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Brenda Fitzgerald is a seasoned physical therapist with extensive experience in outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine. She has worked in various settings, including dynamic outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine practices, rehabilitation centers, and academic institutions. With a strong educational background in physical therapy and experience in manual therapy, rehabilitation, and injury prevention, Brenda is well-equipped to provide high-quality patient care. She has held senior roles in several organizations, including Senior Physical Therapist at Bay State Physical Therapy, Director of Outpatient Rehab at Uxbridge Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Director at Joint Effort Physical Therapy. Brenda has also worked as a physical therapist at FlexPlus Physical Therapy LLC, MetroWest Medical Center, Charles River Sports Therapy, and Framingham Sports Medicine. Brenda has a strong educational background, having earned her BS in Physical Therapy from Northeastern University. She has also completed co-op programs at various institutions, including Brigham and Women's Hospital and Rehabilitationsklinik Heidelberg Germany.

Experience

  • Bay State Physical Therapy
    • Westwood, Massachusetts, United States
    • Senior Physical Therapist
      • Mar 2019 - Present
      • Westwood, Massachusetts, United States

      Dynamic outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine practice treating all ages and abilities. There is also , nutrition counseling and chiropractic at this facility.

    • Director of Outpatient Rehab
      • Feb 2015 - Feb 2019
      • Uxbridge, MA

      Director of outpatient rehabilitation including PT, OT, Speech and Nutrition Counseling. In charge of growth and development, marketing, patient care, administration, business analysis/ budget, etc within larger corperate entity of Rehab Associates.

    • Director
      • 2012 - 2015
      • Taunton, MA

      Director of Physical Therapy in a busy orthopedic and sports medicine practice. Responsibilities including increasing receivables, marketing, moving and designing new facility, staffing, day to day coordination and oversight of all aspects of business in a manner that supports goals of facility and while meeting federal and state regulations, direct patient care, employee relations and communication, talent acquisition, payroll management, establishing electronic medical record, new program development to drive success and expansion, clinical documentation review, and workforce development.

    • Physical Therapist
      • 2011 - 2012
      • Natick, MA

      Outpatient orthopedics and sports medicine physical therapy, located within Longfellow Health Club. Aquatic therapy, sports assessments. Worked as Senior therapist, including direct patient care, clinical coordinator for several local universities, assisted owner in administrative needs.

    • Senior Physical Therapist
      • Oct 2006 - Sep 2011
      • Natick, MA

      Outpatient orthopedics and Sports Medicine, located within Longfellow Health Club in Natick. I am able to evaluate the injury and how you play the sport (basketball courts, pool, racquetball courts, etc). Served as clinical coordinator, assisted in transition to EMR, and assisted in marketing to new referral sources. Initiated outreach to golfing community with Back to Golf physical therapy certification

    • Program Manager of Sports Medicine
      • 2000 - 2006
      • Natick, MA

      Program Manager of Sports medicine, including direct patient care, and direct supervision of contracted athletic trainers in 5 local high schools. Development and growth of contracts, creation of athletic training documentation/ chart reviews, tracking of referral patterns from schools to hospital, staffing management. Also in charge of weekend inpatient scheduling of physical therapists in two hospitals. Assisted in management of Natick outpatient department. Weekly attendance at departmental management meetings, and involvement in hospital wide initiatives and committees for employee satisfaction.

    • Director, Part owner
      • 1994 - 2000
      • Natick, MA

      Clinical Director, and part owner or orthopedic and sports medicine practice. In charge of daily management of clinic, direct patient care, student internship program, treatment protocol development, policy and procedure manual development in a new practice. Included a move in location due to growth, with designing of new facility. Subcontracted athletic trainer to local high school.

    • Physical Therapist/ Wound Care Consultant
      • 1990 - 1997

      Consultant and lecturer on wound healing as part of a multidisciplinary team including pharmacists, RN, and nutritionist. Developed national lecture format, and presented to regional physical therapists in 1996 to nationalize physical therapy component of lecture series to include topics of treatment techniques, positioning, and instruction in assistive devices for wound care prevention.

    • Senior Physical Therapist
      • 1991 - 1994
      • Framingham MA

      Direct patient care in busy orthopedic and sports medicine practice. Also in charge of student internship and CCCE, and statistics management for department.

    • Part time Lecturer/ assistant teacher/ lab instructor
      • 1988 - 1990
      • Boston, MA

      Courses included Gross Anatomy, Evaluation and treatment, Introduction to Physical Therapy, Basic Therapeutic Exercise and Clinical Medicine

    • Staff Physical Therapist
      • 1987 - 1990

      Staff Physical therapist, including working in specialty units of Bone Marrow Transplant, Burn Trauma, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Medical/Surgical, and general orthopedics.

Education

  • 1982 - 1987
    Northeastern University
    BS, Physical Therapy

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