Teresa Miller

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Ph.D., Physical Therapy, Temple UniversityM.S., School Psychology, St. John's UniversityB.S., Physical Therapy, SUNY Downstate

Teresa Miller, BSPT, PhD is the founding DPT Program Director at St. John’s University.  She is an Associate Professor Emerita from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY where she taught physical therapy for almost 25 years. Dr. Miller received her PhD in Physical Therapy from Temple University in 2007, a Master of Science Degree in School Psychology from St. John’s University (1993), a BS in Physical Therapy from SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1981), an AAS in Physical Therapy Assisting from Nassau Community College (1975). She is currently a student in the American Physical Therapy Association Educational Leadership Fellowship and has served and continues to serve in leadership roles in the profession. Dr. Miller is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. CM

Her clinical practice experience spans a wide gamut and includes areas such as orthopedics, neurology, geriatrics, pediatrics, pain management, and complementary and integrative therapies. She has worked in school-based, acute care, rehabilitation, and private practice settings. She is passionate about learning and teaching wholistic, mind-body, systems-based, patient-centered, evidence-based approaches to maximizing function and improving quality of life. Dr. Miller’s vision for the program is to graduate compassionate, competent, entry-level practitioners of physical therapy who will serve as leaders and advocates for the local, regional, and global health care communities, and as leaders and innovators in the physical therapy profession. In her spare time, Dr. Miller loves to read, cook, garden, sail, practice martial arts and spend time with family and friends. 

“Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.” –William Butler Yeats

Board Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner (1999 to present)

APTA Educational Leadership Fellowship (Student, Class of 2021)

Dr. Donald Scherl Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching, Innovation, Scholarship, Service and Student Advocacy (SUNY Downstate 2016)

  • Huhn K, Miller T, Harper B, Kobal K. System I and System 2 Thinking. ACAPT Clinical Reasoning and Curricular Assessment Consortium Education Work Group. Posted on website Fall 2019-present. https://acapt.org/about/consortium/clinical-reasoning-curricula-assessment.
     
  • Huhn K, Miller T, Harper B, Kobal K. Clinical Reasoning and Curriculum Consortia Fact Sheet on Clinical Reasoning. Posted on website Fall 2019-present. https://www.acapt.org/about/our-leadership/consortium/clinical-reasoning-curricula-assessment/member-education-professional-development
     
  • Haeri F, Miller TM. Clinical and Predictive Reasoning in Treatment of a Patient with Shoulder Pain: A Retrospective Case Study. Poster presentation at American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Chicago. November 7th, 2019.
     
  • Miller T, Brough C,Cunningham J, Fineman J, Hansen R, Lavinder G.  NYNJ Clinical Consortium developed Clinical Instructor Training Module IIIB: Managing the Clinical Experience: Communication and Feedback. On-line Training Module. https://www.nynjclined.com/. April 2019-Present. 
     
  • Miller T. Leadership/Career Development. Mid-Career/Leadership Faculty Development.  Association of Educators in Radiologic Technology of the State of New York (AERTSNY 53rd Annual Conference). April 10th, 2019. Lake George, NY. 50 Minute Workshop Presentation. 
     
  • Stephens J, Miller TM. Using Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement to Explore New Movements and Solve Clinical Problems. In: Davis C, ed. Integrative Therapies in Rehabilitation: Evidence for Efficacy in Therapy, Prevention, and Wellness: Fourth Edition, 2016. Slack Inc. Thorofare, NJ.  ISBN 978-1-63091-043-3.
     
  • Miller T, Seckel L. Linking Mechanisms of Neurophysiological Changes to Goal Setting and PT Interventions in Patients with Neurological Diagnoses. Compendium for Teaching Physical Therapy Neurologic Content.  Neurology Section/APTA website. http://www.neuropt.org/education/compendium. 2015-present.
     
  • Miller T. Integrating Feldenkrais Concepts into Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Rehabilitation: Rethinking Impairment Based Treatment Approaches.  American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. 94rd Annual Conference: Progress in Rehabilitation Research: Translation to Clinical Practice. Chicago IL. Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 8-4:30.
     
  • Wainwright S, Huhn K, McGinnis P, Miller T.  APTA Educational Leadership Conference, October 13, 2017. ID: 2752075. Two Hour workshop on "10 Tips for Mid-Career Professional Development.”
     
  • Miller T. Integrating Feldenkrais Concepts into Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Rehabilitation: Rethinking Impairment Based Treatment Approaches.  American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. 93rd Annual Conference: Progress in Rehabilitation Research: Translation to Clinical Practice. Chicago IL. Monday, October 31, 2016 from 8-5:30. 

Dr. Miller’s publications and current research agenda include topics in physical therapy such as clinical reasoning, student burnout, student attitudes, human movement, manual guidance, and innovative strategies for improving mobility, strength, balance, and function.