Heather Salon, PT, DPT, NCS is a clinical specialist on the outpatient physical therapy service at Massachusetts General Hospital.

She is a mentor and faculty member of the MGH Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency
program and provides clinical care to patients
with neurological and vestibular disorders including close collaboration with the FND Clinic at MGH. She also provides coverage of specialty multi-disciplinary care clinics for Huntington’s Disease.

Currently she is pursuing a Doctor of Education degree at Northeastern University with proposed research in the development of mentors in physical therapy residency programs. She is an adjunct faculty member at Northeastern University and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. She lectures in her faculty role, as well as being an invited speaker on various topics, including Functional Neurological Disorders. She is recognized as a Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.

Julie Hershberg, PT, DPT, NCS is board certified as a clinical specialist in neurologic rehabilitation practicing in outpatient private practice.

She is the founder and owner of re+Active PT & Wellness in Los Angeles, CA where she has led post-stroke and movement disorders clinical research, started the Schmidt Movement Disorders Fellowship and continues to lead an integrated team of PT, OT, psychology and wellness professionals at two locations. She is an associate professor at the University of Southern California Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy and regularly teaches and mentors online on topics such as functional neurologic disorders, movement disorders, stroke, clinical decision making and preventing burnout.

She was named the 2019 Neurologic Clinician of the Year from the Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy. And in 2021 received the APTA Florence P. and Henry O. Kendall Practice Award.

Julie Maggio, PT, DPT, NCS is a clinical specialist for the outpatient physical therapy service at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as an affiliated researcher with the MGH Functional Neurology Research Group.

She works exclusively with patients who have neurologic dysfunction and has extensive experience treating patients with Functional Neurological Disorders.

Her research is focused on outpatient care of patients with FND and she actively lectures on physical therapy treatment for FND. Julie is a founding member of the FND society and is recognized as a Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.