College of Health Professions
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From patient to professor: Dr. Michael Furtado transforms physical therapy education
For Dr. Michael Furtado, gratitude has guided every step in his career---gratitude for recovery, purpose and the opportunity to help others do the same. From his time as a patient to his current role as chair of the Department of Physical Therapy at UNT Health Fort Worth, Furtado has turned personal challenges into professional purpose.…
Finding the good in something: How one HSC student’s promise to his dad led him...
It was Easter Sunday 2023 when Bryce Hackett received a call from his dad that would change everything. The first-year student in The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Department of Physical Therapy found out his dad wouldn’t be making it to family Easter events. He was in severe pain and…
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UNT Health Fort Worth welcomes inaugural hybrid physical therapy cohort
UNT Health Fort Worth welcomed its inaugural cohort of students to a groundbreaking hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program last...
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