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Kathryn D. Mitchell, PT, MS, NCS

Contact Information

Title: Instructor
Discipline: Doctor of Physical Therapy
Degrees: PT, MS, NCS
Office Location: Room 935, Bellet Building
Phone: 215-762-1749
Fax: 215-762-3886
Email: kathryn.d.mitchell@drexel.edu


Kathryn Mitchell, PT, MS, NCS is an instructor in the Programs in Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Sciences and in the Pathways to Health Professions Program both in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. She has a Bachelors in Physical Therapy from the University of Scranton and an Advanced Masters in Physical Therapy from Temple University. She is a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in the area of Neurological Physical Therapy. Prior to joining the faculty at Drexel University in 2003, Kathryn was a staff physical therapist at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, coordinating their Vestibular Rehab Program. Kathryn currently teaches Neuromuscular Examination and Intervention I and II, Clinical Correlations I, and assists in the following courses: Prosthetics and Orthotics, Clinical Topics in Neuromuscular Rehab for Adults and Clinical Topics in Geriatric Rehab. She also teaches Health Care Informatics in the new Pathways to Health Professions Program.

Clinical Areas

  • Adult Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  • Vestibular Rehabilitation
  • Balance and Falls
  • Locomotor treadmill training with spinal cord injury

Research Areas

  • Community Reintegration of individuals with spinal cord injury
  • Balance and Fall Risk