Dr. Kyle R. Adams, PT, DPT, CSCS, OCS, FAAOMPT
(315) 807-8160
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Evidence in Motion: January 2009 - present
• Lead Instructor for Spinal and Extremity weekend intensive courses
• Lead Instructor for Upper Extremity and Lower Extremity online courses
• Serve as one-on-one mentor for Physical Therapists completing Orthopaedic Residency/Fellowship
• Act as mentor-leader for new incoming Residents to help orient them to the program
• Teacher’s Assistant for Spinal and Extremity courses
PRO-Active Physical Therapy North Syracuse, NY: 2006 - present
•Clinic Manager
•Perform Orthopaedic/Manual Physical Therapy on Patients with all Diagnoses
•Serve as Clinical Instructor to local Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistant students
•Act as mentor for current and newly hired Physical Therapists in our New York clinics
•Played active role in bringing/maintaining Orthopaedic Residency/Fellowship Program in Syracuse, NY SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY: 2007 - present
• Adjunct Professor – Interventions II
ASAP Training Syracuse, NY: 2005 - 2008
•Owned business performing Sports Specific Training for High-School Athletes
CNYFastpitch, Inc. North Syracuse, NY: 2006 – 2007
•Provided Sports Specific Strengthening and Conditioning for Athletes of All Ages
Mauro-Bertolo Therapy ServicesCicero, NY: 2001 -2006
•Performed Orthopaedic/Manual Physical Therapy on Patients with all Diagnoses
•Provided Strengthening and Conditioning for Local Softball Camps and Injury Prevention Lectures at Local Softball Tournaments (2006)
•Developed Wellness Program for Former Patients (2005 - 2006)
•Participated in Supervising Staff and Physical Therapist Students (2002 - 2006)
• Served as Center Coordinator of Clinical Education (2003 - 2006)
•Served as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Officer (2003 - 2006) • Performed Chart Reviews as per Medicare Guidelines (2002 - 2006)
LECTURE and TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE:
•Management of Lumbopelvic Disorders, Evidence in Motion Fellowship/Residency Online Course,
Lead Faculty, Spring 2012
• Management of Lower Extremity Disorders, Evidence in Motion Fellowship/Residency Online Course,
Lead Faculty, Winter 2012
• Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Lower Extremity Disorders,
January 2012, Fayetteville, NY, served as Teacher’s Assistant
•Management of Upper Extremity Disorders, Evidence in Motion Fellowship/Residency Online Course,
Lead Faculty, Fall 2011
• Tool-based Soft Tissue Mobilization, November 2011,Lectureand Lab (Doctor of Physical Therapy
Students –Manual Therapy Elective Course), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
• Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Lumbopelvic Spine and Hip
Disorders, April 2011, Maplewood, MN, served as Primary Instructor
• Management of Cervical Spine Disorders, Dr .Jason Rodeghero, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, ATC,
FAAOMPT: April 2011, Fayetteville, NY, served as Teacher’s Assistant
• What is Pain? New York Physical Therapy Association Central District Meeting, March 2011,
Syracuse, NY. Primary Speaker
• Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Lower Extremity Disorders,
February 2011, Fayetteville, NC, served as Primary Instructor
• Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Lumbopelvic Spine and Hip
Disorders, Dr. Robert S. Wainner, PT, PhD, OCS, ECS, FAAOMPT: January 2011, Fayetteville, NY,
served as Teacher’s Assistant
•Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Upper Extremity Disorders,
Dr. Amy Kirkland, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, FAAOMPT: October 2009, N. Syracuse, NY, served as
Teacher’s Assistant
•Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Cervical Spine Disorders,
Dr. Robert S. Wainner, PT, PhD, OCS, ECS, FAAOMPT: August 2009, N. Syracuse, NY, served as
Teacher’s Assistant
•Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Lumbopelvic Spine and Hip
Disorders, Dr. Childs, PT, PhD, MBA: March 2009, N. Syracuse, NY, served as Teacher’s Assistant
LECTURE and TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE (continued):
• Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Lower Extremity Disorders,
Dr .Jason Rodeghero, PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, ATC, FAAOMPT: February 2009, N. Syracuse, NY,
served as Teacher’s Assistant
• Rehabilitation Following Total Knee Arthroplasty, February 15, 2009. Fellow in Training presentation
as part of Evidence in Motion Residency Weekend Intensive, N. Syracuse, NY.
•Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Review, February 28, 2008. PIER Review presented to Evidence In Motion founders and Network Partners via EIM webex.
•Total Body Functional Training, February 7, 2008, Lecture and Lab (Doctor of Physical Therapy Students - Special Topics in Orthopedics), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
•Total Body Functional Training, April 4, 2007, Lecture and Lab (Doctor of Physical Therapy Students – Intervention III), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
•It’s All About Function: Total Body Functional Training, March 31, 2007, Lecture and Lab (2007 SUNY Upstate Medical University Physical Therapy Spring Symposium), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
•Total Body Functional Training, February 16, 2007, Lecture and Lab (Doctor of Physical Therapy Students - Special Topics in Orthopedics), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
•Surface Palpation of the Upper Quarter, July 7, 2006, Instructional Lecture and Lab (Doctor of Physical Therapy Students – Gross Anatomy),SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
•Total Body Functional Training, October 7, 2006, Lecture and Lab (Central NY Orthopaedic Study Group), COAST Physical Therapy, Auburn, NY
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
•Tennis Elbow: “What you don’t know can hurt you.” Dr Michael Nancollas, MD, and Dr Susan
Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT, Fayetteville, NY: 2012
•Fleet Feet’s Injury prevention clinic for triathletes. Dr Chris Fatti, Dr Daniel Wnorowski, Drew Jenk,
Brian Collins, Brendan Jackson, Dewitt, NY: 2012
•ACL Reconstruction: Discussion of current techniques. Dr Ryan Smart, Fayetteville, NY: 2012
•Lumbar and Cervical Surgical Techniques. Dr Rodziewicz, Fayetteville, NY: 2011
•Thumb Osteoarthritis: Just the Facts – What Works? Dr Michael Nancollas, MD, and Dr Susan
Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT,Fayetteville, NY: 2011
CONTINUING EDUCATION(continued):
•Proper Running Mechanics. Fleet Feet Annual Medical Professionals Night, Dewitt, NY: 2011
•Spinal Manipulation: Eighth Annual Update for Physical Therapists, Osteopathic Physicians and
Medical Doctors (Course 2), Peter Gibbons, MB BS DO DM-SMed MHSc and Philip Tehan, DO
DipPhysio MHSc: 2011
•Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Upper Extremity Disorders, Dr. Robert S. Wainner, PT, PhD, OCS, ECS, FAAOMPT: 2007
•Orthopedic Issues for the Older Adult, Dale Avers, PT, DPT, PhD and Patrick VanBeveren, PT, DPT,
MA, OCS, CSCS: 2007
•Perform Better Functional Training Summit, Providence, RI: 2007
•Evidence-based Physical Therapy Practice: Charting a Course for Your Success, Home Study: 2006
•Building the Ultimate Back: From Rehabilitation to High Performance, Stuart McGill, PhD: 2006
•Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Cervical Spine Disorders, Dr. Robert S. Wainner, PT, PhD, OCS, ECS, FAAOMPT: 2006
•Perform Better Functional Training Summit, Providence, RI: 2006
•Evidence, Appropriateness, and Indications for Manipulation for the Lumbar, Sacro-Iliac Spine and Post-Manual Therapy Exercise, David McCune, PT, Mphty St, OCS, ATC, FAAOMPT: 2006
•Evidence, Appropriateness, and Indications for Manipulation of the Cervical and Thoracic Spines, David McCune, PT, Mphty St, OCS, ATC, FAAOMPT: 2006
•Evidence-based Examination and Selected Interventions for Patients with Knee Disorders, G. Kelley
Fitzgerald, PT, PhD, OCS: 2006
•Perform Better Functional Training Summit, Providence, RI: 2005
•North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Inc.: Level III Lower Quarter – Parts 1 and
2, Michele Roy, BSc PT, MCPA, FCAMT: 2004
•North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Inc.: Chronic Headache, Neck Pain and
Dizziness, James Meadows, BScPT, MCPA, FCAMT: 2004
•North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Inc.: Level III Upper Quarter – Parts 1 and 2, Michele Roy, BSc PT, MCPA, FCAMT: 2003
•North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Inc.: Level II Lower Quarter – Parts 1 and
2, Michele Roy, BSc PT, MCPA, FCAMT:2003
CONTINUING EDUCATION(continued):
•Lumbar Spine and Pelvic Girdle Evaluation and Treatment, Timothy J. Crunk, MS, PT, CFMT, CSCS:
2003
• SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse Spring Sports Medicine Symposium: 2003
•Osteopathic Physiatric Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Patricia Hart, DO: 2002
•North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Inc.: Level II Upper Quarter – Parts 1 and 2,
Michele Roy, BSc PT, MCPA, FCAMT: 2002
•North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Inc.: Introduction to principles of
Orthopaedic Manual Therapy – PartsA and B, Michele Roy, BSc PT, MCPA, FCAMT: 2002
•CNY Hand Therapy Forum: Distal Radius Fracture, Daniel Murphy, MD: 2002
• CNY Hand Therapy Forum: Tendinopathies: the Unabridged Version, Michael Nancollas, MD:2002
•Manual Therapy Seminar: How to Not Treat the Cervical Spine, Richard Erhard, DC, PT: 2002
•Manual Therapy for the Cervico-thoracic Region, David McCune, PT, Mphty St, OCS, ATC,
FAAOMPT: 2001
•Northeast Seminars: Recent Advances in the Evaluation and Treatment of the Knee, Kevin Wilk, PT:
2001
•Northeast Seminars: Recent Advances in the Evaluation and Treatment of the Shoulder, Kevin Wilk,
PT: 2001
•Essentials of Manual Therapy: The Lumbo-Pelvic Region – Courses II and III, David McCune, PT, Mphty St, PT, OCS, ATC, FAAOMPT: 2001
•Pharmacology for the Physical Therapist, Chuck Ciccone, PhD, PT: 2001
• SUNYUpstateMedicalUniversity at Syracuse Spring Sports Medicine Symposium: 2000
• SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse Spring Sports Medicine Symposium: 1999
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
•Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (ABPTS) (2005 - present)
•Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (2004 - present)
•New York State Physical Therapist License #023035-1 (2001 - present)
•CPR (1997 - present)
EDUCATION:
•Evidence in Motion, Louisville, KY: 2009-2011
Fellow in Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Program, 2011
•SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY: 2006-2008
Transitional Doctoratein Physical Therapy,2008
•SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY: 1998-2001
Masters in Physical Therapy, 2001
•Hamilton College, Clinton, NY: 1994-1997
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, 1997
CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS:
•McCune, Ainslie & Associates (Orthopedics/Manual Therapy) Ithaca, NY: 2001
•HEALTHSOUTH Harmarville Rehab Hospital (Orthopedics/Prosthetics) Pittsburgh, PA: 2001
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
•Central NY Orthopaedic Study Group – member, course facilitator, and guest lecturer - 2002 - present
•American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) – 2007 - present
•National Strength and Conditioning Association: January 2004 - present
•American Physical Therapy Association: 2000 - present
•New York Physical Therapy Association: 2000 - present
•Orthopaedic Section, American Physical Therapy Association: 2000 – present
HONORS:
•Passed Preliminary Written Exam for North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy in
October 2004
•Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2001
• Health Professions Alumni Association Scholarship from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2000
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College in 1997
• Graduated with Honors in Biology from Hamilton College in 1997 (Excellence in Academics and Research)
• Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Graduation from Hamilton College in 1997(Academic Distinction)