Grand Rounds Seminar

Abstract: Dr. Dahlstrand is very fortunate to have had a career she thoroughly loved which allowed for many opportunities to serve others. In her presentation, Dr. Dahlstrand will highlight her work in and around pro bono service. She will focus on community events across her years as a PT, culminating in her post-retirement work within the IPTA to develop PT Access. Dr. Dahlstrand will describe the program and give an overview of its impact to date. She will also share lessons learned from community service along the way and discuss the choices she regrets not making sooner.

About: Dr. Phyllis Levine Dahlstrand earned her BS in PT from St. Louis University and her DPT from Rosalind Franklin University. Throughout a 47-year career, Dr. Levine Dahlstrand owned a private practice, taught as a guest lecturer and clinical instructor for local physical therapy schools, to medical students and orthopedic residents at Loyola, and as a speaker at numerous PT, Orthopedic, and Athletic conferences and community groups. Throughout her years of clinical practice, Dr. Levine Dahlstrand had numerous opportunities to share her expertise in physical therapy for community activities. She is currently the chair of the Illinois Physical Therapy Association Pro Bono Committee which has developed and implemented PT Access. This program connects low income, uninsured people in need of physical therapy to volunteering outpatient clinics in or near their communities. In recognition of this body of work, she was awarded the IPTA Societal Impact Award in 2024.

PACE Day Schedule of Events:

Presentation with Dr. Phyllis Levine Dahlstrand PT, DPT
12:00-1:00PM (In-person & Online)
Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences
645 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
*8th floor

Community & Service Work Presentations
Presented by 2nd-year DPT Students
1:00-3:00PM (In-person only)
Department of Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences
645 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
*7th floor