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Faculty
Teresa Griffin Bachman, PT, MSPT
Licensed physical therapist since 2004. Is a graduate of the Texas State Physical Therapy Program. Currently employed at Warm Springs Specialty Hospital. Is part-time at Texas State, provides instruction in anatomy and physiology.
Office: HPB 320
Phone: 512-245-2034
E-mail: TG22@txstate.edu
Chris Baker, PT, DC, MSPT, DACBN
Licensed PT since 2007. Is a graduate of the Texas State Physical Therapy Program. Provides academic instruction in anatomy and physiology. Is part-time with Texas State and has full time practice in San Marcos, Texas Physical Therapy Specialists.
Office: HPB 243
Phone: 512-245-1999
E-mail: cb46@txstate.edu
Debbie Baylor, PT, MEd
Licensed since 1978. Clinical background in acute care, administration, and pediatrics. Teaches in the professional courses sequence as well as in clinical decision making.
Office: HPB 320
Phone: 512-245-2034
E-mail: DB38@txstate.edu
Brenda Boucher, PT, PhD, CHT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Licensed since 1982. Clinical background in orthopaedics and manual therapy. Is board certified in hand therapy. Employeed with Texas Physical Therapy Specialists. Teaches part-time in the musculoskeletal course sequence.
Office: HPB 326
Phone: 512-245-6301
E-Mail: BB10@txstate.edu
Suzy Dougherty, PT, MSPT, SCS, ATC, LAT
Licensed PT since 1998. Board Certified in Sports Physical Therapy. Completed a Sports Physical Therapy Residency in 2000. Teaches anatomy and clinical applications for the orthopedic sequence. Currently completing PhD at TWU.
Office: HPB 318
Phone: 512-245-3507
E-mail: sd11@txstate.edu
Karen Gibbs, PT, DPT, CWS
Licensed PT since 1999. Certified Wound specilaist with active clinical practice in wound management. Teaches examination techniques, therapeutic interventions, special issues, and patient management - complicated patients and integumentary physical therapy. Currently completing PhD at Texas State University.
Office: HPB 319
Phone: 512-245-8426
E-mail: kg18@txstate.edu
Denise Gobert, PT, PhD
Licensed PT since 1994. Is part of the neuroscience team and research team. Has previously taught at University of Kansas Medical Center and served as adjunct at University of Maryland and George Washington University. Specialty area is vestibular rehabilitation.
Office: HPB 321
Phone: 512-245-5497
E-mail: dg46@txstate.edu
David Greathouse, PT, PhD, ECS, FAPTA
Licensed since1969. Joined Texas State in 2009 after retirement from Belmont University, Nashville, TN in 2005. Dr. Greathouse is a retired Colonel in the US Army, having served a variety of leadership roles in the Army Medical Specialist Corps during his career. Specializes in electrophysiological testing and is in practice part-time with Texas Physical Therapy Specialists. Teaches in the anatomy course sequence and the diagnostic course, and provides special lectures in other courses.
Office: HPB 326
Phone: 512-245-8351
E-mail: dg51@txstate.edu
Jason Hardage, PT, DScPT, NCS
Office: HPB 314
Phone: 512-245-7342
E-mail: jh92@txstate.edu
Heather Mattingly, PT, MSPT
Licensed PT since 2005. A graduate of Texas State Physical Therapy Program. Practices part-time at South Austin Medical Center. Assists in neuroscience courses with clinical applications. Completing PhD in Physical Therapy at TWU.
Office: HPB 313
Phone: 512-245-4789
E-mail: hm14@txstate.edu
Barbara Melzer, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA
Licensed PT since 1972. Specializes in management, risk management and geriatrics. Is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association; a former President of the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA), former Secretary and Board of Directors member for the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Teaches Patient Management and Clinical Education sequence.
Phone: 512-245-3519
E-mail: bm06@txstate.edu
Rick Nauert, PT, PhD
Licensed PT since 1978. Extensive experience in health care management, education, and health promotion and wellness. Rick is a full time faculty member in the School of Health Administration. Teaches in Body Systems sequence.
Office: HPB 258
Phone: 512-245-8239
E-mail: RN14@txstate.edu
Mary Elizabeth Parker, PT, MSPT, PCS
Licensed PT since 1995. Completing PhD in physical therapy at TWU. Provides clinical services in Austin in pediatrics and has teaching experience at Sacred Heart University. Specialty area is pediatrics and teaches in the neuroscience sequence.
Office: HPB 316
Phone: 512-245-3517
E-mail: mparkerpt@txstate.edu
Rebekah Ramirez, PT, MSPT
Licensed since 2005, a graduate of Texas State Physical Therapy program and enrolled in the Texas Tech University Health Science Center ScDPT program. Currently a physical therapist with Warm Spring Rehabilitation System at CTMC Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Institute in San Marcos. Specialties include aquatic physical therapy and orthoapaedics. Is part-time with Texas State, provides instruction in anatomy and physiology.
Office: HPB 313
Phone: 512-245-4789
E-mail: rr59@txstate.edu
Eric K Robertson, PT, DPT, OCS
Licensed PT since 2001. Joins Texas State Fall 2009 from Medical College of Georgia. Teaches with Wainner and Boucher in the orthopaedic course sequence. Has his own physical therapy blog and a creative interest in technology and communication. Special interests in orthopaedics and is in final stages of completing his manual therapy fellowship.
Office: HPB 323
Phone: 512-245-4790
E-mail: er26@txstate.edu
Steve Spivey, PT
Licensed since 1990. Clinical background in acute care, home health and acute rehabilitation. Special interest in stroke and brain injury rehab, geriatrics, prosthetics/amputations and clinical education. Assists in patient management course and other clinical courses.
Office: HPB 317
Phone: 512-245-3949
E-mail: SS66@txstate.edu
Rob Wainner, PT, PhD, OCS, ECS, FAAOMPT
Licensed PT since 1985 . Retired from USAF. Teaches evidence based practice and is coordinator for the orthopaedic course sequence. Well published in orthopaedics and outcomes. Special interest in clinical outcomes, participates part-time in clinical practice.
Office: HPB 322
Phone: 512-245-2109
E-mail: rw24@txstate.edu
Shannon Williams, PT, MSHP, FAAOMPT
Licensed PT since 1993. A graduate of the Texas State Physical Therapy program. Has extensive experience in clinical practice. Supervises on-site physical therapy clinic. Specialty area is orthopaedics.
Office: HPB 104C
Phone: 512-245-8427
E-mail: sw32@txstate.edu
Barbara Sanders, PT, PhD, SCS - Department Chair
Licensed PT since 1972. Director of PT Program. Certified Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy. Specializes in sports injuries - pre-season participation examinations, acute care and rehabilitation. Teaches in the professional course sequence, assists in research courses, and provides special issues lectures.
Phone: 512-245-3495
E-mail: barbsanders@txstate.edu