Physical Therapy Faculty
The UToledo D.P.T. Program faculty is comprised of professionals who are accomplished clinicians and researchers who are passionate about physical therapy education. All faculty members have advanced academic degrees and are licensed physical therapists. Several faculty members are Board Certified Clinical Specialists in their areas of expertise, and a number of faculty are engaged in clinical practice at the University of Toledo Medical Center. In addition to the DPT faculty, other health care professionals including physicians, psychologists, and nurses are involved in the students’ educational experience.
Lucinda Bouillon, PT, M.P.T., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Program Director
419.530.6671
lucinda.bouillon@utoledo.edu
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B.Ed. The University of Toledo, M.Ed. The University of Toledo, M.P.T. The University of Findlay, Ph.D., The University of Toledo. Cindy is an Associate Professor and the Program Director for Physical Therapy Program. Her research interests include lower extremity muscle activity on various weight-bearing functional tasks. Her teaching responsibilities include gross anatomy, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and therapeutic exercise courses. She is a delegate for Ohio chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association and Associate member for Federation of State Boards Physical Therapy. She was selected as a 2019-2020 fellow in the Education Leadership Institute for the American Physical Therapy Association.
Amy Both, PT, D.P.T., M.H.S, DCE
Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Clinical Education
419.530.6675
amy.both@utoledo.edu
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Lindsey Fresenko
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lindsey Fresenko received her B.S from Slippery Rock University in 2016 followed by the DPT at Youngstown State University in 2020. She completed an Acute Care Residency at Memorial Hermann in Houston, TX in 2021 where she established a passion for treating critically ill patients which led her to pursue a PhD in Rehabilitation and Health Sciences at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Fresenko's scholarly interests are centered around patients who survive critical illness and how social determinants of health and health disparities are related to recovery, healthcare service utilization and long-term outcomes. Her teaching responsibilities include acute care, ICU related module, pulmonary rehabilitation, and interprofessional education.
Joe Krugh, PT, DSc, FAAOMPT
Assistant Professor
Dr. Joe Krugh, PT, DSc, FAAOMPT earned his Doctor of Science in Physical Therapy from Andrews University and his B.S. in Physical Therapy from Bowling Green State University. He is an American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellow and now serves as a clinical fellowship instructor. His professional affiliations include the American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists. He maintains clinical practice at Trinity Health-Probility in Chelsea, MI. His research interests include cervicogenic and tension-type headache in relation to posture and manual therapy mechanisms. He teaches the musculoskeletal courses along with introduction to examination, medical screening and medical imaging.
Abraham Lee, PT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
419.530.6672
abraham.lee2@utoledo.edu
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The area of Dr. Lee’s research interest is metabolic adaptation in skeletal muscle and other vital organs in the body in response to exercise training with focus on carbohydrate and fat metabolism. His laboratory has recently observed that training improves insulin action in rats with heterogenetic backgrounds, and that this response is a heritable phenotype. Furthermore, his team in collaboration with Dr. Cicila, observed that an adaptation with swim training in key hepatic gluconeogenic enzyme activities in inbred rats (DA & COP) depends on a genetic background. In addition, in collaboration with Dr. Najjar, his team has observed an alteration in muscle glucose transport activity in transgenic mice with the inactivation or overexpression of hepatic CEACAM1. Recently, his research team in collaboration with Dr. McLoughlin, has investigated the effect of the overexpression of FOXO1 in skeletal muscle of mice on carbohydrate metabolism.
Amanda Murray, PT, D.P.T., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
419.530.6673
Amanda.murray2@utoledo.edu
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2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Colorado, Denver; 2014 Ph.D., Exercise Science, University of Toledo; 2010 D.P.T., University of Toledo; 2007 B.S., Applied Health Science, Bowling Green State University. Dr. Murray is a physical therapist with research interests in the biomechanics of movement in older adult patients with diabetes and dysvascular amputation. Dr. Murray’s research aims to understand the impact of movement dysfunction on mobility and physical activity and to develop interventions aimed at improving activity and participation in older adult patients. Dr. Murray’s teaching responsibilities include the evidence based practice courses in the D.P.T. curriculum.
Tori Smith, PT, D.P.T., NCS
Clinical Assistant Professor
419.530.6677
tori.smith@utoledo.edu
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Tori Smith, PT, D.P.T., NCS, received her B.S. in Physiology from Michigan State University, then continued on to receive her M.S. in Physical Therapy from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She is a licensed physical therapist by the State of Ohio, and is Board Certified as a Neurologic Physical Therapy Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, Neurologic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Ohio Physical Therapy Association. Ms. Smith’s clinical interests include: evaluation and treatment of patients after stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, multiple trauma, amputations, neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, as well as wheelchair seating and prescription. Ms. Smith’s teaching responsibilities include introduction to neurological exam and clinical diagnoses, neuromuscular rehabilitation as well as assisting with clinical anatomy and biomechanics lab classes and therapeutic exercise labs. In addition to her teaching appointment, Ms. Smith maintains an active clinical practice in the UTMC inpatient Coghlin Rehabilitation Center, located on the Health Science Campus of the University of Toledo.
Katie Taylor, P.T., D.P.T., OCS
Katie is board certified as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is a lab assistant for the D.P.T. Gross Anatomy Laboratory.
Kelly Weaver, P.T., D.P.T., OCS
Kelly is board certified as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is a lab assistant for the D.P.T. Gross Anatomy Laboratory.