, and serve as clinical instructors in the on-campus clinics, expanding and enriching the programs. Among the physical therapy adjunct faculty are specialists in manual therapy, sports medicine, lower extremity biomechanics, geriatrics, oncology, women's health, primary care, neurologic physical therapy, and hand therapy. Many of the adjunct faculty members hold board certification in their specialties.
 Roger J. Allen
Associate Professor
South Hall C125
253.879.3525
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BS, MSEd, University of Kansas, 1976, 1977
PhD, University of Maryland, 1979
BS, Physical Therapy, University of Washington, 1996
Joined Puget Sound faculty in 1998 Professor Allen is responsible for courses in functional anatomy, neuroanatomy/neuroscience, and research method. He has served as director of psychophysiological research and the biofeedback learning laboratory at the University of Maryland, has authored three textbooks on human stress and psychophysiology, and has twice presented research findings to the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology. Dr. Allen has focused on orthopedic physical therapy and the treatment of chronic and neuropathic pain. He contributed a chapter to Bonica's Management of Pain and has presented and published numerous studies on complex regional pain syndrome and anatomical mapping of neuro-vascular innervation patterns. Dr. Allen won the prestigious University of Puget Sound Faculty Teaching Award in 2001.  Bob Boyles
Clinical Associate Professor
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BS, Exercise Science, Eastern Washington University, 1989
MPT, Baylor University, 1999
DSc, Baylor University, 2002
Board Certified Specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy, 1998
Fellow in the American Academy of Manual Physical Therapists, 2003
Joined Puget Sound faculty in 2007 Dr. Boyles is responsible for courses in orthopedic evaluation and treatment and an advanced elective course in manual therapy. A retired army officer, Dr. Boyles has been a faculty member at U.S.Army-Baylor and has many years of experience as an orthopedic and manual therapy clinician, including primary care. Dr. Boyles is active in researching the effectiveness of orthopedic and manual therapy interventions with a particular interest in decision rules. He has published in Manual Therapy, Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, and Physical Therapy. Jerline (Jeri) Carey
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, 2007-08 BSPT, University of Minnesota, 1973
MA, Psychology, College of St. Scholastica, 1988
Certified CPR Instructor Ms. Carey is responsible for physical therapy administration and leadership, as well as helping to teach a variety of clinical practice methods and clinical instruction in the on-site clinic. She has 22 years of experience teaching physical therapy in geriatrics, pediatrics, balance and gait and multiple other entry level topic areas. She has remained actively practicing during her 34 years as a therapist in outpatient, home health, nursing homes, schools, and early childhood education programs. Community service has involved serving on the Board of Directors of a HUD supported assisted living facility and with the Minnesota Department of Health Advisory Council for Occupational Therapy before moving to the Northwest.  Jennifer Hastings
Clinical Associate Professor
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BA, University of California-Berkeley, 1981
MSPT, Boston University, 1985
PhD, University of Washington, 2006
Board Certified Neurologic Specialist, 2000
Joined Puget Sound faculty in 2007
Dr. Hastings is responsible for the clinical program in the curriculum, and teaches portions of adult neurologic rehabilitation and an advanced neurologic elective course. Dr. Hastings has six years of experience on a PT faculty prior to assuming her duties as DCE, and is expert in spinal cord injury management, seating systems, orthopedic complications of neurologic disease, wheelchair athletics, and veteran health. Dr. Hastings actively researches physical therapy interventions for neurologic clients and has published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, and The American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
 Kathleen Hummel-Berry
Director
Warner Gym 202a
253.879.3531
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BS, Physical Therapy, University of Washington, 1975
MEd University of Washington, 1978
PhD, University of Washington, 2001
Joined Puget Sound faculty in 1983 Professor Hummel-Berry is responsible for courses in research methodology and clinical analysis in the physical therapy curriculum. She has extensive and varied experience as a physical therapist, with particular depth in adult and pediatric orthopedics in a hospital-based setting. She holds a doctorate in epidemiology, and her research interests center around researching the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions in increasing patient function. A frequent presenter at national meetings, Dr. Hummel-Berry has published in the Journal of Obstetrical and Gynecological Physical Therapy (now called the Journal of the Section on Women's Health), Rehabilitation Oncology, and Medical Problems of Performing Artists. In 2005, she received the Section on Women's Health award for research excellence.
 Sally Westcott McCoy
Clinical Associate Professor
South Hall C126
253.879.2895
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BS, University of Montana, Missoula, 1976
MPT, University of Washington, 1979
PhD, University of Washington, 1993
Joined the Puget Sound faculty in 2003
Professor McCoy is responsible for courses in pediatrics and research. After earning a doctoral degree in behavioral neuroscience in 1993, she served as director of physical therapy research at the MCP Hahnemann University (now Drexel University). She received the Section on Pediatrics award in 1998 for research excellence. She has extensive experience in pediatric treatment, and her research interests involve examination and intervention for postural and motor control problems in children. She has presented her research findings nationally and internationally and published in Physical Therapy, Pediatric Physical Therapy, Journal of Perinatology, and American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
 Cindy Benson McGregor
Clinical Adjunct Professor
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BA, University of Washington, 1971
MPT, U.S. Army-Baylor University, 1976
Certified Manual Therapist, 1986
Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist, 1995
Joined Puget Sound faculty in 1998
Professor Benson coordinates the second year clinic experience and leads the musician injury prevention program. A former chief of physical therapy for Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, she also has taught orthopedic physical therapy as a clinical specialist for the U.S. Army-Baylor University degree program. She has extensive experience practicing physical therapy with an emphasis on orthopedics. She has published in Physical Therapy, the Journal of Manipulative and Manual Therapy, Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, and Medical Problems of Performing Artists.
 Ann M. Wilson
Clinical Associate Professor
South Hall B123
253.879.3524
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BS, Physical Therapy, University of Puget Sound, 1989
MEd University of Washington, 1994
Joined the UPS faculty in 1984
Professor Wilson is responsible for teaching courses in physical agents, wound and burn care, basic physical therapy procedures, cardiopulmonary physical therapy, and the end-stage renal disease portion of the systemic pathology course. She has clinical experience in acute care hospitals and home health centers covering all areas of physical therapy and has special experience in wound and burn care. Her research interests include the use of physical agents, educational tests and measures, and physical therapy management of individuals with end-stage renal disease. She has published work in the Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, Journal of Physical Therapy Education, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, and Acute Care Perspectives.
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