Honoring Excellence in Pelvic Health: Congratulating Our 2025 Academy Award Recipients! 🏆
Annual Awards Ceremony
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | Houston, TX
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Congratulations to all volunteers, partners, and contributors!
Elizabeth Noble Award presented to Amanda Olson, PT, DPT, PRPC
Friend of the Academy Award presented to Justin Elliott, Vice President of Government Affairs at the American Physical Therapy Association
Education Excellence Award presented to Susan Giglio, PT, DPT, RYT
Distinguished Mentor Award presented to Elizabeth Northrop, PT, DPT, Board-Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist
Research Award presented to Jennifer LaCross PT, DPT, PhD, ATC, CLT, Board-Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist
2024 APTA Emerging Leader Award presented to Ebony Jackson Clark, PT, DPT, CLT, Board-Certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist
President's Award presented to Secili DeStefano, PT, DPT
Top CSM Poster Award: Development, validation, and responsiveness of a novel measure of pelvic floor dysfunction in postpartum women presented to Megan Gold, SPT*1;Ashley Adcock, SPT2; Megan Marie Pratt, PT, DPT, ATC3; Alyssa Lyman, PT, DPT4; Kelsey Hopkinson Hopkinson-Kushlan, PT5 and Hina Garg, PT, MS, PhD5
Top CSM Platform Award: Higher Intensity of Care Associated with Better Udi Change in Patients with Urinary Distress presented to Kari Melby, PT*, Bismarck, ND;Thomas R. Denninger, PT, DPT, ATI Physical Therapy, Greer, SC;Tarjanee Sauhta, Wilmington, DE and Adam D. Lutz, PT, DPT, PhD, GREER, SC
Outgoing Leaders
- Vice President: Shannon Fox, PT, DPT
- Chief Delegate: Secili DeStefano, PT, DPT
- Director of Practice: Kim Parker-Guerrero, PT, DPT
- Director of Communications: Kristi Kliebert, MPT, DPT, CYT, CPYT
- Delegate: Kim Parker-Guerrero, PT, DPT
- Alternate Delegate: Julie Mulcahy, PT, MPT, DPT
- Nominating Committee Member and Chair: Emily Reul, PT, DPT
- Pregnancy & Postpartum Special Interest Group Director: Rachel Bracken, PT, DPT, Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, Board Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist
- Pregnancy & Postpartum Special Interest Group Director: Kelly Sammis, PT, DPT, OCS, CLT, CPI, Cert DN
- Male Health Special Interest Group Director: Matt Harville, PT, DPT, CLT, PRPC, Board-Certified Women's Health Clinical Specialist
- Male Health Special Interest Group Director: Holly Tanner, PT, DPT, MA, LMP, PRPC, Board-Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist
- Early-Professional Special Interest Group Director: Katelyn Hickey-Weber, PT, DPT
A big thank you goes out to our many volunteers who’ve joined committees, task forces and ran for elections. We are grateful to our volunteers for their passion and voice that have supported and advanced the Academy's mission, vision, and strategic plan!
