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Dr. Diana G. Venskus, PT
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy; Director/Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education
Contact Information

Ballston
(703) 284-5985

Academic Credentials

B.S., George Mason University
M.A., The George Washington University
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus
Other study: University of Pennsylvania
 
Teaching Areas:
  • Clinical Education
  • Health Care and Practice Management
  • Physical Therapy Modalities and Electrotherapeutics
 
Research Interests:
  • Professionalism
  • Clinical Education
 
Dr. Diana Venskus is primarily responsible for development and delivery of the administration and management courses throughout the curriculum and is assigned responsibility for the clinic education curriculum. She is leading the students and faculty toward the American Physical Association Vision 2020 via dynamic student portfolio journaling.

Dr. Venskus is the project director for the Physical Therapy Clinic at the Arlington Free Clinic, a Virginia Health Care Foundation grant-funded initiative. The Physical Therapy Clinic is an academic-community service-learning partnership that integrates academic student-learning goals and community physical therapy needs in a pro bono service delivery model.

Dr. Venskus has been active in varied positions in the Virginia Physical Therapy Association and the American Physical Therapy Association. Presently, she serves as delegate for the Virginia Chapter to the American Physical Therapy Association's House of Delegates and chairperson for the Virginia Physical Therapy Political Action Committee.