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ToCommunicatewiththe ^>/ Program ADDRESSINQUIRIESTO: <- *> ' /) PhysicalTherapy CollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeons /f 630West 168thStreet NewYork,NY10032 /? w?£2 TELEPHONE: (212) 305-3781 PhotosbyBiomedicalCommunicationsDepart- ment, Columbia University Columbia University Bulletin The Faculty ofMedicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Program in Physical Therapy 1991-1992 Contents 30 Registration andExpenses 4 Administration and Faculty Registration, 30 6 Columbia-Presbyterian AuditingCourses, 31 Medical Center GradesandCredit, 31 History, 7 Fees, 32 Application orRenewalof 8 Program in PhysicalTherapy ApplicationforaDegree, 34 PhysicalTherapy1Profession, 8 EResqtuiemsattsefdoErxTpreannssecsr,ip3ts5, 35 10 Admission DiningServices, 36 Housing, 37 Requirements, 10 FinancialAid, 37 Procedures, 11 TypesofAssistance, 38 AcceptanceFee, 11 StudentEmployment, 42 Degi'eeRequirements, 12 13 Program ofStudy 44 Official Regulations MasterofScience, 13 48 ProtectionAgainst Sexual Term Designations, 14 Harassment CoursesofInstruction, 14 52 Academic Calendar 20 Program in PhysicalTherapy 22 Hospitals andAgencies AffiliatedforClinical Education 27 Student Life Facilities, 27 Libraries, 27 AthleticFacilities, 27 OtherStudentServices, 28 Health SciencesCampusand New York City1, 29 Administration and Faculty UNIVERSITY BrianF. Hoffman DEPARTMENTOF ADMINISTRATION M.D. REHABILITATION AssociateDean MEDICINE MichaelI. Sovern LL.B., LL.D. LindaD. Lewis JamesLieberman Presidentofthe University M.D. M.D. AssociateDeanforStudent Chairman, Departmentof JonathanCole Affairs RehabilitationMedicine Ph.D. ProvostoftheUniversity PhilipFiegelson BonnieTeschendorf Ph.D. M.H.A. HerbertPardes AssociateDeanforGraduate Director, PrograminPhysical M.D. Affairs Therapy VicePresidentforHealth Science;DeanoftheFacultyof DonaldS. Kornfeld BarbaraE. Neuhaus Medicine M.D. Ed.D AssociateDean Director, Programsin OccupationalTherapy FACULTYOF AnkeNolting MEDICINE Ph.D. ADMINISTRATION AssociateDean ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AllanRosenfield HerbertPardes M.D. M.D. JohnBenson VicePresidentforHealth AssociateDean (Public BusinessOfficer Science;DeanoftheFacultyof HDeeaalnt,h)S,chFoaoclulotfyPuobflMiecdiHceianlet;h FrancesPantazis Medicine AssociateDirector, Student MaryMundinger HenrikH. Bendixen FinancialandInformation DrP.H. M.D. ServicesOfficer AssociateDean (Nursing), SDeenainoraAnssdoScieantieorAssociate FacultyofMedicine;Dean, LillianGottesman VPforHealthSciences SchoolofNursing DirectorofFinancialAid/ AdministrativeCoordinator Richard Sohn DonaldF.Tapley Ph.D. J. M.D. AssociateDeanforResearch FACULTY SeniorDeputyVicePresident Administration forHealthSciences;Alumni ErnestW. April Professor DorothyEstes AssociateProfessorofAnatomy JoanLeiman M.D. B.S.,Tufts;Ph.D., Ph.D. AssistantDeanforAlumni Columbia Affairs DeputyVicePresidentfor LoriBuck HealthSciences JaimeS. Rubin InstructorinClinicalPhysical KathleenD. O'Donnell Ph.D. Therapy M.B.A.,M.P.A. AssistantDeanforGraduate B.S., Ithaca Affairs DeputyVicePresidentfor TerryCarway MedicalCenterAffairs; InstructorinClinicalPhysical AssociateDeanof Therapy Administration B.A.,B.S. NewYork EdwardB. Healton University M.D. AssociateDeanforHarlem HospitalAffairs ADMINISTRATIONANDFACULTY 5 CynthiaM. Chiarello CarlGargiulo CharlesR. Noback AssistantProfessor, AssociateinClinicalPhysical ProfessorEmeritusofAnatomy PhysicalTherapy Therapy B.S.,Cornell;M.S.,New B.S.,SUNYFredonia; B.S.,M.A.,NewYork YorkUniversity;Ph.D., Ph.D., NewYork University Minnesota University JamesGordon TerranceO'Halloran SarahS. Cook AssistantProfessor, Physical InstructorinClinicalPhysical AssistantProfessorofClinical Therapy Therapy Nursing B.A.,SUNYDownstate; B.A.,SUNYBinghamton; B.S.N., Michigan; Ed.D, Columbia M.S., Columbia M.Ed.,Columbia LindaGundersen DebbieOrgan TheodoreCorbitt InstructorinClinicalPhysical InstructorinClinicalPhysical AssociateinClinicalPhysical Therapy Therapy Therapy B.S.,SUNYStonybrook; B.A., Hofstra;M.S., B.S.,Cincinnati;M.A., M.S., Columbia Columbia CertificateinPhysicalTher- apy,NewYorkUniversity RitaHamburgh HowardPhillips,Jr. AssociateinClinicalPhysical AssociateinClinicalPhysical LucienCote Therapy Therapy AssociateProfessorof B.S., NewYorkUniversity; B.S., MontclairState; M.S., Neurology M.A., Rochester Columbia B.S., M.D. Vermont MaryKateHorrigan EdwardPisarski CathyCurtis InstructorinClinicalPhysical InstructorinClinicalPhysical InstructorinClinicalPhysical Therapy Therapy Therapy B.S., NewYorkUniversity B.S., NewYorkUniversity; B.S., Ithaca;M.A., M.S.,LongIsland Columbia MichaelKatz InstructorinClinicalPhysical PatriciaRajczak MaryJoanDay Therapy InstructorinClinicalPhysical AssistantProfessorinClinical B.S.,JohnsHopkins; PhysicalTherapy CertificateinPhysicalTher- B.S., Ithaca B.S., St. Louis; M.S., apy, Hahnemann EllenC.Ross Pennsylvania SusanMcDonald AssistantProfessorinClinical JohnA. Downey InstructorinClinicalPhysical PhysicalTherapy SimonBaruchProfessorof Therapy B.A.,Connecticut; M.A., RehabilitationMedicine B.S., NewYorkUniversity Ph.D.,NewYork M.D., Manitoba; D. Phil., University Oxford KellyMcGinnis InstructorinClinical JamesSwain JoanE. Edelstein PhysicalTherapy InstructorinClinicalPhysical AssociateProfessorofClinical B.S., Rutgers;M.S., Duke Therapy PhysicalTherapy B.S.,Seattle;M.S.,Baylor B.S.,M.A.,NewYork TheresaMorrone University AssociateinClinicalPhysical BonnieTeschendorf Therapy AssociateClinicalProfessorin RitaEng B.A., Ryder;M.S., PhysicalTherapy InstructorinClinicalPhysical Columbia B.S., NewYorkUniversity; Therapy M.H.A.,NewSchoolfor B.S.,NewYorkUniversity StanleyJ. Myers SocialResearch ProfessorofClinicalBxhabili- LindaFieback tationMedicine ChristineWade InstructorinClinicalPhysical B.A.,NewYorkUniversity; AssistantProfessorinClinical Therapy M.D.,SUNYDownstate PhysicalTherapy B.S., Fordham;M.A., B.S.,M.A.,M.S., Ohio Columbia State Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center In the 1920s, Presbyterian Hospital Building, afull-servicecommunity andColumbiaUniversity opened the hospitalknownasTheAllen Pavilion doorsofthe firstmodern medical andavarietyofcommunityhealth center, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical programs. Center. Since then, Columbia- With theopeningofthe newten- Presbyterian MedicalCenterhasset the storyMilstein HospitalBuilding, Pres- standardsforbiomedical research, byterian nowis NewYork City's largest patient careandeducation ofhealth hospitalandthe nation'ssecondlarg- professionals. With aviewofthe est, with more than 1,500 beds. A GeorgeWashington Bridge, Columbia- majorcommitment has been made not Presbyterian is locatedin northwest onlytopatientsfrom the surrounding Manhattanat the Health Sciences communitiesandthose referred here campus. The Health Sciencescampus, fromaroundtheworld butalsoto the comprisingabouttwentyacres, extends futuregrowth andvitalityofthe City fromWest 165th StreettoWest 168th ofNewYork. Nowmore than ever, StreetandfromBroadway to Riverside patients can benefitfrom a comprehen- Drive. Itiseasilyaccessible from all sive arrayofclinical care, teachingand partsofthe city. research activities. Columbia- Housedon the Health Sciences Presbyterian MedicalCenterisable to campusisthe nations'sfirst medical claim aworld-classtransplantation school, foundedin 1767byKing program andcancercenter; awomen's, George III. The Health Sciences Divi- orthopedic, and children's hospital; eye sionalsoincludesthefollowing: the andneurologicalinstitutesatasingle Program in PhysicalTherapy; the campus. Programsin OccupationalTherapy; the TheColumbia-Presbyterian Medical SchoolsofDentalandOralSurgery, CenterNeurological Instituteisa Nursingand Public Health; the Cen- leaderin thefieldofmovementdisor- tersforArteriosclerosis Research, Geri- ders. Itis home to the Parkinson's atricsandGerontology; Medical Infor- DiseaseFoundation aswellasthe matics, Neurobiologyand Behavior, MultipleSclerosisCenter, the Dystonia PsychoanalyticTrainingand Research Clinical Research Center, theClinical and theCenterforthe StudyofSociety Research CenterforMuscularDystro- andMedicine. Inaddition, the Hughes phyand RelatedDiseasesandthe MedicalInstitute Program in Molecular Eleanorand Lou GehrigMuscular Neurobiology; the Hughes Medical DystrophyAssociationALSCenter. Institute Program in Structural Biol- Physicians from aroundthe worldrefer ogy; the International Instituteforthe patientsandevensendvideotapesof StudyofHuman Reproduction; the patientswith movementdisordersfor InstitutesforCancerResearch, Com- expertdiagnosis. TheStrokeCenter parativeMedicineandHumanNutri- maintainsthe largest stroke caseloadin tionare housedwithin the Health the countryandconducts majorclinical Sciencecampusenvirons. Columbia- studiesconcerninganeurysms, carotid Presbyterian MedicalCenterhas endarterectomyandotherdisorders. recentlycompleteda$500 million All membersofthe health care team modernizationprogram, which workcloselytogetherintreatingneuro- includes the 745-bedMilstein Hospital muscularand musculoskeletal disorders COLUMBIA-PRESBYTERIANMEDICALCENTER 7 ofall types. Specialistsinspinal cord ofthe 1930s and 1940sfurtherunder- injuries, strokes, prosthetic and scoredthe effectivenessofphysical orthotic devices, temperature regula- therapy. Duringthe first years, the tion and electrodiagnosis interactwith program was housed atTeachersCol- the students in the Program in Physical lege on the Columbia Morningside Therapy duringtheiracademic and campus. In 1945 it was movedto the clinical experiences. Health Sciences campuswhereitis Over 1,400 students have graduated housedwithin the FacultyofMedicine. from the Program in PhvsicalTherapy. Baccalaureate and professionalcertifi- Each has had the opportunityto enjoy cate programs were offeredin physical the advantagesofaColumbiaUniver- therapyfrom 1945 through thelate sityeducation, andeach graduate has 1970s. Changingtrendsin practiceand beenable to pursue a challengingcareer concurrent curriculum developments in the fieldofPhysicalTherapy. resultedin the establishmentofthe present professional-level Masterof HISTORYOFTHE PHYSICAL Science Program in 1980, makingit THERAPYPROGRAM the secondoldestMasterofScience program in the UnitedStates. As The Columbia University Program in always, the program curriculum is PhysicalTherapywasestablished in the underconstantreviewto keepin stride early 1940s. World WarII accentuated with theever-changingtrendsin the the tremendous needforrehabilitation practice ofphysical therapy. professionals, and the polio epidemics The Program in Physical Therapy Columbiaoffersan entry-level Master THEPHYSICALTHERAPY ofScience physical therapyprogram. PROFESSION The Columbiaphilosophyofphysical trihgehrtapayndedtuhcaattiiondni,vitdhuaatlhseaarlethunciarqeueisian Psihoynsailcsalwthhoerawpoirstkswairtehhepaelotphleprionfeosr-der theircharacteristicsand behaviors, to prevent andalleviate physical leads toarecurrentcurriculum theme deformities, reducepain andimprove functionallyindependentmovement. ofregardfortheindividual. Thegoalofthe program is to prepare Theoverallgoalofphysical therapyis graduateswhoare self- directedgeneral- to help individuals toimprove their istswith clinical problem-solvingskills. physical health andtoachieve theirfull In recognition ofvariedabilities, inter- potential asfunctioningmembersof estsandlearningstylesofstudents, the society. Physical therapists usearange professional curriculum is designedto oftest procedurestoassessthe physical be flexiblewith alternate learning function anddetermine the needfor approaches.,Theprogram also provides physicaltherapy. Basedon thisevalua- acomprehensive foundationofbasic tion, the physical therapist establishes principles in the artandscienceof short-andlong-termgoalsand physicaltherapy. Theconcept that develops a treatmentplan foreach learningisalifelongprocess pervades imnednivtiddueaple.nBdescaounsethseucmcoetsisvfualtitorneato-f theeducationalprogram. Physical therapistswithgeneralistcapabilities each person, the essence ofphysical are preparedto develop specialtyskills, therapytreatmentisaclose, one-to- contribute to the leadership and onerelationship. The patientisnotthe growthofphysical therapy, and passive recipientofthe treatment; advancethe qualityofhealth care rather, the therapistandthepatient through clinicalresearch andcollabora- work togethertoachieve treatment tionwith otherprofessionals. The goals. Moreover, the practice ofphysi- MasterofScienceDegree isawarded caltherapyusuallyinvolvesclosecollab- uponcompletionofacademicstudy, orationwith otherhealth professionals research andclinicalinternships. Stu- inorderto helpeach person toattain dentscompleteanindependentfaculty- the highestpossible degreeofphysical, directedresearch projectculminatingin mental, socialandoccupational independence. a master'sthesis. Each studentalso completes twenty-twoweeksofclinical TheColumbiaUniversitycurriculum education. The program maintains plan embraces themodel definitionof contractsforclinicalinternships with PhysicalTherapyadoptedin the 1986 over 150 clinics, privatepracticesites, House ofDelegatesoftheAmerican andhospitalsthroughout the United PhysicalTherapyAssociation. States. The program isaccredited by Physicaltherapymeanstheexamina- the CommissiononAccreditation in tion, treatmentandinstructionof PhysicalTherapyEducation ofthe humanbeingstodetect, assess,prevent, American PhysicalTherapyAssociation correct, alleviateandlimitphysical andisregisteredbytheDepartmentof disability, movementdysfunction, bodily Education oftheState ofNewYork. malfunctionandpainfrominjury,