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Steve Ferdig is a board-certified orthopedic clinic specialist and serves as the Director of the UMPT Clinic.  Dr. Ferdig graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Human Physiology from California State University at Long Beach in 1991 and received his Master of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Southern California in 1993.  He completed a year-long manual therapy program emphasizing spinal treatment through Folsom Physical Therapy in 1995.  Dr. Ferdig served as Adjunct Faculty for 20 years in the Department of Physical Therapy at Chapman University.  In 2011, Dr. Ferdig completed his transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at Chapman University.  He was the owner of an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy practice, Specialized Physical Therapy, for 14 years.  Dr. Ferdig teaches examination and treatment of the spine in the musculoskeletal tract of the DPT program at UM.  His passion is to empower individuals to maximize function through education, exercise and self-management techniques.  When not working in the clinic he can be found fly fishing and enjoying time with family.

Troy Adam graduated with his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from The ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú in 2016.  He went on to receive his board certification as a neurologic clinical specialist in 2020.  He serves as a clinician for the UMPT clinic and as an adjunct faculty member for the school of physical therapy.

In the university’s outpatient clinic, Troy specializes in treating patients who have neurologic impairments and those with complex medical diagnoses.  He is a certified LSVT Big practitioner as well as a trained therapist in body weight support treadmill training.  He is a level two certified clinical instructor, and mentor’s students in the clinic 7 months out of the year.  The main patient population that he serves are those with spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, TBI, and MS.

His contributions to The ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú’s physical therapy program include laboratory instruction in Anatomy, Musculoskeletal Examination and Evaluation, Foundations of Physical Therapy, Cardiopumonary System, Exercise Physiology, Physical and Electrophysical agents, and Physical Therapy and the Healthcare System.

Jaclyn Carson is a Clinical Physical Therapy Instructor at the ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú in the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and Clinician at the ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Physical Therapy Outpatient Clinic.  Dr. Carson completed her undergraduate training at The ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú in Health and Human Performance – Health Promotion.  She finished her DPT at the ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science.  Dr. Carson’s current teaching responsibilities include documentation, fundamental skills, neurologic rehabilitation, electrophysiological agents, clinical reasoning III, PNF and primarily treats patients with neurologic deficits and complex medical conditions at the on-site clinic independently in the mornings and in a 1:4 preceptor to SPT ratio in the afternoons in the Integrated Clinical Experience model.  She has also worked in a variety of settings in 1:1 and 1:2 models.  She specializes in Parkinson’s Disease and is a Physical Therapy Faculty Scholar at Parkinson's Foundation in addition to being involved in the root efforts of addressing the needs of women with Parkinson’s Disease through the Parkinson’s Foundation.  She is also serving a two year term as Clinical Director at Large for the National Consortium of Clinical Educators addressing the needs of the institutional pairings.

Sarah, PT, DPT, SCS is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science as well as the Orthopedic Physical Therapy Residency Director for the ÁÔÆæÖØ¿Ú Physical Therapy Clinic. Dr. Menhennett completed her undergraduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Psychology and minor in Spanish. She received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015. After gaining experience in a variety of clinical settings, she shifted her focus to specialize in orthopedics and sports medicine. She has undergone extensive post-doctoral training including the completion of the Gundersen Health System Sports Physical Therapy Residency Program and the Roland Lucas Yearlong Manual Therapy Course. As a part of the Gundersen residency program, she served as adjunct faculty for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and presented her research on hip strength and running biomechanics at a national physical therapy conference (Combined Sections Meeting). She currently teaches the elbow and shoulder content within the Musculoskeletal Management series as well as courses within the Clinical Medicine series. In addition to providing mentorship within the residency program, she also serves as a clinical preceptor to DPT students in the Integrated Clinical Experience at the UMPT Clinic.