Rick Beato is the Director of the UCF & Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program. He is a Clinical Associate Professor 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 APTA Academy of Physical Therapy Education’s Distinguished Educator in Physical Therapy Education,  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 (ABPTS), where he serves as Chair of the ABPTS Board of Commissioners. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice.

Dr. Logan Brown is a neurologic specialist at Orlando Regional Medical Center, a level one trauma center and primary stroke center. He received his bachelor’s degree in health sciences at the University of Central Florida (UCF) and completed his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from the University of South Florida. He completed the UCF and Orlando Health Neurologic Residency Program where he now serves as an acute care mentor. He has presented in national and state conferences on the topic of CIDP, GBS, and NPH. He is an adjunct faculty for the neurologic-based courses in the UCF DPT program. He serves as the communication officer of the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Degenerative Diseases SIG and has previously received the ANPT Early Career Professional Award.

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.

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.

Dr. Curran is a Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. He worked as a clinical specialist in the Stroke and Brain Injury Center of the Orlando Health Advance Institute of Rehabilitation. He is the current program manager of the Orlando Health Neurologic Outpatient Clinic in downtown Orlando. 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. 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, stroke 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. 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. 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 clinical faculty in the UCF Doctor of Physical Therapy Program in the School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences.