FACULTY
FULL FACULTY DIRECTORY
- Emily Abbott, PT, DPT, CCS
- Rebecca Abeles Sverdlov, PT, DPT
- Alex Abzug, PT, DPT, OCS
- Claire Castiglioni Al-Rayess, PT, DPT, CWS
- Ginelle C. Amormino, PT, DPT
- Michael Andersen, PT, DPT, OCS
- Gwendolyne Aquije, PT, DPT, NCS
- Jessica Axelrod, PT, DPT, NCS
- Marina Babaan, MSPT
- Lucinda Baker, PT, PhD
- Agnes Bañez, PT, DPT
- Sandra Boctor, PT, DPT, OCS
- Hilary Brown, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Marland Browning, PT, DPT, OCS
- Christiana Butera
- Rubi Buxton PT, DPT, PCS, CBIS
- Amber Calderon, PT, DPT
- Cynthia Cancelosi, PT, OCS
- Madison Catalano, PT, DPT
- Daniel Cervantes, PT, DPT
- Marissa Chichester, DPT
- Lyssa Cleary, PT, DPT, OCS
- Mariella Crespo, PT, DPT, OCS
- Jessica Cuellar, PT, DPT
- Manjiri Dahdul, PT, DPT, ATP
- Nora Darakjian, PT, DPT
- Lauren Decker, PT, DPT
- Joseph M. Derian, PT, DPT, OCS
- Aimee M. Diaz, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC
- Jared Dicioco, PT, DPT
- Darlene Dirstine, PT, DPT, NCS
- Jesus Dominguez, PhD, MPT
- Austin Donley, PT, DPT, CSCS
- Stacey Dusing PhD, PT, FAPTA
- Tyler Eng, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Twyla Evano
- James Finley, PhD
- Beth Fisher, PhD, PT, FAPTA
- Allison Frickman, PT, DPT, NCS
- Lisa Fukuzato, PT, DPT, NCS
- Oscar Gallardo, PT, DPT, NCS
- Janelle Gilmer PT, DPT, GCS
- Lori Ginoza, PT, DPT, NCS
- Carole Gong, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- James Gordon, EdD, PT, FAPTA
- Nicole Greenberg, PT, DPT
- Sabir Greenwell, PT, DPT, OCS
- Jesse Grullon, PT, DPT, ATC, SCS
- Alexandra Gryder, PT, DPT
- Jari Haile, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, PES
- Holly Hart, PT, DPT
- Evan Harvey, PT, DPT
- Erin Hassett, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
- Kathryn Havens, PhD
- Marisa Hentis, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS
- Aaron Hewus, PT, DPT, OCS
- Jing-Ching (Sally) Ho, PT, DPT, OCS
- Larry Ho, PT, DPT, OCS
- Robbin Howard, DPT, NCS
- Patrick Huang, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Lydia In, PT, DPT, MSPT, GCS
- Nicole Irizarry, PT, DPT, CCS
- Minnie Jan, PT, DPT, CSCS
- Eileen Johnson, PT, DPT, WCS
- Kelsie Kaiser, PT, DPT, OCS
- Yasuyuki Kasayama, PT, DPT, MHA, OCS
- Amir Khastoo, PT, DPT, OCS
- Kenneth Kim, PT, DPT, CSCS, OCS
- Daniel Kirages, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
- Libby Krause, PT, DPT, NCS
- Kari Kretch, PhD, PT, DPT
- Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT, FAPTA
- Jason Kutch, PhD
- Angela Kwan, PT, DPT, CWS
- Rob Landel, PT, DPT, FAPTA
- Justin Lantz, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, DFNS
- William Lee, PT
- Kristan Leech PhD, DPT, PT
- Carly Lochala, PT, DPT, NCS
- Emily Lundstrom, PhD
- Timothy Macaulay, PhD
- Stephanie Malaspina, PT, DPT
- Lila Marcial-Hernandez, PT, DPT
- Clarisa Martinez, PT, DPT, MS
- Yogi Matharu, PT, DPT, OCS
- Kellen Matsuno, PT, DPT, OCS
- Didi Matthews, PT, DPT, EdD
- Kathryn McLeland, PT, DPT, MS, CSCS
- Brian McNeill, PT, DPT, OCS
- Courtney Mears, PT, DPT, OCS
- Laura Mesches, PT, DPT
- Lisa Meyer, PT, DPT, OCS
- Lori Michener, PhD, PT, ATC, FAPTA, FNATA
- Christopher Milano, PT, DPT
- Edwin Monroy, PT, DPT, CLT
- Emily Moon, PT, DPT
- Valerie Mumper, PT, DPT, CCS
- Michelle Ng, PT, DPT
- Michael Nieraeth, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Nicole Nishimura, PT, DPT
- Lisa Noceti-Dewit, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, SCS
- Juliette Norman, PT, DPT, OCS
- Jennifer Okuno, MPT, GCS
- Esai Orozco, PT, DPT
- Kevin Ortega, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC
- Gabrielle Ortiz, PT, DPT, NCS
- Tara Pai, PT, MS, MPH
- Jennifer Penn, PT, DPT, NCS
- Sara Peterson, PT, DPT, PCS
- Shannon Plosser, PT, DPT, SCS, ATC
- Amy Pomrantz, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC
- Liz Poppert, PT, DPT, MS, OCS
- Carly Post, PT, DPT
- Christopher Powers, PT, PhD, FASCM, FAPTA
- Sarah Powner, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Joanne Quevedo, PT, DPT, MS, CSCS
- Kevin Reichel, PT, DPT
- Cheryl Resnik, PT, DPT, MSHCM, FNAP, FAPTA
- Pamela Ressler, PT, DPT, NCS
- Terry Richardson II, PT, DPT
- Gemma Rosas, PT, DPT, NCS
- Anneliese Ruggeri Juhasz PT, DPT, PCS
- Scott Russell, PT, DPT, GCS, CCS
- George J. Salem, PhD
- Daniel Salinas, PT, DPT
- Robert Santana, PT, DPT, SCS
- Barbara Sargent, PhD, PT, PCS
- E. Todd Schroeder, PhD
- Nicolas Schweighofer, PhD
- Romina Shafikhani, PT, DPT, NCS
- Laila Sheikh, PT, DPT, NCS
- Don Shimabukuro, PT, MPT, GCS
- Gina Shin, PT, DPT
- Erica Sigman, PT, DPT, OCS
- Susan Sigward, PT, PhD
- Michael S. Simpson, PT, DPT, CCS
- Marissa Smola Jaramillo PT, DPT, NCS
- Jenna Somasundaram, PT, DPT
- Gary Souza, PT, DPT, OCS
- April Spina, PT, DPT, OCS
- Ricardo Suarez, PT, DPT
- Jonathan C. Sum, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, FASSET
- Anna Suskin, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS
- Laura Swan PT, DPT, NCS
- Terrance Sy
- Andrew Tai, PT, MPT, ATC
- Valerie Teglia, PT, DPT
- Sharae Tejada, PT, DPT, SCS, OCS
- Jeff Thompson PT, DPT
- Julie Tilson, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA
- Justin Tong PT, DPT, OCS
- Kimberly Tsuda, PT, DPT, NCS
- Vivienne Uytana, PT, DPT, CLT
- Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
- Francisco Valero-Cuevas, PhD
- Aram Vartanian, PT, DPT, NCS
- Jennifer Venegas, PT, DPT, OCS
- Lauren Vera, PT, DPT
- Alicia Wagner-Kaplan, PT, DPT, OCS
- Laurel Wallace, PT
- Sara Wallenrod, PT, DPT, OCS
- Carolee J. Winstein, PhD, PT, FAPTA
- Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS
- Kimiko Yamada PT, DPT, OCS, ATC, CLT, CSCS
- Janice Ying, PT, DPT, OCS
- Julie Yu, PT, DPT
- Alice Zayer, PT, DPT

Julie Tilson, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA
Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
Associate Chair of DPT Education
Director, DPT Program

Justin Tong PT, DPT, OCS
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
justinto@pt.usc.edu Adjunct Faculty, DPT Faculty
Kimberly Tsuda, PT, DPT, NCS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
ktsuda@usc.edu Clinical Faculty
Vivienne Uytana, PT, DPT, CLT
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
vivienne.uytana@med.usc.edu Clinical Faculty
Jared Vagy, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
vagy@pt.usc.edu Adjunct Faculty, DPT Faculty

Aram Vartanian, PT, DPT, NCS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
aram.vartanian@med.usc.edu Clinical Faculty
Jennifer Venegas, PT, DPT, OCS
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
venegasj@pt.usc.edu Adjunct Faculty, DPT Faculty
Lauren Vera, PT, DPT
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
lvera@usc.edu Clinical Faculty
Alicia Wagner-Kaplan, PT, DPT, OCS
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
alicia.wagner@med.usc.edu Clinical Faculty