Dr. Anthony Delitto Honored by the American Physical Therapy Association
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Anthony Delitto, PhD, 
University of Pittsburgh professor of physical therapy, associate dean for research, and vice president for education and research for the Centers for Rehabilitation Science, was recently honored with the American Physical Therapy Association’s Helen J. Hislop Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Literature.
Dr. Delitto, whose clinical work specializes in the treatment of low back pain, has been honored for scientific writing as well as research in physical therapy and has won multiple awards for excellence in clinical research.
“The field of physical therapy has changed drastically since 1979. The training is so much more in-depth, and we’re now an access point where people can get first contact with health care. I think physical therapists as well as other health care professionals, including occupational therapists, pharmacists, and nurse practitioners, can play a major role in helping more people access health care as we face physician shortages.”
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