Thought leadership

Encompass Health Thought Leaders highlight the talent, expertise and programs offered by our company, home health agencies and hospitals. Our experts are available to author an article, interview for a media outlet and speak at conferences or events.

Requests for Thought Leaders

To request one of our experts as a source or to learn more about additional experts/topics not mentioned here, please contact the Encompass Health Marketing & Communications team.

Examples of our participation with news outlets include:

Faces of TBI podcast with Mozghan Hines, DTO at Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, an affiliate of Encompass Health
Stroke Smart magazine feature “The Drive to Drive” featuring Penny Eissenberg, DTO at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Richmond
People Magazine’s pets article featuring The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis’ psychosocial counselor Kelly Moffatt and her service dog Bandit
Physical Therapy Products magazine falls article by Leigh Whitton, PT, DPT of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Newnan

Experts

Michelle Achterhof, LSW, CCM

Director of Case Management

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Case Management, Creative Discharges, Spiritual Care, Student MSW Programs

Saloni Agarwal, PT

Physical Therapist

Ocala, Florida

DVT, Hip Fracture, Parkinson's Disease, Patient Satisfaction, Vestibular

Brenda Benner, MM/HRM, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, APTD

Organizational Development Project Manager

Encompass Health Home Office

Career Development, Leadership Development

Barry Byrum

Respiratory Therapist

Sugar Land, Texas

Respiratory Disease and Disorders

Elissa (Lisa) Charbonneau, D.O., M.S.

Chief Medical Officer

Portland, Maine

Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Physiatry, Physician Leadership, Quality improvement

Janine Pacheco Conley

Therapy Lead for PT & Stroke Program Co-Lead

Largo, Florida

Neurodevelopmental Treatment, Stroke

Scott Cosner, REHS, CP-FS

Workers' Compensation Claims Coordinator

Birmingham, Alabama

Workplace Safety

Lonnie Coughran, MA, PTA

Physical Therapist Assistant

Glendale, Arizona

Amputee Rehabilitation

Chris Daughtry, OTR/L ATP

Chief Executive Officer

Columbia, South Carolina

Tammy Dorsett, PT, COS-C

Director of Quality and Outcomes

Dallas, Texas

Documenting for Medical Necessity, Fall Prevention in the Home, Home Environmental Assessment, Maintenance Therapy, OASIS data collection, Patient Satisfaction, Publicly Reported Outcomes, Quality

Jessica Finnegan, PT, MPT, NCS

Senior Physical Therapist

Toms River, New Jersey

Neuro, Stroke

Emily E. Fiocchi, PTA,CYI

Physical Therapist Assistant

Danville, Pennsylvania

Stress Management, Using Yoga to Help with Chronic Pain, Yoga as a Modality in OP PT, Yoga Therapy

Oscar Martinez Franco, PTA

Physical Therapist Assistant

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Spinal Cord Injury Area

Allison Frederick, M.S., CCC/SLP, CBIST

Senior Speech-Language Pathologist

Vineland, New Jersey

Acquired Brain Injury

Emily Gaume, SLP-CCC

Speech Therapy Team Lead

Bedford, Texas

Caregiver Resources, Dementia, Dysphagia, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, TBI

Kanika Govil

Physical Therapy Team Lead

Dallas, Texas

Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Technology

Mary Ellen Hatch

Chief Nursing Officer

Memphis, Tennessee

Nurse Leadership, Rehabilitation Nursing

Mozghan Hines, PT, DPT

Director of Therapy Operations

Augusta, Georgia

Inpatient Rehabilitation, Leadership, Stroke, TBI

Tracie Hunnicutt, MS, CCC-SLP

Therapy Manager

Arlington, Texas

Functional Therapy, Leadership, SLP clinical topics

Wesley Hyde, MT-BC

Music Therapist

Homewood, Alabama

Music Therapy, Use of Music in Neurologic Rehabilitation

Vanessa Johnson, PT, DPT, CBIS

Therapy Manager

Vineland, New Jersey

Brain Injury, Physical Therapy, Stroke

Jake Knight

BI/Data Warehousing Analyst

Birmingham, Alabama

Business Intelligence, Post-acute Innovation

Lynne Lee, RN, Risk Attorney

Vice President of Risk

Birmingham, Alabama

Bioethics, Safety

Denise Loughlin, PT, WCC, CDT

Physical Therapist and Wound Care Coordinator

Toms River, New Jersey

Wound Care

Michelle McCann, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS, C/NDT, PPSC

Director or Quality and Risk Management

Sewickley, Pennsylvania

Brain Injury/Stroke Rehabilitation, Caregiver Resources, Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation, Support Group Services

Julie Monahan, PT

Physical Therapist

Evansville, Indiana

Parkinson's Disease

Heather Norman, RN, CRRN, NE-BC, CNL

Interim Chief Nursing Officer

Charlottesville, Virginia

Clinical Topic Areas, CPR Values, Nursing Leadership, Stroke Recovery

Alaina Ploski

Organizational Development Project Manager

Birmingham, Alabama

Diversity, Generations, Hiring/Selection Management, Onboarding, Orientation, Preceptor, Program Evaluation, Team interventions

Darryl Powe, MS, CCC/SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Middletown, Delaware

Cognitive Rehabilitation, Evidence-based practice

Janice Riggins, MSN, RN

Richard Senelick, M.D.

Editor-in-Chief

San Antonio, Texas

Brain Injury, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Concussions, Critical Illness Encephalopathy and Neuropathy, How to Deliver Bad News, Mild Head Injury, Stroke Rehabilitation, Technology and Rehab, Where Should Rehab Take Place