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Physical Therapist (PT)
Professional Bio
Dr. McCarthy Jacobson has been on the faculty at the MGH Institute of Health Professions since 1997 where she is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Programs in Physical Therapy. She teaches in the entry-level Doctor of Physical Therapy program, with a primary focus in clinical management and rehabilitation of neuromuscular disorders in children and adults, in addition to orthotics, limb loss and prosthetics, and diagnostic screening.
She maintains a clinical practice at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA, where she is a clinical expert physical therapist on the Inpatient Service; primarily treating children and adults with neurologic and complex medical disorders. Additionally, she provides consults for physical therapists working with patients with vestibular, balance, and movement disorders.
She received the MGH Institute of Health Professions’ Nancy T. Watts Award for Excellence in Teaching and is the past recipient of the Institute’s Marjorie K. Ionta Clinical Excellence Award in Physical Therapy, as well as a three-time recipient of the Spaulding Rehab Hospital Clinical Excellence Award. She is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the Academy of Neurology Physical Therapy of the APTA, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Knowledge Translation Movement Analysis of Tasks Task Force.
She maintains a clinical practice at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, MA, where she is a clinical expert physical therapist on the Inpatient Service; primarily treating children and adults with neurologic and complex medical disorders. Additionally, she provides consults for physical therapists working with patients with vestibular, balance, and movement disorders.
She received the MGH Institute of Health Professions’ Nancy T. Watts Award for Excellence in Teaching and is the past recipient of the Institute’s Marjorie K. Ionta Clinical Excellence Award in Physical Therapy, as well as a three-time recipient of the Spaulding Rehab Hospital Clinical Excellence Award. She is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the Academy of Neurology Physical Therapy of the APTA, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Knowledge Translation Movement Analysis of Tasks Task Force.
Physical Therapist (PT)