Dana B. McCarty, PT, DPT
Assistant Professor
Director, Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy
Certified in Neuro-Developmental Treatment
Division of Physical Therapy
Department of Health Sciences
3024 Bondurant Hall, CB# 7135
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7135
Office: (919) 843-8792 Fax: (919) 966-3678
mailto: dana_mccarty@med.unc.edu
Education
- Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2019
- Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency, Duke University Hospital, 2011
- DPT, University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC, 2008
- BA, Dance, Columbia College, Columbia, SC, 2005
Teaching
- Course Lectures
- Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Conditions in Pediatrics
- Musculoskeletal Assessment and Intervention in Pediatrics
- Prenatal and Neonatal Development
- UNC Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Director and Didactic/Clinical Mentor
- UNC Neonatology Physical Therapy Fellowship Coordinator and Mentor
Professional Societies
- American Physical Therapy Association
- Section Memberships: Pediatrics (Neonatal and Academic/Clinical Education SIGs), Education (Clinical Education and Residency/Fellowship SIGs)
- North Carolina Physical Therapy Association
- Neurodevelopment Treatment Association
Publications
Please see this PubMed Link for peer review publications
Funding
- UNC Clinical Translation Science Award (CTSA)
- KL2 Supplement Award
- Grant number: 3KL2TR002490-02S1
- Source: NIH/NCCIH
- Project: TEMPO: A feasibility study of a physical therapist-led program for parents of extremely preterm infants
- Role: Primary Investigator/KL2 Scholar (funded 7/1/19-2/28/22)
- KL2 Supplement Award