Tricia Catalino PT, DSc

Graduate College of Health Sciences - Department of Physical Therapy

Dean, Graduate College of Health Sciences
Professor of Physical Therapy

Education:
B.S. in Education & Social Policy, Northwestern University
M.P.T. Northwestern University
M.S. in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Oklahoma
D.Sc. in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Oklahoma

Dr. Catalino lives in Las Vegas, NV and works remotely as Dean of the Graduate College of Health Sciences and Professor of Physical Therapy. Prior to her role as Dean, Dr. Catalino served as the founding Director of the HPU Doctor of Physical Therapy in Honolulu, HI.

During her more than 25 years of clinical practice, Dr. Catalino has served children with disabilities and their families in the early intervention setting and as a clinical evaluator for an FDA drug trial for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. She is also a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy.

Dr. Catalino has served the physical therapy profession as a leader in the American Physical Therapy Association as part of the APTA Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy and APTA Nevada. She currently serves on the APTA Pediatrics Board of Directors as the Director of Professional Development and on the APTA Nevada Board of Directors as Chief Delegate.

Dr. Catalino is a graduate of the APTA Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership. She is Past-President of the Nevada Division for Early Childhood Subdivision and the Physical Therapy Coordinator for Nevada LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities).

She has served as a presenter at national and international conferences and her work appears in peer-reviewed journals including Pediatric Physical Therapy and Infants & Young Children. Dr. Catalino has authored multiple book chapters and is co-editor of a new pediatric physical therapy textbook.