Mar 07, 2025  
Graduate Catalog 2021-2022 
    
Graduate Catalog 2021-2022

Faculty of the School of Health Professions


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Department of Physical Therapy

Suzanne Babyar, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy; PT, PhD, NYU, stroke, movement science, orthopedic assessment and treatment, neurorehabilitation

Cristiana K. Collins, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Physical Therapy; PT, PhD, CFMT, NCS, Nova Southeastern University, Functional Manual Therapy, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, The Role of the Pelvis in Gait, and Neurological Rehabilitation

Thomas Holland, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy; PT, PhD, NYU, kinesiology, stroke rehabilitation, wound care and prevention, electrotherapy

Herbert Karpatkin, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy; PT, DHSc, NCS, MSCS; Rocky Mountain University; multiple sclerosis, neurorehabilitation, neuroplasticity  and Parkinson’s Disease.

Milo Lipovac, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy; PhD, Belgrade, neuroanatomy and physiology, pharmacology

Elaine Rosen, Professor, Physical Therapy; DHSc, OCS, FAAOMPT, University of St. Augustine, orthopedic management of extremities and spine

Nicki Silberman, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy; PhD, Nova Southeastern University, clinical education, high fidelity human simulation. 

Department of Speech/ Language Pathology and Audiology

Nancy Eng, Associate Professor, Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology; PhD, CUNY: bilingualism in children and adults; reading and dyslexia, psycholinguistics

Michele MacCroy Higgins, Associate Professor Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology; PhD, CUNY; typical language acquisition, language and phonological disorders in children

John Preece, Professor, Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology; PhD, Iowa, rehabilitative audiology, tinnitus, cochlear implants

Carol R. Silverman, Professor, Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology; PhD, NYU, diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology, medical audiology 

Donald Vogel, Assistant Professor, Speech, Language Pathology and Audiology; AuD, Central Michigan, pediatric difficult-to-test populations, vestibular and audiometric graphics

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