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Teresa Hale, PT/ Founder
Teresa Hale, Physical Therapist, founded Allied Rehab in 1987. Teresa is a graduate of the UNC-CH School of Physical Therapy and has over 28 years of experience in the profession. She specializes in treatment of neck and back pain, neuro-rehab, and post-op joint replacement therapy. Teresa finds it most rewarding to teach patients how to help themselves. A long time member of the APTA and NCPTA, she has held leadership roles with the Practice and Finance committees; and has served as a Clinical Instructor for students from UNC-CH, ECU, and Nash Community College. A Wake County native, she lives in Wake Forest with her wonderful husband Matt Hale and three almost-grownup children.
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Jennifer Keith, PTA, CNC
Jennifer Keith is a Physical Therapy Assistant who has treated Allied Rehab patients for the last 12 years. She is a graduate of Nassau County College, and is certified as a Nutritional Consultant through the Global College of Natural Medicine. Jennifer enjoys working with a variety of physical therapy needs, including neck/back/knee pain, therapeutic exercise, and core strengthening. She has a special interest in advising patients about their nutritional needs in order to improve their health and wellness. Jennifer has adopted NC as her home and is married with one WFR-HS daughter.
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Pam Schulze, PT, MEd
Pam Schulze is a graduate of the UNC-CH School of Physical Therapy; she also has a MEd in Exercise Physiology and Health Promotion from UT-Austin. Pam enjoys teaching patients how to exercise and prevent re-injury, as well as motivating them to improve their overall health. She has special interests in balance, vestibular rehab, and TMJ disorders. Pam was born and raised in Texas and has lived in the Wake Forest area for almost 20 years. Pam is married with two children and loves cycling, swimming, cooking, gardening, and reading.
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Denise Hamilton, CCC/SLP
Denise Hamilton is the Lead Speech Pathologist with Allied Rehab. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a Masters in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Denise has over 15 years of experience in providing speech therapy services in hospitals, schools, and private practice settings. Denise specializes in articulation disorders, augmentative communication, working with autistic patients, and foreign accent reduction. Denise and her husband Ken have two teenagers.
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Emily Stark, CCC/ SLP
Emily Stark has a BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders from UNC-G and a MEd in Speech Language Pathology from Armstrong Atlantic State University. Emily enjoys working with families of young children to maximize the child’s speech/language skills no matter the area of difficulty. She has experience with apraxia, disarticulation, autism, feeding/swallowing issues, hearing impairment and language delays. Emily works with children in the Infant-Toddler program but likes to work with many ages so she can gain insight as to the future needs of each child. Emily appreciates the daily functional language needs as she has helped patients who have experienced speech and language delays due to stroke. |
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Therese Golderer
Therese Golderer graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders. She then attended the Medical University of South Carolina earning her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She has worked in a variety of settings including patient homes, hospitals, schools, private practices, and out-patient clinics. Therese has worked with both children and adults in many different environments. She is dedicated to improving the overall communication skills in children of all ages and backgrounds. In her free time, Therese enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors. She also enjoys running and has participated in many races in both North and South Carolina, including the Cooper River Bridge Run and the Kiawah Half-Marathon. |
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Karen Pender
Karen graduated from Appalachian State University with a BS in Communication Disorders and continued her education at ASU to earn her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She has experience in providing speech therapy to children and adults in a variety of settings including schools, homes, clinics, rehab centers, and private practice settings. Karen enjoys working with individuals of all ages and at all communication levels. She has a special interest in treating articulation disorders, expressive language delays, and the unique needs of children with PDD (Autism). Karen has lived in North Carolina for the majority of her life, and in her spare time she enjoys reading, writing, running, and traveling. |
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Pat Behrle
Pat Behrle, COTA/L, has a BS in Physical Education Sciences from SUNY College of Cortland, as well as an Occupational Therapy Assistant Degree from Durham Technical Community College. Pat works with children – infants and toddlers through high school age - in a variety of settings including home health, schools, daycare facilities and the outpatient clinic at Allied Rehab. She has worked with many diagnoses, including ADHD/ADD, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Autism, developmental delays, fine motor delays, learning disabilities, and sensory processing disorders. Pat has over 30 years of experience working with children and is a mother of three. She enjoys swimming, working out, hiking with her dogs, and has a newfound interest in Sprint Triathlons. |
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Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown, MS, OTR/L, graduated with a Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She works with individuals of all ages, including pediatrics, adults, and geriatrics. When working with a client and his/her family, Jennifer uses comprehensive evaluation tools and therapeutic strategies so she can address all areas of concern and set forth appropriate goals for the client’s plan of care. She has worked with a variety of diagnoses, including ADHD/ADD, visual impairment, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, developmental delays, fine motor delays, Autism, learning disabilities, and visual motor integration delays. Jennifer is an active member of the American Occupational Therapy Association, the North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association, the Alpha Eta Society and the Phi Theta Epsilon Honor Fraternity for Occupational Therapy. She is married and enjoys spending time with her husband, English bulldog, friends, and family. |
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Deb Hickman, Receptionist
Sandy Henrion, Office Manager
Kathy LaBarge, Billing Specialist
Not pictured: Pam Gordon, Billing Specialist
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