Faculty and Staff
Alvaro Gurovich, PT, PhD
Department Chair
Program Director
Professor
agurovich@utep.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Kosaku Aoyagi, PT, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director of Pain Research in Mechanism-Based Physical Therapy (PRIME PT) Laboratory | (Facebook)
kaoyagi@utep.edu
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La'Toya Bigelow, PT, DPT, Sc.D
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
lmbigelow@utep.edu
Shashwati Geed, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Geed Lab
sgeed@utep.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Michelle L. Gutierrez, PT, DSc
Director of Student Affairs
Admissions Committee Chair
Clinical Associate Professor
mgutierrez28@utep.edu
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Lily Jimenez, PT, DPT, NCS
Clinical Assistant Professor
ljimenez8@utep.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Levi Johnson, PT, DPT, OCS
Director of Curriculum
Clinical Assistant Professor
lajohnson4@utep.edu
Balachandar Kathirvelu, MBBS, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
bkathirvelu@utep.edu
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Rhonda Manning, PT, DPT, PCS
Director of Clinical Education
Clinical Associate Professor
Faculty Fellow, Community Partnerships and Clinical Affiliations
rajeske@utep.edu
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Priyanka Rana, MPT, PhD
Assistant Professor
prana@utep.edu
Katherine Reyes Brooks, PT, DPT
Clinical Assistant Professor
kmreyesbrooks@utep.edu
Samuel Singleton, PT, DPT
Clinical Assistant Professor
stsingleton@utep.edu
Ciara Spencer, PT, DPT, PSC
Clinical Assistant Professor
cbfraher@utep.edu
Camila Torriani-Pasin, PT, PhD
Director of Research
Associate Professor
Director of NeuroEXCEL Laboratory | (Instagram)
ctorrianip@utep.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Loretta Dillon, PT, DPT
Clinical Professor Emerita
Founding Faculty Member
ldillon@utep.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Celia Pechak, PT, PhD, MPH
Professor Emerita
cmpechak@utep.edu
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Cynthia Rosas
Administrative Assistant
clrosas@utep.edu
Bryan L. Boyea, PT, DPT, OCS
Retired Clinical Assistant Professor
blboyea@utep.edu
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Mariel Melchor, PT, DPT
Adjunct Faculty
mmelchor@miners.utep.edu
Evelyn Rodela, PT, DPT
Adjunct Faculty
eprodela@utep.edu
