1LT Katie O’Bright, PT, DPT shares what it means to be a military Physical Therapist. She’s organizing a randomized controlled trial during her first year of practice. Katie O’Bright, formerly Finn, is an active-duty Army physical therapist stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. As a student, she was the Federal Section’s first student representative. She currently works as the sole PT in a primary care clinic for field artillery and air defense artillery soldiers. Katie did her undergrad at the University at Buffalo and then graduated with a DPT from Temple University in Philadelphia in 2014. She is also working on a randomized controlled trial related to direct access PT.

Lieutenant O’Bright enjoys a Coop Ale Works F5 IPA while host Jimmy McKay drinks a KCCO Gold Lager.