Stephanie Irizarry, PT, CWS, RMT, MLT

Stephanie specializes in Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) and Combined Decongestive Therapy (CDT). She completed 160 hours of training at
Dr. Vodder's School in Victoria, B.C., the most extensive therapist training in MLD and CDT in North America.

Stephanie's goals for her edema and Lymphedema patients are that they become independent in managing their symptons in order to prevent further complications. She desires that all of her patients enjoy the learning process while regaining control over the pathology. She promotes a warm, caring, encouraging environment.

Stephanie is a 1994 graduate of Texas Women's University where she recieved a MS degree in Physical Therapy, and a BS in Human Biology with a minor music. She is board certified by the American Academy of Wound Management. She is also a registered massage therapist.

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Doug Harvey, PT, CSCS

Doug relocated to Texas last year from Columbus, Ohio where he was the senior physical therapist and manager of several out-patient rehab clinics.

Since receiving his master’s degree in physical therapy in 1996 from Hahnemann University in Philadephia, Doug has specialized in the treatment of general orthopedic and sports-related injuries. He has attended numerous continuing education courses focusing on pre and post-operative rehabilitation for both the spine and the extremities. A former collegiate golfer at Ohio Wesleyan University, Doug has a special interest in golf-related injury rehabilitation and performance enhancement.

He is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

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Shelly L. Ryan, PT, CMLDT

Shelly Ryan is a graduate of St. Louis University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy achieved in 1989. She currently possess seventeen years of professional, broad-based, field experience as a Physical Therapist including acute care, long term acute care, rehabilitation outpatient, home health care, long term care and skilled nurs-ing facilities. She has gained valuable work and training experience in the various specialty areas such as oncology rehabilitation, hippo-therapy, industrial rehabilitation, ergonomics, injury prevention education, pet therapy, wound care, neurological re-education and facilitation, and in the past five years manual lymph drainage.

Shelly began her Lymphedema training with a continuing education course in 2001 and later received her Manual Lymph Drainage certification in 2004 from the world renowned Dr. Vodder School of North America. She has since worked to develop the Lymphedema program for a long term acute care facility where she was soon promoted to Lymphedema Program Director in 2003. Under her leadership, the program evolved to become a treatment center for extreme cases of lymphedema in both in-patient and out-patient settings. In recognition for her success in the differential treatment of Lipo-Lymphedema, the National Lymphedema Network awarded her an invitation to be a faculty member at the 2006 National NLN Conference in Nashville in addition to publishing an article in a 2006 edition of the Lymph Link Journal. In pursuit towards advancing treatment methods, Shelly recently became certified in Augmented Soft Tissue Mobilization, a cutting-edge adjunct to Manual Lymph Drainage.

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