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Physical therapist Dr. Lane Duger, PT, DPT, GCS, consults with his patient Juanita Keenen, of Little Valley, who is recovering from a knee replacement surgery at Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center. Keenen made a special trip to Auburn, traveling approximately three hours, to receive care from Duger and Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Physical therapist Dr. Lane Duger, PT, DPT, GCS, consults with his patient Juanita Keenen, of Little Valley, who is recovering from a knee replacement surgery at Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center. Keenen made a special trip to Auburn, traveling approximately three hours, to receive care from Duger and Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Dr. Lane Duger, PT, DPT, GCS, knows this.
A physical therapist at Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center, Duger decided to take his profession to the next level and went ahead to get his doctorate in physical therapy as well as become a board certified geriatric clinical specialist #- at the same time.
Only about 14 percent of physical therapists have their doctorate, and of those 14 percent, very few are geriatric clinically certified, Duger said. The frequency of finding someone with his credentials is about one in 1,000, and he's right here in Auburn.
“I love orthopedics and sports medicine, but I truly love geriatric care,” he said as his reason for going ahead with the certification.
It wasn't easy though. It required hours of studying, time away from his family, an extensive exam and the nerve-wracking wait to find out if he had passed.
A physical therapist at Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center, Duger decided to take his profession to the next level and went ahead to get his doctorate in physical therapy as well as become a board certified geriatric clinical specialist #- at the same time.
Only about 14 percent of physical therapists have their doctorate, and of those 14 percent, very few are geriatric clinically certified, Duger said. The frequency of finding someone with his credentials is about one in 1,000, and he's right here in Auburn.
“I love orthopedics and sports medicine, but I truly love geriatric care,” he said as his reason for going ahead with the certification.
It wasn't easy though. It required hours of studying, time away from his family, an extensive exam and the nerve-wracking wait to find out if he had passed.
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