![James Gordon](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Dean-James-Gordon_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Leadership and Faculty
USC’s DPT faculty are scientists and clinicians that promote academic rigor, intellectual curiosity and independent thinking. The program’s faculty and leadership are focused on student success and strive to support aspiring physical therapists across the academic experience and after graduation.
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Leadership
![James Gordon](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Dean-James-Gordon_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Professor and Associate Dean and Chair
![Julie Tilson](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/11/USC-DPT_Faculty_Staff_299.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Associate Chair of DPT Education
![Didi Matthews](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Matthews-Didi.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
![Jesus Dominguez](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Dominguez-Jesus_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Director of DPT Admissions
![Monica Nelsen](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Nelsen-Monica.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Director of Didactic and Laboratory Education
![Michael Andersen](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Andersen-Michael_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Director of Faculty Development and Resources
![Valerie Teglia](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Teglia-Val_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy and Director of Clinical Education
![Danielle Long](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Long-Danielle_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy, Assistant Director of Clinical Education
![Jessica Rancour](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/09/leadership-faculty_headshot_Rancour-Jessica_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy, Assistant Director of Clinical Education
![Janet Stevenson](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Stevenson-Janet_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Director of Student Services
Faculty
Here are a few of the professors that you will meet. Click on these links for a searchable directory of all academic faculty, clinical faculty, and staff.
![Alex Abzug](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Abzug-Alex.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Ginelle Amormino](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Amormino-Ginelle_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Marina Babaan, MSPT](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Babaan-Marina_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Elizabeth Bottrell](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Bottrell-Liz.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Hilary Brown](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Brown-HIlary_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Marland Browning](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Marland_Browning_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Rubi Buxton](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Buxton_Rubi_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Lyssa Cleary](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Cleary-Lyssa_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Instructor of Physical Therapy
![Jason Cozby](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Cozby-Jason_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
![Manjiri Dahdul](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Dahdul-Manjiri_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Lauren Decker](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Decker-Lauren_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Joseph Derian](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Derian-Joseph_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Aimee Diaz](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Diaz_Aimee_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Stacey Dusing](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Dusing_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor
![Ali Elder](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Ali_Elder_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Tyler Eng](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Tyler-Eng_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![David Erceg](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Erceg-David_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
![James Finley](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Finley-James.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor
![Beth Fisher](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Beth-Fisher_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Katie Forline](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Forline-Katie_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Sam Franklin, DPT, OCS, CSCS](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Franklin-Samuel_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
![Oscar Gallardo](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Gallardo-Oscar.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Joseph Godges](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Godges-Joseph.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Professor of Physical Therapy
![Jari Haile](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Haile-Jari_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Kathryn L. Havens](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Havens-Kathyrn_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Marisa Hentis](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Hentis-Marisa.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Julie Hershberg](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Julie-Hershberg.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
![Robbin Howard](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Howard_Robbins_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Patrick Huang](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Huang_Patrick_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Nicole Irizarry](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Irizarry_Nicole_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Eileen Johnson](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Eileen_Johnson_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Kenneth Kim](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Kim-Kenneth_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Sarah King, PT, DPT](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_King-Sarah_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Daniel Kirages](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Daniel-Kirages_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Amir Khastoo](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Khastoo_Amir_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Libby Krause](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Krause-Libby.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
![Kornelia Kulig](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Kulig-Kornelia_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Professor Clinical Scholar-Physical Therapy
![Jason Kutch](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Jason-Kutch.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor
![Rob Landel](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Landel-Rob_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Justin Lantz](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Lantz-Justin.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Kristan Leech](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Leech-Kristan_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Assistant Professor
![Carly Lochala](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Lochala-Carly_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
![Clarisa Martinez](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Martinez-Clarisa_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Yogi Matharu](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Matharu-Yogi_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Kathryn McLeland](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_McLeland_Kathyrn_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=216&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Lori Michener](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Michener-Lori.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Professor Clinical Scholar-Physical Therapy
![Pamela Mikkelsen](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Mikkelsen-Pamela.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Eddie Monroy](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Monroy-Edwin_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Claire Nguyen](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Nguyen_Claire_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Chukwuemeka Nwigwe](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Nwigwe_Chuk_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Amy Pomrantz](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Pomrantz-Amy.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Liz Poppert](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Poppert-Liz_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Christopher Powers](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Powers-Chris_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Professor and Associate Chair of Biokinesiology Education and Research
![Cheryl Resnik](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Resnik-Cheryl_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Eric Robertson](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Eric-Robertson.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Clinical Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
![K. Michael Rowley](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Rowley-Michael.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Elise Ruckert](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Ruckert-Elise_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Scott Russell](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Russell-Scott.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Andrew Saldivar](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Saldivar_Andrew_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![George J. Salem](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Salem-George_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor
![Barbara Sargent](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Sargent-Barbara_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![E. Todd Schroeder](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Schroeder-Todd_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Nicolas Schweighofer](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Schweighofer-Nicolas.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Professor
![Erica Sigman](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Sigman-Erica.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Susan Sigward](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Sigward-Susan_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Michael Simpson](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Michael-Simpson_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Jenna Somasundaram](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/04/leadership-faculty_headshot_Somasundaram-Jenna_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Jonathan Sum](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/03/leadership-faculty_headshot_Sum-Jonathan_299x238-1.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Jennifer Tanaka](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Tanaka_Jennifer_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Jared Vagy](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Vagy-Jared.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
![Jennifer Venegas](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Venegas_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Adjunct Instructor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Carolee J. Winstein](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Winstein-Carolee.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Professor
![Stephanie Woelfel](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Woelfel-Stephanie.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy & Surgery
![Kimiko Yamada](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2020/11/Kimiko-Yamada.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy
![Chris Zipser](https://dpt.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/10/USC-DPT_Zipser_Chris_faculty_headshot_299x238.jpg?w=299&h=238&crop=1)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy