Dr. Alyssa LaForme Fiss

Alyssa LaForme Fiss, PT, PhD, PCS is currently board certified as a Pediatric Clinical Specialist by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. She is an Associate Professor and Director of Physical Therapy Research at Mercer University, where she teaches courses in research and evidence-based practice, and pediatric physical therapy, and assists with coordinating pediatric service learning projects. She completed her Bachelor and Master’s degrees in physical therapy at The Ohio State University. She continued on to complete her PhD in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Kentucky, where she was an instructor for the pediatric physical therapy course. Her doctoral research focused on frequency and intensity models of early intervention and the use of group intervention in pediatric physical therapy. Dr. Fiss serves as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for FOCUS, a non-profit providing comfort, hope, fun, and equipment for children with disabilities and their families in Georgia, USA.