Candidacy Review Council members serve four-year terms. The number of members selected to serve on the Candidacy Review Council is determined by the number of new program applicants.
Tasks
- Evaluating residency and fellowship programs seeking ABPTRFE initial accreditation by completing comprehensive reviews of the Self-Evaluation Report and Exhibits.
- Provide recommendations to ABPTRFE on whether developing residency and fellowship programs should be granted or denied candidacy status.
Council Members
Kirk Bentzen, PT, DPT, MBA
Term: 7/1/17-6/30/21
Cookie Freidhoff, PT, MAT, ATC
Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/14-6/30/18
Aimee Klein, PT, DPT, DSc
Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/14-6/30/18
MaryKate McDonnell, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/14-6/30/18
Terrence McGee, PT, DSc
Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists
Term: 7/1/17-6/30/21
Anne E. O'Donnell, PT, PhD
Term: 7/1/17-6/30/21
Jackie Osborne, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/16-6/30/20
William Quillen, PT, DPT, PhD
Term: 7/1/17-6/30/21
Patrick Reetz, PT, MPT
Board-Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/16-6/30/20
Tara Ridge Hankin, PT, MS
Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/16-6/30/20
Mary Thompson, PT, PhD
Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist
Term: 9/1/10-6/30/18
Dana Tew, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists
Term: 7/1/14-6/30/18
John DeWitt, PT, DPT, ATC
Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist
Term: 7/1/16-6/30/20