Current Fellows in Training

Spencer Cowen PT, DPT

Dr. Cowen received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2021. He completed his orthopaedic physical therapy residency training at Mercer University in Atlanta, GA in 2022. Dr. Cowen’s clinical training site is Kentucky Orthopedic Rehab Team in Lexington KY, and his teaching practicum site is the University of Kentucky Department of Physical Therapy.

Benjamin H. Davis PT, DPT, OCS

Dr. Davis received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin in 2019. He completed his orthopaedic physical therapy residency training at the University of Miami in Miami, FL in 2020. He is a board certified orthopaedic physical therapy clinical specialist. Dr. Davis’ clinical training site is Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and his teaching practicum site is at Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences.

Nick Helton PT, DPT, OCS

Dr. Helton received his Masters of Physical Therapy from Northern Illinois University in 2012 and he subsequently obtained a transitional doctorate in physical therapy in 2018. He is a board certified orthopaedic physical therapy clinical specialist. Dr. Helton’s clinical training site is Northwestern Medicine in Geneva IL, and his teaching practicum site is at Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences.

Amy Hemkendreis PT, DPT, OCS

Dr. Hemkendreis received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was board certified as an orthopaedic physical therapy clinical specialist in 2022. Dr. Hemkendreis’s clinical training site is Edward-Elmhurst Health and her teaching practicum site is at Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences.

Heidi Howald PT, DPT

Dr. Howald received her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Northwestern University. She was board certified as an orthopaedic physical therapy clinical specialist in 2022. Dr. Howald’s clinical training site is Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, and her teaching practicum site is at Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences.

Benjamin Kim PT, DPT, OCS

Dr. Kim received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was board certified as an orthopaedic physical therapy clinical specialist in 2022. Dr. Kim’s clinical training site is Edward-Elmhurst Health and his teaching practicum site is at Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences.

Max O’Malley PT, DPT, OCS

Dr. O’Malley received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from St Louis University and completed his orthopaedic physical therapy residency training at St Ambrose University in Davenport IA. He was board certified as an orthopaedic physical therapy clinical specialist in 2021. Dr. O’Malley’s clinical training site is Edward-Elmhurst Health and his teaching practicum site is at Northwestern University Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences.