People

Patricia Navarro McGee, PT, DPT, PCS
(she/her/ella)
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Pediatrics
Assistant Director of Clinical Education
- Phone: 314-286-1587
- Email: mcgeep@wustl.edu

Jacob G. McPherson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Anesthesiology
Affiliate Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
- Phone: 314-273-1183
- Email: mcpherson.jacob@wustl.edu

Laura McPherson, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology
Affiliate Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
- Phone: 314-273-8432
- Email: laura.mcpherson@wustl.edu

Gretchen A. Meyer, PhD
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, Neurology, and Orthopaedic Surgery
Affiliate Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
- Phone: 314-286-1456
- Email: meyerg@wustl.edu

Jennifer Miller, PT, DPT, WCS, CLT
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, and Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Phone: 314-286-2920
- Email: jennifermiller@wustl.edu

Alice Morland
(she/her/hers)
Administrative Coordinator II
- Phone: 314-286-1401
- Email: amorland@wustl.edu

Michael Mueller, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Michael J. Mueller, PT, PhD, FAPTA, retired from Washington University in 2022 after more than 40 years of service. Michael is known nationally and internationally for his research on rehabilitation for people with diabetes mellitus and his development of the physical stress theory. Across his career, Michael published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and shaped the careers of countless physical therapists and scientists through his mentoring and his generosity of time and spirit. Michael is a servant leader and directed the Movement Science PhD program as well as the Program’s Research Division for many years. He also willingly served the profession as a member of the board for the Foundation Physical Therapy Research and for the journal Physical Therapy. His contributions were recognized with many awards over the years, including the Eugene Michels New Investigator Award, Marian Williams Award, Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award, John P. Maley Award, Career Excellence Award in Biomechanics and many others.

Jessica Nehrt, PTA, CLT
Physical Therapist Assistant
- Phone: 314-286-1940
- Email: Jessica.nehrt@wustl.edu

Barbara J. Norton, PT, PhD, FAPTA
(she/her/hers)
Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology
Associate Director of Education Technology
- Email: nortonb@wustl.edu

Theresa Notestine, PT, DPT, NCS
Manager, Clinical Practice
Physical Therapist
- Email: tnotestine@wustl.edu

Chris Peterson, PT, DPT, OCS
(he/him/his)
Clinical Research Specialist & Physical Therapist
- Phone: 314-286-1607
- Email: peterson.c@wustl.edu

Dena Priluck, PT, DPT, NCS
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology
- Email: dpriluck@wustl.edu

Jessica Randolph, EdD
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Orthopaedic Surgery
Assistant Director of Learning and Continuous Improvement
- Phone: 314-286-1420
- Email: jrandolph@wustl.edu

Sarah Rands
(she/her/hers)
Manager, Admissions & Student Affairs
- Phone: 314-286-1402
- Email: rands@wustl.edu

Kerri S. Rawson, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology
- Phone: 314-273-1073
- Email: rawson@wustl.edu

Carolyn Ryterski
(she/her/hers)
Manager of Finance and Administration
- Phone: 314-286-1448
- Email: ryterskic@wustl.edu

Shirley A. Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Shirley A. Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA, is a renowned teacher, researcher, and clinician. She began teaching in 1961 and spent 54 years educating two generations of physical therapists, and was the first director of the Movement Science Program. Shirley became a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association in 1986, and in 1998 was selected to receive the Mary McMillan Award, the highest honor of the Association. Her first book, Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes, has been translated into seven languages; her second book, Movement System Impairment Syndromes of the Cervical and Thoracic Spines and the Extremities, has been equally influential in educating physical therapists to embrace their responsibility to guide patients toward optimal health and functional independence through movement. She retired in 2012 but still makes time to lecture to DPT students and present at continuing education courses.

Joan Scacciaferro, OTR/L, CLT
Occupational Therapist
- Phone: 314-273-4667
- Email: joan.scacciaferro@wustl.edu

Rosalie Schreckenberg
(she/her/hers)
Manager, Patient Accounts
- Phone: 314-286-1579
- Email: schreckr@wustl.edu

Taylor Sheffield, PT, DPT
Clinical Fellow Associate - Women's Health Residency
- Email: sheffield.t@wustl.edu

Alyssa Skala, PT, DPT, OCS, MSCS
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Orthopaedic Surgery
- Email: alyssaskala@email.wustl.edu

Seung Yeon (Sylvia) Son, PT, DPT
(she/her/hers)
Physical Therapist
- Phone: 3142861940
- Email: sons@wustl.edu