Laura Lee Swisher
Professor Emeritus
Laura Lee (Dolly) Swisher, PT, MDiv, PhD, FAPTA is Professor Emerita and former Director of the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of South Florida in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. Dr. Swisher received a BA from Wilson College and is a 1986 physical therapy graduate of the University of Tennessee, Memphis. She received the M.Div. from Andover Newton Theological School and a doctoral degree in public administration from Tennessee State University. She is the author of publications on professionalism, ethics and interprofessional education, and has presented at numerous state, national, and international meetings on physical therapy ethics, professionalism and interprofessional education. Dr. Swisher served as a member and Chair of the Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education, is former chair and member of the APTA Ethics and Judicial Committee and served as Co-Chair of the Task Force to Revise the Core Ethics Documents. Dr. Swisher served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Physical Therapy Education and is a memberof the Editorial Board of the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation. She is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA and the recipient of the APTA Lucy Blair Service Award, Polly Cerasoli Lecture Award, and Mary McMillan Lecture Award.
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