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

Devin Breedon, RDN, LD

Registered Dietitian

Ocala, Florida

Nutrition

Barry Byrum

Respiratory Therapist

Sugar Land, Texas

Respiratory Disease and Disorders

Janine Pacheco Conley

Therapy Lead for PT & Stroke Program Co-Lead

Largo, Florida

Neurodevelopmental Treatment, Stroke

Lonnie Coughran, MA, PTA

Physical Therapist Assistant

Glendale, Arizona

Amputee Rehabilitation

Chris Daughtry, OTR/L ATP

Regional Director of Therapy Operations

Anderson 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

Mollie Fischer, PT, DPT, GCS

Physical Therapist

Edgewood, Kentucky

Community Fall Prevention, Geriatrics

Jason T. Strow, Pharm.D., BCGP

Director of Pharmacy

Huntington, West Virginia

Anemia, Cardiology, Diabetes, Geriatrics, Heart Failure, Pain Management, Pharmacy Advocacy, Stroke

Stacy Thomashaw, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CBIS

Director of Therapy

Sunrise, Florida

Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders, Communicative Disorders, Dysphagia, Rehabilitation

Vanessa Johnson, PT, DPT, CBIS

Therapy Manager

Vineland, New Jersey

Brain Injury, Physical Therapy, Stroke

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

Senior Speech-Language Pathologist

Vineland, New Jersey

Acquired Brain Injury

Kristen Schreier, MA CCC-SLP, CBIST

Speech-Language Pathologist

Toms River, New Jersey

Aphasia, Brain Injury, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Dysphagia, Patient Education regarding Neurological Disorders, Stroke

Sally Warren, EDD, CCC-SLP

Therapy Team Leader

Las Vegas, Nevada

Dysphagia, Esophageal Screening

Tracie Hunnicutt, MS, CCC-SLP

Therapy Manager

Arlington, Texas

Functional Therapy, Leadership, SLP clinical topics

Darryl Powe, MS, CCC/SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Middletown, Delaware

Cognitive Rehabilitation, Evidence-based practice

Denise Loughlin, PT, WCC, CDT

Physical Therapist and Wound Care Coordinator

Toms River, New Jersey

Wound Care

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

Interim Chief Nursing Officer

Charlottesville, Virginia

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

Nidhi Shah, PT, DPT

Therapy Manager

Toms River, New Jersey

Amputee Rehabilitation, Ataxia, Brain Injury, Falls Prevention, LSVT-BIG, Motor Imagery, Neurorehabilitation, Pain Management

Leigh Whitton, PT, DPT

Physical Therapist

Newnan, Georgia

Neurological Rehabilitation, Stroke, Vestibular Rehabilitation

Mozghan Hines, PT, DPT

Director of Therapy Operations

Augusta, Georgia

Inpatient Rehabilitation, Leadership, 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

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