Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)

Contemporary physical therapy involves not only traditional skills in treating people with injuries or disease, but also preventing or detecting movement-related problems at the earliest stages and promoting healthy lifestyles and work environments. Adolescent obesity, early intervention for children, women’s health issues, workplace injury prevention, sports training and conditioning, and preventing falls in the elderly – are all topics that extend from the clinic to the public sector.

Benefits of our D.P.T. program include:

• As part of a major health sciences college, you have access to expert faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and a clinical environment that promotes the integration of the art and science of physical therapy practice. Our human anatomy lab, where students perform full-body dissections, and our spacious clinical lab areas are accessible to students 24 hours a day.
• Our program faculty pursues research and scholarship in a breath of areas including; neural protection strategies for individuals with Parkinson’s disease; efficacy of robot-assisted therapy for children and adults with neurologic impairments; identifying factors associated with common running injuries, physical therapy costs, and value, issues in cultural competency, and the benefits of exercise for children with autism.
• Our program recently established a state-of-the-art Motion Analysis Laboratory, under the direction of Victor Santamaria, PT, MSc, PhD, Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy. This laboratory will be available for research projects and to support classroom learning.
• The program’s clinical coursework is taught by our faculty and supplemented by expert practitioners from many of the outstanding clinics located within the Hudson Valley, such as; Westchester Medical Center, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, Helen Hayes Hospital, the Bronx VA Hospital, and local private practice clinics.
• High attention to student performance, and a devoted faculty will help you excel in your education and eventually clinical practice.

Delivery Options:
This is a full-time, cohort-based program with classes and clinical experiences scheduled between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday. This doctoral degree takes three (3) years to complete.

Credits required for completion: 120

The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at New York Medical College is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 3030 Potomac Ave., Suite 100, Alexandria, Virginia 22305-3085; telephone: (703) 706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If you need to contact the program/institution directly, please call (914) 594-4917 or email fmenta@nymc.edu.

View the CAPTE Student Financial Fact Sheet on the D.P.T. Student Outcomes webpage.

Student Outcomes

Student outcomes of graduates of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at NYMC are available on the D.P.T. Student Outcomes page. This data is presented in accordance with a policy stipulated by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE).

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Questions? Please contact the SHSP Office of Admissions at (914) 594-4510.