The University of Tennessee
Canine Rehabilitation Faculty
Program Directors
Darryl Millis, M.S., D.V.M., Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons, C.C.R.P.
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Surgery Section Head, Department of Small Animal Clinical Services.
Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
He has published in numerous peer-reviewed veterinary journals and is co-editor of the books Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy (2004) and Essential Facts of Physiotherapy in Dogs and Cats (2004).
David Levine, P.T., Ph.D., Diplomate American Board of Physical Therapy Specialities, C.C.R.P.
UC Foundation professor of Physical Therapy at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, adjunct associate professor at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He has published in numerous peer-reviewed veterinary journals and is co-editor of the books Canine Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy (2004) and Essential Facts of Physiotherapy in Dogs and Cats (2004).
Program Instructors
Deborah Gross Saunders, M.S.P.T., Diplomate American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, C.C.R.P.
Debbie Gross Saunders graduated from Boston University with her physical therapy degree in 1990 and continued with her postgraduate orthopedic physical therapy degree at Quinnipiac College where she graduated with distinction in 1999.
In addition, she is a board certified specialist in orthopedics by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and is currently a doctoral candidate.
She has been practicing in the field of small animal rehabilitation for over fourteen years and has published in both the veterinarian field and the canine athletic field.
She has currently produced three DVD ‘s aimed at the performance dogs and has authored a book, Canine Physical Therapy, and is the editor of the international newsletter, Wizard of Paws.
She is a past president of the Animal Physical Therapy special interest group within the APTA, and has enjoyed speaking internationally and within the US for over ten years.
Denis Marcellin-Little, M.S., D.V.M., Diplomate American College of Veterinary Surgeons, C.C.R.P.
Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University.
Janet Steiss, D.V.M., Ph.D., P.T.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (1975). Received her Ph.D. from he University of Georgia and her Masters Degree in Physical Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and graduated in 2000. Faculty member, Auburn University, where she teaches anatomy and continues to work in the area of canine rehabilitation. She also is past-president of the American Canine Sports medicine Association.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph (1975). Received her Ph.D. from he University of Georgia and her Masters Degree in Physical Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and graduated in 2000. Faculty member, Auburn University, where she teaches anatomy and continues to work in the area of canine rehabilitation. She also is past-president of the American Canine Sports medicine Association.