Sara Shapiro MPH, PT

Sara Shapiro, MPH, PT was a faculty member at UCSF/SFSU Graduate Program in PT in San Francisco, from 1983 until 2009. In 2012 she joined the faculty of the Graduate Program in PT at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. As an Assistant Clinical Professor. She recently retired from full time teaching to pursue her passion for further research in the area of physical agents, and teaching therapists in active practice to incorporate the agents into their practice for enhanced patient outcomes. Sara is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo, and holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she also completed a post-graduate fellowship in pediatrics. She has been in practice for more than 45 years, with certification in NDT, Brazelton, and the Baby course.

Sara has worked in teaching modalities in Long Term Care, to assist therapists in better utilizing modalities to facilitate improved outcomes, and in Pediatrics to enhance physical function. She continues to be a frequent speaker at conferences, mentor new therapists, and teach and maintain a small caseload of patients, integrating her knowledge of electrical stimulation and ultrasound for wound care, pain management, women’s & pediatric diagnoses, and rehabilitation of facial paralysis.