Our Team
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Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, CMTPT/DN
Dr. Blackmon is a board-certified specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy with 18 years of clinical experience treating patients with musculoskeletal conditions. She specializes in treating performing artists and dancers and is very involved in leadership of performing arts and dance medicine international organizations.
Mandy runs a private practice in Atlanta, GA and is a founding partner in ADM Movement and Performance.
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Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, OCS
Dr. Faulkner has been in clinical practice since 2015 and is a board-certified specialist in orthopedic physical therapy. She has experience treating a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions and is specialized in treating performing artists and dancers. In addition to clinical practice, she is an instructor in the Emory Dance Department and is highly involved with presenting dance medicine research at conferences around the world.
Emma runs a private practice in Decatur, GA and is founding partner of ADM Movement and Performance.
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Ann MacDougall, PT, DPT, CMTPT/DN
Dr. MacDougall is a performing arts specialist with an extensive background in ballet and a degree in dance. Drawing on her years of movement experience and a holistic approach to rehabilitative care, she helps clients optimize wellness, reduce injury risk, and enhance performance.
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Susan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT/DN
Dr. Bush has 14 years of clinical experience and has worked with ADM since its founding in 2020. Her experience includes a variety of settings in Atlanta, NYC and touring with a National Broadway musical treating various performing artists from dancers, singers, musicians and stagehands. Dr. Bush's other passions lie in women's health/pelvic floor and educating patients on how to optimally continue doing what they love.
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Courtney Johnson, PT, DPT, SDN
Dr. Johnson was a competitive gymnast growing up and is now a USA Gymnastics Level 10 judge. While she enjoys working with all athletes, she has a special passion for gymnasts, circus artists, dancers, and cheerleaders. Courtney specializes in orthopedics/sports medicine and is a Board Member and the Director of Sports Medicine for the Brown Girls Do Gymnastics Organization.
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Liz Chesarek, PT, DPT
Dr. Chesarek has extensive clinical experience working with all types of performing artists, but particularly enjoys treating tap dancers and adolescent performers.
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Carmen Wurtz, PT, DPT, Cert. DN
Dr. Wurtz brings extensive experience, having treated in outpatient orthopedics around the Southeast United States for almost 10 years.
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Erika Leeds, PT, DPT, CMTPT/DN, BFA*
Dr. Leeds studied and trained as a professional dancer prior to becoming a physical therapist and is a certified Pilates, GYROTONIC®, and GYROKINESIS® instructor. Erika's extensive movement background, combined with specialty certifications in trigger point dry needling, pelvic health, and concussion management, shape her philosophy for each patient’s rehabilitative processes when treating injury and recommending preventative care.
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Ami Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS
Dr. Kirollos is a performing arts physical therapist and former dancer specializing in orthopedic and pelvic floor rehabilitation. She has worked with a wide range of per-professional and professional performers from Broadway to concert dance, blending manual therapy with movement-based care to optimize performance and recovery.