Assistant Professor; Director of Student Advisement & Engagement
Long Island University - Brooklyn
Melanie D. O’Connell PT, PhD, PCS is an Assistant Professor and Director of Student Advisement and Engagement at Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY. She is certified by the ABPTS as a Pediatric Clinical Specialist since 2011, and recertified in 2021. She currently practices PT part-time with the Children's Center Early Intervention Program at the New Jersey Institute for Disabilities, and worked at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ from 1998-2020. Dr. O’Connell’s doctoral dissertation and research interest is in the physical therapy management of infants with congenital muscular torticollis and the knowledge translation of clinical practice guidelines.