Gaithersburg Native Jeff Faulring Receives Graduation Award from MGH Institute of Health Professions

Gaithersburg native Jeff Faulring received the Adams Fellow Award from the Department of Physical Therapy at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston.

Faulring, who graduated in May with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the health sciences graduate school, received the award for his work as chair of the school’s Physical Therapy Club, where he organized his fellow students to raise money and participate in service visits for local and national non-profit organizations.

MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston is an innovative and interprofessional graduate school with post-baccalaureate, entry-level, post-professional, and PhD programs in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and speech-language pathology, as well as health professions education and rehabilitation sciences. An affiliate of Partners HealthCare System,  the MGH Institute offers its more than 1,300 students unparalleled opportunities to learn and work alongside expert practitioners in a variety of hospital, clinical, community, and educational settings. The school, which has graduated more than 5,400 students since its 1977 founding, is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Several programs are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report, and the school has been included for the past several years as a Great College to Work for by The Chronicle of Higher Education.