Dr. Kegelmeyer has over 30 year’s clinical experience and is currently a Professor of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University. She has extensive clinical expertise having worked in acute care, out-patient therapy and spent 10 years as director of physical therapy at a skilled nursing facility.  Currently she works as a consultant at the Movement Disorders Clinic at Wexner Medical Center, Ohio State University. She studies mobility and fall prevention in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases and the elderly.  Her publication titles include use of the Tinetti Mobility Test in Parkinson and Huntington’s disease and use of Dance, Dance Revolution to improve balance in Huntington’s disease. She is also one of the co-authors of the textbook, Neurologic Rehabilitation: Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity in Physical Therapy Practice.

Beth Crowner PT, DPT, NCS, MPPA is a Professor of Physical Therapy and Neurology at Washington University’s Program in Physical Therapy. She teaches curricular content pertaining to evaluation and management of neuromuscular conditions and continues to see patients in the Program’s clinical practice. She has served on the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy’s Board of Directors as the Director of Practice, StrokEDGE taskforce and in leadership roles in the Balance and Falls SIG and Practice Committee. She has worked to help develop the ANPT structure for knowledge translation and is passionate about incorporating evidence in practice and curricula to optimize practice and patient outcomes.

Miriam Rafferty, PT, DPT, PhD, NCS is a Research Scientist II and physical therapist at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (SRALab). She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Washington University in St. Louis, her Board Certification in Neurologic Physical Therapy while working at SRALab (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago), and her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her postdoctoral research training at Northwestern University was in health services research and implementation science. Her current work studies the implementation of early interdisciplinary rehabilitation interventions for people with Parkinson’s disease and other conditions. Dr. Rafferty has taught courses on Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders. She has been funded by the Foundation for Physical Therapy, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institute of Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research, the Parkinson’s Foundation and the Davis Phinney Foundation. Her work is published in Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, Journal of Parkinson’s Disease, and Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair.  Dr. Rafferty is co-chair of the ANPT Health Promotion and Wellness Task Force.