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2025-2026 Catalog/Handbook (Fall) EFFECTIVE SEPT 1, 2025 
    
2025-2026 Catalog/Handbook (Fall) EFFECTIVE SEPT 1, 2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

College of Rehabilitative Sciences


Contact Information

Regular meetings are scheduled with student body representatives, but if students have any questions regarding the catalog or any other activities, they may email, call, or make an appointment to stop by the administration offices.

Brian Goldstein, PhD, CCC-SLP
President and Chief Academic Officer
bgoldstein@usa.edu, ext. 5277
Brian Goldstein, PhD, CCC-SLP
Interim Associate Dean, PT Programs
bgoldstein@usa.edu, ext. 5277
Lynn Kilburg, DSHc, MBA, OTR/L
Associate Dean, OT Programs
lkilburg@usa.edu, ext. 5727
Meghan Savage, PhD, CCC-SLP                  
Senior Program Director, MS-SLP Programs
msavage@usa.edu, ext. 3164
San Marcos Campus
James (Jim) Mathews, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA
Program Director,
DPT Program
jmathews@usa.edu, ext. 2407
Erin Schwier, EdD, OTD, OTR/L
Program Director,
OT Programs
eschwier@usa.edu
James (Jim) Mathews, PT, DPT, PhD, MBA          
Associate Program Director, 
Flex DPT Program
jmathews@usa.edu, ext. 2407

Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Program Director, MS-SLP Program
cgildersleeve-neumann@usa.edu, 760-410-5380

St. Augustine Campus
Margaret Wicinski, PT, DPT, EdD
Interim Senior Program Director,
DPT Program
mwicinski@usa.edu, ext. 1294
Helen Carey, PhD, OTR/L                                     
Program Director,
OT Programs
hcarey@usa.edu, ext. 1752
Tammy Marcin, PT, DPT, EdD, MBA                           
Associate Program Director,
Flex DPT Program
tmarcin@usa.edu, ext. 1626
Jennifer Crowder, PhD, OTR/L
Program Director, PPOTD
jcrowder@usa.edu, ext. 1315

Lizzette Roman-Marrero, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Program Director, MS-SLP Program
lromanmarrero@usa.edu, 737-202-3271

Miami Campus
Gabriel Somarriba, PT, DPT                                           
Associate Program Director,                 
DPT Program
gsomarriba@usa.edu, ext. 4110
Marcia Hamilton, OTD, MSHS, OTR/L, BCP, BCTS
Program Director,
OT Programs
mhamilton@usa.edu, ext. 4133
Austin Campus
Chris Wise, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT, MTC, ATC 
Program Director,                 
DPT Program
cwise@usa.edu
Eric Hicks, PhD, MS, OTR                                        
Program Director,
OT Programs
ehicks@usa.edu, ext. 3440 
Kunal Singhal, PT, PhD
Associate Program Director, 
Flex DPT Program
ksinghal@usa.edu, ext. 3175
Christine Fiestas, PhD, CCC-SLP
Associate Program Director, 
MS-SLP Program
cfiestas@usa.edu, 737-202-3271
Dallas Campus
Thomas Werner, PT, MA, PhD                                           
Program Director,
DPT Program         
twerner@usa.edu, ext. 5740
Keith McWilliams, OTD, OTR/L, DRS                          
Program Director,
OT Programs
kmcwilliams@usa.edu, 5722
Lekeitha Morris, PhD, CCC-SLP                  
Associate Program Director, 
MS-SLP Program
lmorris@usa.edu, 469-498-5794