CBMW Staff

Marie Lucey, PT
Clinic Manager

Marie is a 1984 graduate of Simmons College with post-graduate course work at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. Over the past twenty years Marie has worked in a variety of rehabilitative settings acquiring a love and expertise for working with individuals with neurological, vestibular and balance disorders. Prior to coming to Gordon College, Marie worked as a senior therapist in the Balance Center at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA. She has completed extensive course work in Vestibular Rehabilitation including Susan Herdman's Advanced Vestibular Competency Course at Emory University. She has co-authored a chapter on vestibular function in Netter's Neurology, published by ICON Learning Systems.

Sean Clark, Ph. D.
Center and Research Director
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
 

Dr. Clark joined the kinesiology faculty at Gordon College in 2000 and teaches courses that focus on the neurophysiological and mechanical basis of human movement.  He also serves as the Academic and Research Director for the Gordon College Center for Balance Mobility and Wellness. 

Dr. Clark's research interests focus broadly on the coordination and multisensory control of posture and orientation. His most recent research projects have examined the use of balance assessment tools to quantify postural stability in both athletes and older adults. Dr. Clark's current research interests are in developing effective treatment strategies to improve functional balance performance in older adults. 

Peter Iltis, Ph.D.
Exercise Physiologist
Chairman of the Department of Kinesiology

Peter Iltis joined the faculty of Gordon College in 1983, and serves as Chairman of the Department of Kinesiology. He also currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board for the Gordon College Center for Balance, Mobility and Wellness. 

Dr. Iltis holds has a wide variety of scholarly interests both within the discipline of kinesiology and in music. His research projects have included such diverse interests as reliability and validity in the measurement of bioenergetics, movement disorders such as focal task specific dystonia (in musicians), body composition assessment techniques, the use of computer-assisted visual feedback in French horn pedagogy, and lately have turned toward balance and fall-risk assessment in older adults. 

Elisabeth Whitley, DPT
Staff Therapist 

Elisabeth is a 2001 graduate of Gordon College and holds a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from MGH Institute of Health Professions. She is also certified as a fitness specialist by the American College of Sports Medicine.

She has worked at the Center for Balance, Mobility and Wellness for four years and leads the Community Wellness Group for People with Parkinson's Disease in affiliation with Boston University's Sargent College Center for Neurorehabilitation. She has participated in continuing education courses in vestibular rehabilitation, fall risk reduction and strength training for seniors. She also has experience in pediatrics and provides inpatient coverage at Children's Hospital Boston.

Carolyn Cwalinski, MSPT
Staff Therapist

Laura Hagley, DPT, CSCS
Staff Therapist 

Laura started at the Balance Center in Sept 2007 as part of MGH Institute of health professions internship, then became a full time therapist the beginning of September, 2008.

Laura graduated from Messiah College, Grantham PA in May' 05 with a BA in Sport and Exercise Science. She continued her education at the graduate school level (Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in June '05--Jan '08.) Laura has concentrated her physical therapy training in orthopedic, vestibular and balance rehabilitation. She is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and serves as a consultant in the CBMW Strength for Life Fitness Program. 

"Movement/exercise is one of the joys and freedoms of life. It is immensely rewarding to work in a center with the tools and knowledge to enable others to experience the joy of movement more fully". 

Charity Trombley, MSPT
Staff Therapist

Charity Trombley, MSPT is a full time physical therapist at the Center for Balance, Mobility and Wellness.  She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Movement Science from Gordon College in 2003. She continued on to graduate studies at the University of Rhode Island where she received a Master of Science in Physical Therapy (MSPT) in 2006.

Charity has concentrated her physical therapy practice in orthopedics, vestibular, and balance rehabilitation. After graduate school she worked in both outpatient orthopedics and subacute rehabilitation in RI before joining our team at the Center for Balance, Mobility and Wellness in 2008.

In addition to her work at the Center, Charity also practices physical therapy at a local outpatient orthopedics clinic.

Aimee Lake

MGH Physical Therapy Intern

Aimee is the current physical therapy student intern at the Center. Aimee graduated from Gordon College in 2006 with a B.S. in Movement Science. She is currently completing the final clinical experience for her doctor of physical therapy degree from MGH Institute of Health Professions. Her physical therapy training has focused on treating orthopedic and balance conditions. She has helped implement a falls prevention program for an assisted-living facility in Salem, MA as part of her graduate education.

"I feel so privileged to be able to have a part in helping people to move better, feel better, and enjoy a more active, fulfilling life."