Duke Rehabilitation Services Department

03/09/2026

Meet our current Acute and Critcsl Care Occupational Therapy Fellow

03/06/2026

Physical Therapist Susan K***t who offers Pilates-based Physical Therapy at our Douglas Street Clinic recently received a clinical ladder promotion 🪜

03/05/2026

Graduate of our Sports Physical Therapy Residency Olivia Abdoo is running for American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy Nominating Committee- members can vote through March 6 🗳

03/05/2026

Our Duke Golf Medicine Symposium will be held on April 4- DM for Zoom information ⛳

03/04/2026

Josh Johnson, Ashley Poole, and Grant Bitzer were awarded the $80,000 2025 Acute Care Research Grant from the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research for their Project, “Defining and Evaluating the ‘Integrated Practice Unit’ as a Model for Acute Care Physical Therapy Delivery,” which aims to advance evidence-based models of care in hospital settings 🏥

03/03/2026

Meet our current Pediatric Physical Therapy Resident

02/27/2026

We are hosting the American Occupational Therapy Association - AOTA Fieldwork Educator Certificate Workshop on March 17-18- register by March 5:

American Occupational Therapy Association 7501 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 510E Bethesda, MD 20814-6519 phone: 1-800-729-2682 email: customerservice@aota.org

02/27/2026

Assistant Managers of Rehab Services at Duke Regional Hospital Occupational Therapist Angie Webb and Physical Therapist Jen Anderson did a podcast along with Brittany Hill, Nurse Manager of Operations for DRH 73, to share their journey to improve rehab metrics-despite getting more challenging patients coming to inpatient rehab, they have reduced length of stay, strengthened admission readiness and reduced returns to acute care:

In this episode, specialists from Duke Rehabilitation Institute discuss taking on these challenges and reshaping what inpatient rehab looks like for them.

02/25/2026

Occupational Therapist Kelsi Kephart of our Arringdon Clinic recently received a clinical ladder promotion 🪜

02/24/2026

Physical Therapists Ashley Kinsey, Preston Roundy, Olivia Fleming, Andrea Christian, and Monica Austin published "Psychological Phenotyping in Osteoarthritis Management: Recommendations for Implementation in Physical Therapy Practice" in JOSPT Open:

02/24/2026

Our department celebrated Black History Month Month with dinner

02/21/2026

Our departments was well-represented Combined Sections Meeting last week by current and former staff, directors, residents, and fellows