Perspectives Winter/Spring 2018

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 41 June July August September October November December From left: Class of 2019 students Tim Marten, Dominic Mascia, Brendan Bak, Ian Carroll, and Emily Passint provide functional screenings in strength, balance, mobility, and aerobic endurance during the Special Olympics, as well as corrective exercise programs to address impairments. NSU staff members and students supervise the first-aid tent at a local summer gymnastics camp that empowers young girls through dance, cheerleading, and life coaching. NSU nursing, osteopathic medicine, and physical therapy students team up to provide free, comprehensive, interprofessional health screenings for the Crockett Foundation’s annual back-to-school exposition. Second-year PT students promote the physical therapy profession at NSU’s annual CommunityFest. Back row from left are Marielle Gulotta, Jenna Rosenfield, Cynthia Hernandez, Nicole Alvarez, Regina Reda, and Sara Chinoy. Front row from left are Deanna Siroonian, Daniel Vergara, and Gina Godinez. The classes of 2019 and 2020 close out National Physical Therapy Month with a festive Trick-or- Canning food drive that helped provide a hearty Thanksgiving meal to those less fortunate. From left are Michael Jones (class of 2019); class of 2020 students Tiffany Nguyen and Nick Frears; and Justin Dages (class of 2019). Physical therapy second-year students, from left, Nina Coloso, Courtney Cave, and Michael Jones, along with Ovidio Olivencia, D.P.T., PT, OCS, assistant professor, are shown at a community event where they were promoting the NSU program. The class of 2019 provides free health screenings for the elderly population in Fort Lauderdale.