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Rose Ortega received a Baccalaureate degree in Physical Therapy from the City University of New York, Hunter College in 1990. She went on to receive a Masters’ degree in Health Care Policy and Management with a concentration in Health Science Education at Stony Brook University in 1999. Finally, she earned a transitional Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Stony Brook University in 2005.

Rose joined the Physical Therapy faculty in 2004 in the role of Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education. In addition to her administrative responsibilities in the Clinical Education component of the entry level program, Rose also serves as primary instructor for two foundational modalities courses, Physical Agents & Wound Care, and Clinical Electrotherapy. Rose recently completed certification as a specialist in wound care. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association’s Section on Wound Care and Electrotherapy as well as the Education Section.

Rose maintains clinical practice as a consultant at Rocky Point Physical Therapy. Areas of interest include acute care, wound management and outpatient orthopedics.