Mira Mariano, PT, 博士学位, Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, was re-elected President of the Virginia Board of Physical Therapy at their August board meeting. She is currently serving a second four-year term, appointed to the board by former Governor McAuliffe in 2017 and re-appointed to the board for former Governor Northam in 2021. She served as an delegate to the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy in 2022 and 2023. Dr. Mariano has been a faculty member in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program since 1996 and her teaching emphasis includes musculoskeletal evaluation/intervention, geriatric evaluation/intervention, interprofessional education, physical therapy of special populations, and the use of standardized patients. Dr Mariano has been designated a Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) in 1999, 2009, and most recently in 2019 through 2029. She has been active in local and state leadership in her professional organizations, serves as the advisor of the ODU Physical Therapy Club, and maintains clinical practice in orthopedics/geriatrics.
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Dr. Mira Mariano re-elected President of the Virginia Board of Physical Therapy
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