What do all those letters mean? Marisa specifically chose the path of her education to give her extraordinary understanding of athletic injury on and off the field.
- Duke University masters degree (ms, pt)
- Columbia University athletic training degree (atc)
- Board certification in sports physical therapy (scs)
after graduating university of florida in exercise science at the top of her class, she worked with orthopaedic surgeons at Duke and beyond including clinical, surgical, research and cadaver work. She is now one of only a dozen or so therapists to be board certified in sports.
her greatest joy is
returning a client to
activity pain-free, despite
when other therapists’
treatment has failed.
She has worked with:
- NYC Marathon , International, Elite and Olympic
marathon runners - the US Women’s National Soccer Team
- Ironman and Millrose Games and NYC marathon medical teams
- Columbia University football and basketball teams
- hundreds of first-time to elite marathoners and triathletes







