{"id":3138,"date":"2014-07-11T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T20:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2014-08-12T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T13:00:30","slug":"pt-faculty-member-is-first-in-tennessee-to-gain-specialty-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2014\/07\/11\/pt-faculty-member-is-first-in-tennessee-to-gain-specialty-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"PT Faculty Member is first in Tennessee to gain specialty certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GreenwaltSmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3139\" src=\"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GreenwaltSmall.jpg\" alt=\"GreenwaltSmall\" width=\"81\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a>Suzanne Greenwalt, an instructor in the School of Physical Therapy, recently received certification as a Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Specialist from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS).\u00a0 ABPTS is the national governing body for certification of clinical specialists in physical therapy.\u00a0 Less than 200 physical therapists are certified in this particular specialty and Professor Greenwalt is the first PT in the state of Tennessee to gain this credential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite an accomplishment,\u201d said Dr. Renee Brown, the Chair of Belmont\u2019s School of Physical Therapy, \u201cand it\u2019s great for our program.\u00a0 The knowledge and experience she has gained will enhance her teaching and benefit our students.\u00a0 We congratulate her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy provides treatment for individuals who suffer from cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, such as heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pulmonary fibrosis, to increase endurance and improve functional independence.\u00a0 To gain certification, Professor Greenwalt was required to provide 2000 hours of direct care of patients with conditions involving the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems in both acute and rehabilitation settings.<\/p>\n<p>This is Professor Greenwalt\u2019s second specialty certification in physical therapy.\u00a0 Previously, she was certified as a Geriatrics Specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suzanne Greenwalt, an instructor in the School of Physical Therapy, recently received certification as a Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Specialist from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (ABPTS).\u00a0 ABPTS is the national governing body for certification of clinical specialists in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2014\/07\/11\/pt-faculty-member-is-first-in-tennessee-to-gain-specialty-certification\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chs","category-physical-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3161,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3138\/revisions\/3161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}