Rick Beato is the Director of the UCF & Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program. He is an Associate Professor Clinical Track in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Central Florida’s School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences. He is a recipient of multiple national and state awards in teaching and mentoring including: the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Award for Excellence in Neurologic Education, the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s (FPTA) Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching, the Academy of Physical Therapy Education’s Distinguished Mentor in Residency and Fellowship Education Award, the FPTA Neurology SIG’s Outstanding Neurologic Physical Therapist in Education. He is also recipient of national professional service awards including: the American Physical Therapy Association’s Lucy Blair Service Award and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy’s Outstanding Service Award. He became board certified as a clinical specialist in neurologic physical therapy in 2011 and in geriatric physical therapy in 2012. Rick is the past Chair of the Neurologic Specialty Council and the past Chair of the Geriatric Specialty Council of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, where he serves as a board member and commissioner. He is a Task Force Member of the APTA Resident Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) Work Group and of the APTA Future of Specialization Reactor Panel.

Ms. Conrad is a Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and a Certified Brain Injury Specialist by the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. She has received the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy Award for Outstanding Clinical Innovator. She also received a Certification of Achievement for Vestibular Rehabilitation competency from Emory University School of Medicine. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest University and graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Master of Science in Physical Therapy. She is a clinical faculty member for the UCF-Orlando Health Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency Program. She currently works at the Orlando Rehabilitation Institute outpatient clinic as the lead of the vestibular and concussion rehabilitation program. Marissa has presented in national and state conferences on vestibular and concussion rehabilitation.

Davidson is a clinical faculty and neurologic outpatient physical therapy supervisor for the UCF-Orlando Health Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency Program. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2007 and received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at University of Florida in 2010. She received her board certification in neurologic physical therapy in 2015. Her subspecialties include stroke and brain injury rehabilitation. Davidson is a certified clinical instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association. She currently works at the inpatient rehabilitation unit of the Orlando Rehabilitation Institute. She is also the Chair of the Florida Physical Therapy Association East Central District and is the Secretary of the FPTA Neurology Special Interest Group. She has been awarded the Outstanding PT/PTA Team Award both by the American Physical Therapy Association and the Florida Physical Therapy Association.

Dr. Curran is a Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. He works as a clinical specialist in the Stroke and Brain Injury Center of the Orlando Health Advance Institute of Rehabilitation. Dr. Curran has been published in peer reviewed journal including the Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy and has presented in peer reviewed conferences including the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s Annual Conference on topics of stroke rehabilitation and psychometric properties of outcome measures. He graduated from the UCF Doctor of Physical Therapy Program.

Dr. Davalos is a clinical specialist and acute care mentor in Orlando Regional Medical Center. She is one of the leaders of program development and initiatives for the neuro program including staff training, organization of community programs related to stroke patients and survivors, one of the leaders of the Orlando Health Neurological Special Interest Group. She is a certified brain injury specialist by the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. She is a clinical instructor for the UCF DPT Program.

Nicole Dawson is an Assistant Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Central Florida and Co-Director of the Innovative Mobility Innovative (IMOVE™) Lab. Dawson is a Board Certified Geriatric Physical Therapist with over 15 years of clinical experience along with a PhD in Adult Development & Aging Psychology from Cleveland State University. Her current area of research includes developing non-pharmacological interventions to improve functional and psychosocial outcomes in patients with dementia, identifying predictors of falls in older adults with cognitive impairment, as well as gaining a better understanding of the illness experience of individuals with dementia. Dawson has been published in peer-reviewed journals including The Gerontologist and the Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy. She has presented at numerous international and national conferences on the subject. She is the immediate past Chair of the Geriatric Specialty Council of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is a past recipient of the Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member from the American Physical Therapy Association and the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy’s Distinguished Educator Award.  Dawson is the research coordinator and teaches the research component UCF-Orlando Health Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency Program.

Jacqueline Flores-Otero, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anatomy and Director of Physical Therapy Gross Anatomy Laboratory at the University of Central Florida. She graduated with a PhD in Neuroscience, followed by two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Neuro-Oncology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, and at the Institute of Neurobiology-University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR.  Flores-Otero has over 15 years of basic and clinical research in areas including: auditory and visual system, Alzheimer’s disease, pediatric retinoblastoma, prostate cancer, endocannabinoid system as therapeutic targets for cancer and cell signaling.  Flores’ research work has been disseminated in peer-reviewed journals, national and international conferences. Her teaching portfolio includes Cell and Molecular Biology, Neurobiology/Neuroscience, Anatomy and Physiology, Human Gross Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, among other areas. Flores has mentored students at different academic levels, from high school to graduate and medical areas.

Dr. Gonzalez is the acute care residency mentor and works as a clinical specialist at the Orlando Regional Medical Center Level 1 Trauma Center. She is a recipient of the Florida Physical Therapy Association Neurology SIG’s Outstanding Clinician Award. She has presented in state and national conferences in topics of trauma, spinal cord injury, and burn injury rehabilitation. She is an adjunct faculty member and clinical instructor for the UCF DPT Program and the Florida Southern College DPT Program.

Dr. Uzair Hammad was the fifth resident of the UCF and Orlando Health Neurologic Residency program. He currently works as a spinal cord injury specialist and residency mentor at Orlando Health’s Inpatient Rehabilitation’s spinal cord injury program. He previously worked at the Orlando Health’s neurologic outpatient clinic. He is a recipient of multiple awards including the American Physical Therapy Association’s Outstanding Resident Award, the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Early Career Professional Award, the Rizing Tide Foundation’s Surge Scholarship Award, and the UCF 30 under 30 Award. He was a member of the American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education Financial Fact Sheet Task Force. He is the co-host of the SCI Podcast for the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy.

Dr. Jones is the Residency Coordinator for the UCF-Orlando Health Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency Program. She is a Board-Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy, as well as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist by the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. She is the Rehabilitation Educator at Orlando Heath Rehabilitation Institute. She received her Master’s in Physical Therapy degree from the University of Central Florida in 2008 and went on to earn her transitional Doctorate in Physical Therapy degree from A.T. Still University in 2012. She has been a co-director on two grants, one to host a two-day conference on spinal cord injury for healthcare practitioners in the community, and the other to develop an adaptive CrossFit program for individuals in the community living with spinal cord injury and disease. Jones have presented several times at the APTA NEXT Conference on different topics including crisis response and management of patients with spinal cord injury in the acute care setting. Erin regularly presents at the Florida Physical Therapy Association Annual and Spring conferences. Her specialty includes rehabilitation of patients with traumatic and neurologic injury. She was awarded multiple grants from the Christopher Reeve Foundation and the Craig Neilsen Foundation for her work in individuals with spinal cord injury.

Dr. Laloo is a Board-Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She earned both her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees at the University of Central Florida. She has been a clinician for 12 years, working primarily with patients with neurological impairments. She also received a Certificate of Achievement in Advanced Vestibular Rehabilitation from Emory University School of Medicine. She is an adjunct and clinical faculty for the UCF Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. She currently practices at Orlando Health’s Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation in an outpatient setting primarily seeing concussion and vestibular patients. Dr. Laloo was awarded the Outstanding Neurologic Physical Therapist Clinician Award by the Florida Physical Therapy Association Neurology SIG. She was awarded the Community Rehabilitation Services Grant from Orlando Health to provide pro bono care for uninsured patients.

Dr. Lazaro is currently a tenured Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at California State University, Sacramento. He has held faculty positions in entry-level, post professional and residency programs in physical therapy in the last 30 years. He is a site visit team member, American Board of Physical Therapy Residency and Fellowship Education. Dr. Lazaro is the lead editor of the Umphred’s Neurological Rehabilitation, 7th ed, lead editor of the upcoming Goodman and Fuller’s Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist, 6th ed, and co-editor of the Goodman and Snyder’s Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists, 6th ed texts. In 2013, Dr. Lazaro was awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to study community-based rehabilitation models in the Philippines. He was again awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholarship in 2020 to study urban community-based rehabilitation. Dr. Lazaro was awarded the 2024 Academic Impact in Physical Therapy award from APTA Geriatrics.

Laurie Neely is an Associate Professor Clinical Track and the Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Central Florida. She is the recipient of multiple teaching awards including the Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy’s Katherine Harris Educator Award and the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s (FPTA) Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching.  Neely is board certified by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties in Neurologic Physical Therapy and has over 10 years of clinical experience in the acute care setting with an emphasis on cardiopulmonary and neuro-trauma patient populations. She was the founder and a facilitator of the Annapolis Stroke Club at Anne Arundel Medical Center prior to relocating to Florida. She is active in campus wide interprofessional activities and community service and has presented at numerous state and national conferences on interprofessional education and clinical education including APTA’s CSM, NEXT and Educational Leadership Conference. She has been inducted to the Academy of Advance Item Writers of the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy and is a current member of the Exam Development Committee for the National Physical Therapy Examination.

Dr. Porteous is a clinical specialist in spinal cord injury, stroke, and brain injury rehabilitation at the Orlando Health Neurologic Outpatient Clinic where she is the lead spinal cord injury specialist. She graduated from the Brooks Rehabilitation Neurologic Residency Program and earned her Bachelor of Exercise Science and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is a recipient of the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s Outstanding PT/PTA Team Award.

Dr. Richardson is an Assistant Professor Clinical Track and Co-Director of Clinical Education for the DPT Program of the UCF School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences. She was the past Orthopedic Residency Director for Advent Health and a Clinical Faculty for the UCF Physical Therapy Clinic. She has been recognized with the Outstanding Clinical Instructor Award by the Florida Consortium of Clinical Educators.

Dr. Rohan is a Board-Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy and the was the second resident of the UCF & Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program. She has presented in neurologic topics such as spinal cord injury and Parkinson plus syndromes and published in stroke rehabilitation. She is a residency faculty and mentor in spinal cord injury inpatient rehabilitation.

Dr. Stocker is a Board-Certified Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy, as well as a Certified Brain Injury Specialist by the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists. Clayton was the first resident of the UCF & Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program. He has presented in national and state conferences such as the APTA NEXT Conference, the Combined Sections Meeting and the FPTA Annual Conference and Assembly of Representatives on topics related to neurologic rehabilitation. He currently works in Stroke and Brain Injury Center of the Orlando Health Advance Institute of Rehabilitation. He is an adjunct faculty and a clinical faculty in the UCF Doctor of Physical Therapy Program in the School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences.

Jennifer Tucker is the Director of the University of Central Florida’s “Go Baby Go” and “Knights on the Go Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Cafe”, a program that promotes early mobility for children and adults with motor impairment. She earned her post professional doctorate from the University of South Alabama, her Master of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Indianapolis and her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Alabama. She is Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and was a member of the Pediatric Specialization Academy of Content Experts. She completed a research fellowship at the UCF College of Health and Public Affairs. She is a core faculty member for the UCF DPT program where she teaches basic and advanced neurologic and pediatric courses. Tucker is also a faculty member of the UCF & Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program. She is a recipient of the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching, the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy’s Innovation Award and the American Physical Therapy Association’s Societal Impact Award.