Sarah Wenger, PT, DPT, FNAP and Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist is the Physical Therapy Services Director for the Philadelphia Department of Health. In this role she is developing and directing a new program through the city’s Ambulatory Health Services that provides physical therapy to city residents who are uninsured or otherwise have limited access to services. She is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s College of Nursing and Health Professions where she was previously a professor for 17 years. She teaches the pathophysiology series where she develops students’ reasoning skills in the context of chronicity and complexity across the biopsychosocial spectrum. Dr. Wenger enjoys working with chronic biopsychosocial dynamics and teaching others how to care for patients with complex needs. Her treatment focuses on interprofessional collaboration, patient education, and building self-efficacy that empowers patients to manage their chronic conditions as independently as possible. As part of an interprofessional team, Dr. Wenger developed a chronic pain clinical reasoning model and psycho-education program called Power Over Pain. Dr. Wenger has published and presented on a range of topics related to her areas of expertise in chronic pain, complexity and chronicity, trauma-informed care, under-resourced populations, clinical reasoning, and interprofessional care and education.

Dr. Hanlon has for the past 10 years worked at St Joseph Institute in an Interdisciplinary team setting, successfully helping patients who have chronic pain and opiate addiction become opiate free. After working at a rural, underserved primary care center and teaching with the Kellogg Foundation Project, Hanlon taught at St Francis University from 1997 to 2015 as an assistant, then associate, professor of physical therapy. A board-certified clinical specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy, Hanlon also is certified in mechanical diagnosis and therapy of the spine through the McKenzie Institute International. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and master and doctor of physical therapy degrees from Temple University.