APTA Announces the 2016 Honors and Awards Program Recipients

Each year the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) honors outstanding achievements on the part of its members in the areas of overall accomplishment, education, practice and service, publications, research, and academic excellence. The following Private Practice Section members have been selected by APTA’s Board of Directors to receive the following awards:

Patricia A. Hageman, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Award: Catherine Worthingham Fellow of APTA

Stephen McDavitt, PT, DPT, MS, FAAOMPT, FAPTA
Award: Catherine Worthingham Fellow of APTA

Robert M. Poole, PT, DPT, MEd, ATC, FAPTA
Award: Catherine Worthingham Fellow of APTA

Anthony DiFilippo, PT, DPT, MEd, OCS
Award: Lucy Blair Service Award

Cindy Miles, PT
Award: Lucy Blair Service Award

Margot M. Miller, PT
Award: Lucy Blair Service Award

John D. Childs, PT, PhD, MBA, FAPTA
Award: Marian Williams Award

Fred Gilbert, PT, DPT
Award: Mary McMillan Scholarship Award

Award recipients will be recognized during the Honors & Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 9, 2016, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at the NEXT 2016 Conference and Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee.

We applaud these individuals for their outstanding accomplishments.