ETECH

1. Influential Physical
Therapists
Via Marie S. Abon

2. Gertrude
Beard

3. 1927
The Physical Therapy Program
at Northwestern University was
established with Gertrude Beard,
PT as Technical Director.

4. 1928
The Physical Therapy Program
was accredited as one of the first 6
schools of physical therapy and has
been continuously accredited ever
since.

5. 1945
The Physical Therapy Program
established a post-professional
graduate program in cooperation with
the Department of Anatomy and
Physiology at Northwestern
University's Medical School, and
awarded Master of Science degree.

6. Elizabeth
Wood,
PT

7. 1952
Elizabeth Wood, PT became
Technical Director and later the
Educational Administrator.

8. 1953
The program began offering a
Baccalaureate of Science in Physical
Therapy degree, which continued until
1990.

9. Sally C.
Edelsberg,
PT, MS

10. 1972
Sally C. Edelsberg, PT, MS
became Program Director.

11. 1990
The program began offering the
Master of Physical Therapy as a
professional degree.

12. John D.
Brooke,
PhD

13. 2000
John D. Brooke, PhD became
the Director and the Physical
Therapy Program became the
Department of Physical Therapy
and Human Movement Sciences
within Northwestern University's
Feinberg School of Medicine.

14. 2001
NUPTHMS began offering the
Doctor of Physical Therapy as a
professional degree.

15. Jules
Dewald,
PT, Ph.D.

16. 2006
Jules Dewald, PT, Ph.D.
became the Chair of the
Department in April.

17. NUPTHMS, in cooperation
with the Departments of
Biomedical Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, and
Electrical Engineering/Computer
Science, established a joint
DPT/PhD degree program.

18. 2007
The PhD specialty in Human
Movement Sciences was offered
for the first time through the
Northwestern University Institute
for Neuroscience in the Fall of
2007.

19. 2009
The DPT curriculum was
revamped to accommodate changes in
the sequencing of didactic and clinical
education components. To facilitate
theses changes, and to decompress the
number of hours spent in the classroom
each day, an 8th trimester was added.

20. 2013
The Rehabilitation Institute of
Chicago (now the Shirley Ryan
AbilityLab) and PTHMS signed an
agreement for a clinical and academic
partnership. This partnership has
resulted in the integration of research,
education and clinical care in PTHMS.

21. 2014
PTHMS had our most recent
CAPTE accreditation site visit in
October 2014. The report was very
positive and we are fully accredited
until 2024.

22. 2016
The DPT program's ranking
rose to 6th best in the country (U.S.
News and World Report).