Physical Therapy PT

Summer Research Day 2019

The University of St. Augustine San Marcos campus held its second annual Research Day event on August 19, 2019. There were 16 student posters and one faculty poster presentation, followed by four faculty platform presentations. Students, faculty and staff mingled over food and drinks while weaving through the room full of posters. Students were eager

Read More

June Faculty Achievements

Dr. Thom Warner to Present at ELC Dr. Thomas Warner, Campus Director and DPT Program Director in Dallas, was selected to present at the 2019 Educational Leadership Conference. His presentation is titled The Leadership Compass: Navigating the Way within the Academy. Congrats, Thom!     PNASD Keynote Speaker Melanie Logue ​Dr. Melanie Logue, Director of

Read More

USAHS Students Volunteer in Relay for Life Event

American Cancer Society Holds Fundraiser, USAHS students exceed donation expectation.   University of St. Augustine students from the San Marcos campus participated in the Carlsbad-Encinitas Relay for Life event on June 22, 2019. At the Relay for Life Carlsbad-Encinitas, the USAHS team, AdapPT and MOTivate, successfully beating its goal of $1,000 and raised $1,175!! The

Read More

Crossing For a Cure With Professor Todd Bourgeois

At 12:30AM, on Saturday, June 15, 2019, while most of us are tucked in our beds, Assistant Professor Todd Bourgeois, PT, DPT, PhD will embark on an 83-mile journey from Bimini to Florida. He’ll be making that journey on a paddleboard. What is Crossing For a Cure? “The Crossing For A Cure is a long-distance

Read More

Community Clinic Now Open at St. Augustine Campus

Free Community Clinic Now Open at University of St. Augustine for Health Science – No Physician Referral or Insurance Required Clinic hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 12- 2PM, Room 102/104 at University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, 1 University Blvd., St. Augustine, FL 32086 Faculty members from the occupational and physical therapy programs at University

Read More

Preventing Concussions in Germany

When Kathleen Petrucelli ’17 became a physiotherapist for the Stuttgarter Kickers’ junior soccer teams in Germany, she expected to treat plenty of teenage boys with sore muscles and knee sprains and even help them return to the game after surgery or concussions. What the Connecticut native didn’t expect: that concussion protocols would vastly differ from

Read More

April Student Spotlights

Interprofessional Education Event On March 21st, the St. Augustine campus welcomed a guest speaker from one of our clinical education partners, Functional Pathways, to present on the upcoming changes to Medicare reimbursement that will impact therapists in October 2019. The event was attended by 75 students and faculty from the OT and PT Administration and

Read More

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Dallas Campus Now Open

The new Dallas-Fort Worth campus for the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) has opened its doors, located in the Riverside Commons complex in Irving. Riverside Commons is situated on a 13-acre campus at the southwest corner of Highway 114 and Riverside Drive, adjacent to the Lake Carolyn recreation area. Founded in 1979,

Read More

March Faculty Achievements

Dr. Jennie DiGrado, OTD on Good Morning San Diego Some high profile celebrities suffered strokes in early March and USAHS faculty member Jennie DiGrado, OTD, was the live in-studio guest on Good Morning San Diego to discuss stroke prevention and how to recognize when somebody is suffering from a stroke. Dr. Kristen Barta’s Article Accepted

Read More