Melissa Nassaney receives CCRI Alumni Award
4.3.2015
Continuing its 50th anniversary celebration, the Community College
of Rhode Island will honor 26 of its distinguished alumni during
“Celebrating Alumni for 50 Years” on March 26.
Melissa Nassaney ’98 is a graduate of the
Physical Therapist Assistant program who works in adult rehabilitative services at Rhode Island Hospital, where she is a senior therapist specializing in pelvic floor and orthopedic therapy. After her training at the college, she obtained a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s
degree in physical therapy from URI. She earned a doctorate of physical therapy from MGH Institute for Health Professions in Boston. The West Kingston resident’s work has appeared in peer-reviewed publications and at national meetings, and she maintains an active membership in the American Physical Therapy Association. Nassaney established and chaired the Rhode Island Women’s and Men’s Health Special Interest Group in 2012, among other advocacy work at the local and federal level. Additionally, she assisted in creating and editing the R.I. Physical Activity Resource Guide as a member of the American Heart Association’s Physical Activity and Health Committee. She received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the URI physical therapy program in 2012 and Emerging Leader Award from the American Physical Therapy Association in 2010.
Wendy Baltzer-Fox, PT, DPT, GCS, WCS, of Cranston, has been appointed to the Rhode Island Department of Health Board of Physical Therapy.
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