Elena joined the IHP in October 2021. Prior to joining the Institute she was the Lead Clinical Support Coordinator for Massachusetts General Hospital's Inpatient Physical Therapy Department for 19 years.

Prue Plummer, PhD, PT, BPhysio(Hons), is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at MGH Institute of Health Professions. She is an Australian-trained physiotherapist and earned a PhD in Physiotherapy from La Trobe University in 2004. She...

Dr. Rania Karim is an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions. Rania, who joined the faculty in the Department of Physical Therapy in 2019, previously was an Associate Professor at Marshall University in Huntington, WV, where she helped oversee the program’s...

Maninder Kaur is Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at MGH Institute of Health Professions. Dr. Kaur completed her physical therapy education in India, and soon after moved to the US for higher education. She completed her...

Monica Arrigo, PT, DPT, is part of the Clinical Education Team as an Instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at MGH Institute of Health Professions After graduating from Boston University in 2002, the majority of her clinical practice has...

Beth Cornforth, PT, DPT, NCS, is Instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at MGH Institute of Health Professions. After graduating from Northeastern University she began her clinical career working in inpatient rehabilitation and long-term...

Daniel McGovern is Instructor in the Department of Physical Therapy of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at MGH Institute of Health Professions. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with degrees in sports medicine and physical therapy. His clinical career had focused on...

Lesley Smith, PT, DPT, MS, GCS, is Instructor for the Department of Physical Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at MGH Institute of Health Professionals. Prior to her faculty appointment, she held positions as a lab instructor and seminar leader for the neuro courses at the...

Megan Peterson is Lab Manager of the Brain Recovery Lab at MGH Institute of Health Professions under the direction of Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PhD, PT. Prior to this, Megan assisted in research at Emory University, in both the Psychology Department and the Program in Linguistics.