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OPTIM Educational Offerings

cOmt
*Prerequisite: Graduate of DPT accredited program 

  • 6 weekend classes
  • Advanced manual treatment/assessment skills
  • Weekly online mentoring 
  • Medbridge subscription
  • OCS prep
  • Clinical reasoning development, pain science, exercise prescription
  • Graduate with COMT credentials

FAAOMPT
​*Prerequisites: COMT, SCS, OCS, or residency completion

  • 10 weekend classes
  • One-on-One mentoring 
  • Medbridge subsciption
  • Case and article discussion
  • Clinical reasoning development, pain science, exercise prescription
  • Continuation and progression of what is learned in COMT program
  • Graduate with FAAOMPT credentials

Houston Fellowship Graduates

Caleb Ashmore
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Performance Pain & Sports Medicine 
Houston, TX 77027

E: [email protected]
P: 346-217-1111
Dexter Upton
PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, FAAOMPT

Cert. DN
Memorial Hermann Sports Med & Rehab
​Bellaire, TX 77401

E: [email protected]
​P: 903-918-9293
John Fite
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine and Rehab
Katy, TX 77494

E: [email protected]
​P: 281-636-9246
Jay Winkelhaus, III
PT, DPT, FAAOMPT
Garner and Riley Physical Therapy
Bastrop, TX 78602

E: [email protected] 
Jennifer Frerich
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Harris Health System
Houston, TX 77004


E: [email protected]
​P: 281-703-3100
Sarah Lohmann
PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Harris Health System
Houston, TX 77004


E: [email protected]
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Houston COMT Graduates

Habeeb Adewale
PT, DPT, OCS, COMT
Harris Health System
Houston, TX 77004

E: [email protected]
​P: 469-316-6832
Dustin Bessire
PT, DPT, COMT
Aspire Hospital Center for Rehab
Huntsville, TX 77340

E: [email protected]
​P: 963-714-1637
Memrie Ferguson
PT, DPT, OCS, COMT
UTMB Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Rehab
League City, TX 77573

E: [email protected]
P; 832-505-3368
Justin Bickford
PT, DPT, CSCS, COMT
West Park Rehab & Aquatic Center 
​Livingston, TX 77351

E: [email protected]
P: 936-327-8080
Gina Herrera
PT, DPT, OCS
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands
920 Medical Plaza Dr. Suite 500
​The Woodlands, TX 77380

E: [email protected]
Corin Fite
PT, DPT, COMT
Houston Methodist West Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 
Houston, TX 77094

E: [email protected]
​P: 832-522-8200
Carling Butler
PT, DPT, MSCI, COMT
3DPT
Dallas, TX 75219

E: [email protected]
P: 708-828-1412
Stephen Hollek
PT, DPT, COMT
Nova Medical Centers 
Conroe, TX 77304

E: [email protected]
Christopher M Gaines
PT, DPT, SCS, COMT
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.
April Dominick
PT, DPT, COMT,
​Pelvic Floor Specialist
Memorial Hermann Greenway Plaza
Houston, TX 77027

E: [email protected]
Allison Smith
PT, DPT, OCS
Harris Health System
Houston, TX 77004

E: [email protected]
​P: 713-873-4645

Scottsdale COMT Graduates

Karson Rizley
PT, DPT, COMT
U-District PT
​Spokane Washington
Michelle Perry
 PT, DPT, COMT ​​
360 Physical Therapy Sports Medicine & Aquatic Rehab
Chandler, AZ 

P: ​(480) 821-1997
Harrison Williams ​
PT, DPT, COMT
Foothills Sports Medicine, Biltmore

E: [email protected]​
Samantha Dolan
PT, DPT, COMT
​ATI Physical Therapy
​Surprise, AZ 85374

E: ​[email protected]
     P:  (623) 322-0654
Amy Gulledge 
PT, DPT, Cert. DN, CSCS, COMT
Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla.
Rich Shively
PT, DPT, COMT
​Select Physical Therapy. Phoenix, Arizona

E: [email protected], WP: 602.992.8352