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Bob Doctor
2005 PT Service Awards
[Five Colorado PTs were honored with the Chapter’s
prestigious Bob Doctor PT Service Award for 2005. Four were
named during the Spring Conference and one during the Fall
Symposiums. Their introductions,
which were read during the awards ceremony tell their story of
contributions well.]
The Bob Doctor Award, named for a
dear friend and one of the most fantastic volunteers of all
time, recognizes APTA Colorado Chapter members for their
valuable and exceptional service to the APTA/Colorado
Chapter.
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Barbara Tschoepe --
Today's Bob Doctor Award recipient,
awarded during the Fall Symposium, has practiced physical
therapy for 28 years. She brings this expansive experience to
her work every day as she mentors the next generation of
physical therapists. Her soft spoken demeanor may disguise her
passionate vision for the physical therapy profession and her
valiant efforts on
behalf of physical therapy education, all of which are
unrivaled.
A graduate of Texas Women's University's
PT Program, she arrived in Denver in 1979 to work at St. Lukes
Hospital. In 1989, she started her own private practice, Pro
Physical Therapy PC in Boulder, specializing in occupational
injury prevention and management. In 1994, she was appointed the
first director of Regis University's Dept. of Physical Therapy.
Since that time Regis has become one of the most outstanding PT
programs in the country. Everywhere you look in this state's PT
profession, there is a Regis student, faculty member or alum in
the forefront or in the wings.
An active member of the APTA / Colorado
Chapter, she served in volunteer positions including the Dorothy
Hoag Student Loan Fund, the Educational Affairs Committee, PTs
in the Workplace Task Force, and represented Colorado in the
House of Delegates for two years She was awarded the Outstanding
Physical Therapist Award in 1996 and soon thereafter earned her
PhD in Education from the University of Colorado.
We are happy to introduce Dr. Barbara
Tschoepe, PT, as a 2005 Bob Doctor award recipient.
Congratulations Barb and thank you for all you do to lead the
way in our profession.
The
following Awards
were presented during the Spring Conference.
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Pat Winkler --
Our first Bob Doctor award recipient this
year brings
36 years of front line physical therapy experience to her Regis
University classroom every day. This Physical Therapist’s
specialty in Neuro PT grew from her early interest and study of
Physiologic Optics at the University  of
Houston. To this day, she continues to study and apply her
knowledge to the visual influences on balance, specifically
visual motion sensitivity.
Prior to forming her Littleton private
practice in 1982, she worked in various settings including Holy
Cross Hospital in Salt Lake City, Craig Hospital and Aurora
Presbyterian.
An active member of the APTA / Colorado
Chapter, she served on the Chapter’s Board of Directors and
held the position of Chief Delegate and Delegate. She
volunteered many years on the Governmental Affairs Committee and
played a vital role in obtaining Direct Access authority for
Colorado Physical Therapists. She helped organize the Private
Practice SIG in Colorado and served as one of the SIG’s early presidents. She was awarded the
Outstanding Physical Therapist Award in 1988.
Thirty plus years after graduating in
Physical Therapy from the University of Michigan, she recently
earned a Doctor of Science from Rocky Mountain University.
We are happy to introduce Dr. Patricia
Winkler as a 2005 Bob Doctor award recipient.
Congratulations Pat and thank you for all you do for our
profession.
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Jerome Kulm --
His name doesn’t rhyme with golf, but for
some reason many of us think of the fairway when we hear his
name. Our next Bob Doctor Award recipient continues year after
year to single-handedly pull off the golf event of the year at a
Loveland course with proceeds going
to the APTA/Colorado Chapter’s legislative efforts.
A 1976 graduate of Loma Linda University PT
School in Southern California, he has owned and operated a
highly successful private practice with offices in Loveland and
Fort Collins for the past 13 years. He started his PT career at
Poudre Valley Hospital. Early on, he says he became discouraged
because it seemed that the medical community did not realize the
body of knowledge that PTs had. Over the years, he has worked
hard to earn their respect and to teach them exactly what PTs
know. He writes that “the profession has a great future and I
want to be a part of it. The new therapists coming up do not
know how much the Association has benefited them.”
An active member and officer of the
Northeast District, Jerome Kulm’s hard work and dedication to
the profession and the association is much like what Bob Doctor
taught us. Congratulations Jerome and Thank You.
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Patty Pennell --
Private Practice is this Physical Therapist’s
passion. In 1997, just five years after graduating  from
the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, she put her
entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to work and started her own
PT practice in Denver, specializing in orthopedics and manual
therapy.
When called upon, this Bob Doctor Award
recipient took the reigns of the Colorado Private Practice
Special Interest Group and has brought new life and vibrancy to
the organization. A major accomplishment under her direction was
the recent development of a Private Practice SIG web site with a
directory of SIG member practices (www.coppsig.org).
She is now overseeing an
effort to attract more consumer visits by bringing the web site
to the top of several popular search engines.
Patty Pennell exemplifies the best of the
best in private practice physical therapy. Congratulation Patty
and keep up the good work on behalf of private practice.
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Laurie Byrne --
This
Bob Doctor Award recipient has been practicing physical therapy
since 1997. She
worked in two facilities during her first two years gaining
clinical and professional experience. Then,
in 1999, lookout, she was ready to take on the profession. She opened her own clinic and began serving the Colorado
Chapter.
Her
chapter service began as the NE district vice-chair and then two
consecutive terms as NE district chair which consisted of four
years serving on the Board of Directors. It would be easy for an individual who has volunteered
for five years, owned and operated a business independently and
having begun a family (Emma and Leah) with her husband (Dan) to
hide in the shadows for a while. This individual does not know easy.
She
then took a position on the Chapter's Nominating Committee and is
presently serving in the chair position. During a time when the NC is busiest she also took on the
position of organizing and developing the Women’s Health track
for the 2005 Spring conference. This
individual is insightful, energetic and enthusiastic. Her good humor, gentle nature, honesty and high level of
professional ethics make her a deserving recipient of this
award. It is with great pleasure to provide Laurie Byrne with this
award.
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