Some people like to think about

their dreams. Other people act on

their dreams. Lorne (Mac) Mac-

Donald (Class of 2001) is actively

pursuing his dreams and he dreams

BIG! After graduating in 2001 he

moved to Colorado Springs, Colo-

rado to open a private practice

http://www.falconpt.com/ . He

and his wife Beth, who is his busi-

ness manager, will be opening their

5th private practice clinic on June 1

and are already working on plans

for the 6th clinic. In addition to the

clinics Mac and Beth operate, they

are also actively pursuing their

dream to open an athletic training

facility with some other community

members. Current plans for the

facility include in-door training

space for football, basketball, la-

crosse, pole-volting, swimming,

judo and other combative sports. Like I said Mac dreams

BIG!

What is especially impressive when you talk with Mac is

his emphasis on providing quality care for his clients,

creating a positive work environment for his staff, and

his commitment to give back to the community. He sup-

ports his staff to continue their education through enroll-

ing in transitional DPT programs and certification pro-

grams so that they can provide the best care to their pa-

tients. Mac himself is currently enrolled in a DPT pro-

gram and working on his manual therapy certification.

He has expanded his practice by bringing on PT partners

to assist them in opening their own private practice of-

fices within Falcon PT.

Mac and Beth give back to the community in a variety of

ways linked to their practice. They are proud sponsors of

the United States Olympic Judo and the USA Taekwondo

teams providing both financial and medical care for the

teams. They also support local events such as the Ameri-

can Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life event. This

represents only the “official” ways that Mac and Beth

give back to the community. Mac is passionate about the

people he works with and simply likes to help people out,

whether it is a local athlete or a financially struggling PT

student. Mac has also been generous with the UM-Flint

PT program, both financially and through his offer to

give a talk to our DPT students next fall (when he is in

Michigan for the UM-OSU game) on how to start their

own private practices. We are looking forward to

Mac’s talk and very much appreciate his sup-

port! Keep dreaming BIG Mac and

providing an excellent example

of following your

dream!

Checkin’ in with mac

Special points of interest:

BIG CHANGES IN THE PT

DEPARTMENT

NEW STAFF

POST-PROFESSIONAL TRANSI-

TIONAL DPT PROGRAM

ACCOLADES

MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

BIG CHANGES 2

NEW STAFF 2

T-DPT 3

ACCOLADES 3

TELEFUND 4

MEMORIAM 5

FORMS 6

LIST SERVE 7

Inside this issue:

Spring 2009 Physical Therapy Alumni Newsletter

U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I C H I G A N - F L I N T

Physical Therapy Today

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FACULTY UPDATES

The Physical Therapy De-

partment is going through

some big changes. Both

Trish Curatti and Shirley

Mapes left to return to clini-

cal practice this past year, we

wish them well in their new

endeavors. When they left

we combined their faculty

positions with 3 new faculty

positions to create 5 new fac-

ulty positions in 5 different

specialty areas to support

both the professional DPT

program and the post-

professional transitional DPT

and certificate programs. We

are excited to introduce to

you 3 new faculty members

who will begin over the

spring and summer months.

Jennifer Blackwood, PT,

MPT, GCS is a 2000 gradu-

ate of our program who re-

cently achieved American

Board of Physical Therapy

Specialists (ABPTS) certifi-

cation in geriatrics. She has a

rich background in geriatric

physical therapy clinical care.

She has prior teaching experi-

ence with DPT students at

Wayne State University and

the University of Toledo, and

with PTA students at Profes-

sional Skills Institute in

Toledo, Ohio. She also pro-

vided continuing education

training for AEGIS Therapies

in various areas of geriatric

care. Jen will be returning to

school for her doctorate as

soon as she gets settled into

her new faculty position.

James (Jamie) Creps, PT,

AMPT, OCS, CMPT has a

BS in PT from the University

of Toledo / Medical College

of Ohio and a MPT degree in

Orthopedic Physical Therapy

from Andrews University. He

will receive his DSc in Ortho-

pedic Physical Therapy from

Andrews University this Au-

gust. Jamie’s clinical back-

ground has focused primarily

in orthopedics with an empha-

sis on manual therapy. He

currently owns his own pri-

vate practice in Blissfield,

Michigan and will be using

this year to transition out of

his private practice and into

the academic world by teach-

ing part-time, primarily in our

orthopedic certification pro-

gram. His prior teaching ex-

perience includes instructing

PTA students at Owens Com-

munity College, serving as a

CI for DPT students, and pro-

viding in-service training to

physical therapy profession-

als. Jamie will join our fac-

ulty part-time in July and full-

time in 2010.

Carol Tuthill Daly, PT,

DPT, PCS received her Cer-

tificate in PT from the Uni-

versity of Iowa and her post-

professional DPT with a pedi-

atric concentration from

Drexel University. She has

been ABPTS certified in pedi-

atrics since 2002. Carol is

currently a supervisor and

physical therapist at St.

Luke’s Hospital in Cedar

Rapids, Iowa where she is

involved in patient care in the

NICU and oversees two pedi-

atric outpatient clinics. She

has been teaching pediatric

neuromuscular therapeutics to

DPT students at St. Ambrose

University since 2006 and has

been a CI for DPT students

for many years. Her research

experience and interest is with

therapeutic horseback riding.

Carol will join our faculty in

July and will pursue an aca-

demic doctorate once she gets

settled into her faculty posi-

tion.

versity so she could spend

more time with her family.

Best wishes to Kelly and Deb-

bie! We recently hired Stacie

Petriken as our new secre-

tary, Christina Wixson as an

Kelly Bouchard left to pursue

other career options as she

neared completion of her

master’s degree. Debbie Sey-

erle left to take a part-time

position elsewhere in the uni-

administrative assistant to

support the new post-

professional educational pro-

grams, and Jaime Bedford to

support clinical education.

Please welcome our new staff

as you interact with them!

Big Changes in the Physical Therapy Department

Welcome Our New Staff

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Physical Therapy Today

The Physical Therapy

Department welcomes all of it’s new faculty

and staff!!

Faculty Opportunity We are still looking for

two additional faculty

members in the areas of

cardiopulmonary and neu-

rologic physical therapy.

If you are interested,

please contact Cindy Pfal-

zer at 810-762-3373 or

cpfalzer@umich.edu.

The Physical Therapy De-

partment, School of Health

Professions and Studies, Uni-

versity of Michigan-Flint is

offering an online post-

professional (transitional)

doctor of physical therapy

degree to US or Canadian

licensed physical therapists.

This online post-professional

DPT program also includes an

option for clinical concentra-

tions linked to APTA residen-

cies in orthopedics, neurol-

ogy, geriatrics, pediatrics

and cardiopulmonary physi-

cal therapy to fast track to sit

for the ABPTS

clinical specialization exami-

nations in these clinical con-

centrations. Graduates of DPT

programs may obtain these

same clinical concentrations

linked to APTA residencies

by applying to the post-

professional Clinical Certifi-

cate programs. Individuals

wishing to receive informa-

tion about the online post-

professional DPT program,

clinical concentrations/

clinical certificates, please

email the Office of Graduate

programs at gp@umflint.edu

or Christina Wixson in the

Physical Therapy Deparment

at cwixson@umflint.edu to

express your interest or visit

the Graduate programs web-

page http://www.umflint.edu/

graduateprograms/

physical_therapy.htm or

Physical Therapy Department

http://www.umflint.edu/pt/

Post-ProfessionalDPT.htm.

attending and we will be

sure to get you details as

they are available.

Scholarship Fund-

raising Dinner for

David Potter Jason Hamilton and Maggie

Potter are planning a schol-

arship fundraising dinner for

Reunion Planned for

Class of 2001 We are helping the class of

2001 plan a reunion for fall

2009 and working with our

alumni association to get

some UM football tickets for

the event. The date has not yet been finalized. Let us

know if you are interested in

David Potter on Thursday,

May 7 on the UM-Flint

campus. Classmates and

others who knew Dave are

invited. Please contact

Jason Hamilton at

jasonham@umflint.edu if

you have questions.

It’s official!

Plans, Plan and More Plans

Faculty Accolades

needs of patients to re-

gain their fitness and full

functional potential both

during and following

cancer treatment. She

has also made significant

contributions to research

with persons who have

multiple sclerosis.

Congratulations Cindy!

Ms. Amy Yorke was re-

certified as a Neurologic

Clinical Specialist by the

American Board of

Physical Therapy Spe-

cialists.

Congratulations Amy!

Dr. Cindy Pfalzer will

receive the University of

Michigan-Flint’s highest

award for scholarship,

the Scholarly Achieve-

ment Award this Fall.

Dr. Pfalzer’s research

and presentations have

helped to remodel on-

cologic physical therapy

to address rehabilitative

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Physical Therapy Alumni Newsletter

“ENHANCE YOUR

KNOWLEDGE

AND SKILLS,

BROADEN YOUR

CLINICAL

PERSPECTIVE,

AND INVIGORATE

YOUR PASSION

FOR THE

PROFESSION”

The Post-Professional Transitional

DPT Program is HERE!

Congratulations

Cindy & amy

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Platform Presentation

Single Bout of Strenuous Upper Extremity Exercise and Repeated Blood Pressure Measurement in the Upper Limb of Healthy Women and Breast Cancer Survivors . Speakers: Lawrence Gross, III, SPT - Flint, MI; Andrew David Kurtz, SPT - Flint, MI; Lucinda A Pfalzer, PT, PhD, FACSM, FAPTA - Flint, MI; N. Syed - Flint, MI; D. Tran - Flint, MI

POSTER PRESENATIONS

Function and self-efficacy in a medically underserved population with chronic low back pain. Halbert G, Williams J, Burns G, Torres E. Light Touch Sensation in Older Adults. Marcoux K, Parker C, Rivera S, Whalen H, Williamson K, Fry D. Energy expenditure in healthy young adults. Drouin J, Stevenson V, Stuart K, Baker L. Faculty advisor, Lucinda Pfalzer.

Oncology Section Preconference course

Physical Therapy Examination and Treatment for Breast Cancer Survivors. Speakers: Charles L McGarvey, PT, MS, DPT, FAPTA - Rockville, MD; Lucinda A Pfalzer, PT, PhD, FACSM, FAPTA - Flint, MI; Margaret Rinehart-Ayres, PT, PhD - Philadelphia, PA; Nicole L Stout, PT, MPT, CLT-LANA - Bethesda, MD,

Conference course Guiding the Clinical Physical Therapist into New Role as Researcher. Speakers: Mary Lou Galantino, PT, PhD, MSCE - Pomona, NJ; Lucinda A Pfalzer, PT, PhD, FACSM, FAPTA - Flint, MI; David A Scalzitti, PT, PhD, OCS - Alexandria, VA

It’s that time of year again when you will be hearing from us for

our annual telefund which is scheduled for the evenings of:

May 11-14, 2009 Your generous gifts in the past for the Wilson scholarship, Darnell

endowment as well as the student related funds for clinical educa-

tion emergencies, research and our unrestricted account have all

been maximally supportive of our efforts. We hope you will take a

moment to send in your pledge this year. If we do not hear from

you prior to the telefund, we hope to reach you to at least talk to

you, if not to receive a pledge from you. Our students, faculty and

staff look forward to this “reunion” with so many of you each year

through a short conversation. It is so nice to hear your updates and

also to share our information with you. THANK YOU!!!!!!!

IT’S TELEFUND

TIME!

HIGHLIGHTS

FROM…

2009

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Jane Eileen Murdock (Class of 1973) died of cancer on June 22, 2008. Jane Murdock’s legacy

was to have served the physical therapy profession as both a gifted clinician and skilled adminis-

trator. Throughout her professional career, Jane Murdock’s exceptional ability to relate to and

meet the needs of her patients exemplified the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

core values of altruism, compassion/caring, excellence, and social responsibility. As an adminis-

trator she was able to mentor many young therapists and help them learn the values and satisfac-

tion from service to the larger public good. Further, Jane Murdock recognized the value of par-

ticipation at different levels within the Michigan Physical Therapy Association (MPTA) and

APTA and how it helped to advance the field of Physical Therapy. She took pleasure in assum-

ing different responsibilities within these associations. Finally, Jane Murdock recognized the

value of giving back to her academic home. To honor Jane, her husband Rick Murdock, set up a

scholarship to recognize students who have the potential of making a contribution to the profes-

sion of physical therapy and who are dedicated to serving in different voluntary capacities that

demonstrate commitment in advancement of physical therapy. Additional contributions to this

scholarship to honor Jane are welcome.

Scholarships in Memory Of...

Listserve

Coordinator

Updates

Class of 1991

Jason Hamilton

jasonham@umflint.edu

Visit us on the web:

www.umflint.edu/pt

Leah Eisenstein Kaplan (Class of 1964) is working as a PT for the Convent of Mt. St. Vincent

(for retired nuns) and for Schervier Long Term Home Care Agency in New York. She cele-

brates 34 years of marriage to Herb Kaplan and has two children, one who became a speech

pathologist. She also teaches character development classes for a charter school in the Bronx,

NY once a week.

Debbie (Macaulay) Whitmer (Class of 1985) “retired” from her mission/PT work in Pakistan

in November 2007 and began working for Helen Newberry Joy Hospital in Newberry, Michi-

gan. She married Daniel Whitmer in January 2008.

Michelle Porter PT, (Class of 2002) taught multiple classes for our program this past winter to

try out teaching. Michelle has two children, Camryn 4 and Garrett 2. She works for Residential

Home Health (Madison Heights) and her patients are primarily from Flint and Fenton, MI.

Leslie Lacy PT, (Class of 1995) taught the metabolic/integumentary course for our program

this winter and will teach the follow-up course this spring. Leslie has two children, Jacob 12

and Marissa 10. She works at St. Mary’s and provides home healthcare in Saginaw, Michigan.

Physical Therapy Today

N E W S F R O M T H E A L U M N I

David Potter (Class of 1999) The Alumni from the class of 1999 are being reunited with

fellow classmates, faculty and staff to celebrate the life of David Potter on May 7th at the Wil-

liam S. White Building at UM-Flint Campus. The evening will begin at 5:30 with a reception

and tours of the building which houses the Physical Therapy Department. The complimentary

dinner and program will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Tuscola Room in the WSW Building. Jason

Hamilton, fellow classmate of David, Maggie Jaruzel-Potter, David’s wife, and Debbie Potter

Lang, David’s twin sister and other family and friends will bring everyone together to cele-

brate the time that they cherished with David before he passed away from Cancer. In addition

to the reunion; classmates, faculty & staff, family and friends will raise money to establish a

scholarship in David’s memory to benefit a future non-traditional student in the Physical Ther-

apy Program. David Potter was an excellent student at UM-Flint, a valued employee of Fen-

ton Physical Therapy, loving husband and father, and a person who believed in serving others.

Please contact Jason Hamilton via e-mail at jasonham@umflint.edu or Stacey Doyle, Alumni

and Development Office at 810-424-5429 to RSVP your attendance at this celebration.

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E-MAIL LIST SERVE COORDINATOR I am willing to serve as the E-mail List Serve Coordinator for the Class of ______________________________

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

Telephone: _____________________________________________________________________

(Home) (Work)

E-Mail address: _________________________________________________________________ Please send this form to the Physical Therapy Dept at the University of Michigan-Flint, 303 E. Kearsley St., 2157 WSWB, Flint, MI,

48502 or e-mail Reva Kidd at rpeariso@umflint.edu with the above information if you are willing to serve in this capacity.

FORMS

COMMENTS FROM ALUMNI FORM If you would take a minute to fill out the following information, and/or attach an additional page, we would like to share this informa-

tion in future newsletters. If you have updates on name or address changes that you want us to know for your file, we would appreciate

hearing from you on an ongoing basis. In either case, please send this information to: Physical Therapy Department, University of

Michigan-Flint, 303 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48502.

Name________________________________________________________ Yr. of Graduation ________________

Address ________________________________________________________________________________

City _______________________ State ______ Zip Code __________ (Area Code) Telephone No. (___)_________

What would you like us to share about you in the alumni newsletter (where do you work, position, education, professional activities,

awards, marriage, family, children, etc)?

ALUMNI TELEFUND * Please make checks payable to UM-Flint University of Michigan-Flint

* Your gift is tax deductible to the full ex tent of the law.

* If your employer is a matching gift company, please contact your human resources office and send us the appropriate fo rms.

_________________________________________ NAME

_________________________________________ ADDRESS

_________________________________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP

(_____)_________________ CHECK IF A NEW ADDRESS PHONE

________________________________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS

AGG BAA09 FHPS

Please use my gift of $_________________for: AMOUNT

Darnell Endowment Fund (570769) __________

Virginia Wilson Memorial Scholarship (571035) __________

Paulette Kondela Cebulski Physical Therapy Scholarship (571667) __________

Student Emergency Fund (366536) __________

Unrestricted (366537) __________

Jane Eileen Murdock Memorial Scholarship (572051) ___ ______

David Potter Physical Therapy Memorial Scholarship __________

Total Gift $___________

Please charge my gif t to: VISA MASTERCARD AMERICAN EXPRESS DISCOVER

account number expiration

Please return to: University of Michigan-Flint _________________________________________ Physical Therapy Department -2157 WSW Signature

303 E. Kearsley Flint, MI 48502-1950

ENTITY ID PLEDGE ID ALLOCATION CAMPAIGN REUNION UNIT

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Recognition of Clinical Specialists

Congratulations to our alumni who became American Board of Physical Therapy certified

this past year!

Geriatrics Jennifer Blackwood, PT, MPT, GCS (Class of 2000) Ms. Blackwood received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from the University of Michigan-Flint in

2000.

Orthopedics Annalee Appledorn, PT, DPT, OCS (Class of 2003) Ms. Appledorn graduated in 2003 from the University of Michigan-Flint with a doctorate in physical therapy.

Janis Montei, PT, BS, OCS (Class of 1980) Ms. Montei is a 1980 graduate of the University of Michigan with a certificate in physical therapy and Bachelor

of Science Degree.

Robin Phillips, PT, OCS (Class of 1988) Ms. Phillips received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy in 1988 from the University of Michigan-Flint.

Sports Branden McDowell, PT, DPT, SCS (Class of 2003) Mr. McDowell graduated from the University of Michigan-Flint in 2003 with a doctorate in physical therapy.

Recognition of Clinical Recertification

Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy Annalia Polemitis, PT, MPT, CCS (Class of 1998)

If we have forgotten anyone, please feel free to contact the physical therapy department!

Class of 1961 Heddie Solomon Romanoff h.romanoff@att.net

Class of 1962 Gwendolyn Molenda chuckgwenm@coastalnet.com

Class of 1964 Blanche E. Puffer bepuffer@yahoo.com

Class of 1965 Kay S. Bartecchi ckbartecchi@comcast.net

Class of 1966 Lisa Joseph Rothman lisarthmn@optonline.net

Class of 1969 Karlane Larson Belaire karlanebelaire@charter.net

Class of 1972 Ethel (Uitti) Larsen larsens@netonecom.net

Class of 1977 Leone (Thrane) White lwhite@inghamisd.org

Class of 1984 Linda (Alt) Olsen HelloLinda@aol.com

Class of 1985 Debbie Macaulay dmacaulay@team-family.org

Class of 1986 Lori Traiman Abraham ltadessert1@yahoo.com

Class of 1987 Gisele Hall giselehallpt@yahoo.com

Class of 1991 Cheryl Hoxie Hoximastin@aol.com

Class of 1991 Terri (Norris) Thompson TeriNThompson@aol.com

Class of 1993 Amy (Glady) Yorke yorkeglady@hotmail.com

Class of 1994 Jill Edwards jillysedwards@sbcglobal.net

Class of 1996 Suzanne Perkins SmpPT96@aol.com

Class of 1999 Jason Hamilton jasonham@umflint.edu

Be a listserve coordinator for your class!!Be a listserve coordinator for your class!!Be a listserve coordinator for your class!!

If you have not already

done so, send an e-mail

to your class list serve

coordinator and they will

add you to a list of mem-

bers of your class so that

you can communicate

with them. If your class

does not yet have a list

serve coordinator and

you would like to volun-

teer to do this for your

class, complete the form

found on page 4 and

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EXTRA!

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