Leading Executives in Physical Therapy Practices
Brian Belmont
Chief Executive Officer, FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers
CEO who scaled FYZICAL’s franchise footprint past 525 clinics and elevated the brand’s leadership in balance/vestibular therapy nationwide.
Virgílio “V” Bento
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Sword Health
Founder-CEO behind AI Care for MSK, driving millions of AI-guided therapy sessions and launching the 2025 Sword Intelligence division to help payers/providers scale care.
Anthony Buccafurni, PT, DPT
Chief Executive Officer, FOX Rehabilitation
Promoted to CEO on May 23, 2025, after two decades rising through FOX; now steering one of the nation’s largest house-call geriatric therapy providers.
Carine Carmy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Origin
Co-founder-CEO building a leading women’s pelvic-floor PT platform and expanding access through payer partnerships like Progyny’s pelvic health benefit in 2025.
Chris Ciatto
Chief Executive Officer, Phoenix Physical Therapy
CEO leading a multi-state outpatient PT network with 150+ community clinics and an emphasis on disciplined de novo and acquisition growth.
John Gallucci Jr., MS, ATC, PT, DPT
President & Chief Executive Officer, JAG-ONE Physical Therapy
Sports-medicine clinician-operator who scaled JAG-ONE past 170 locations across NY/NJ/PA while keeping the brand on Inc. growth lists in 2025.
Dan Guill
Chief Executive Officer, Athletico Physical Therapy
Appointed CEO effective July 8, 2024, to lead Athletico’s 900+ clinic platform following the Pivot acquisition, with a mandate to accelerate growth and outcomes.
Ajay Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Physical Rehabilitation Network (PRN)
Veteran operator guiding PRN’s owner-operator platform (200+ clinics) and expanding via de novos, partnerships and an upgraded growth organization in 2025.
Kristi Henderson, DNP, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer, Confluent Health
Digital-health trailblazer tapped in 2023 to run Confluent Health’s national outpatient platform—now 650+ clinics in 35 states—while founder Larry Benz serves as Executive Chairman.
Mark Metcalfe
Chief Executive Officer, Airrosti
CEO overseeing Airrosti’s evidence-based MSK care delivery; company leadership includes Chairman Kelly Green and a multi-disciplinary exec team.
Anthony Mollica
Chief Executive Officer, Upstream Rehabilitation
Named CEO in October 2024 to lead the nation’s largest dedicated outpatient PT provider—1,200+ clinics across 28 states—focused on clinical excellence at scale.
Thomas P. Mullin
Chief Executive Officer, Select Medical
Elevated to CEO effective September 1, 2025, as part of Select Medical’s succession; leads an enterprise spanning specialty hospitals and ~1,900 outpatient PT centers.
Javier Othon, PT
President & Chief Executive Officer, CORA Physical Therapy
Longtime CORA operator elevated to President & CEO in 2025, guiding a 250+ clinic footprint across the Southeast and Midwest.
Daniel Perez
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hinge Health
Co-founder & CEO who took Hinge Health public in 2025 and scaled a profitable, AI-enabled digital MSK program used by major employers and health plans.
Christopher J. Reading, PT
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. (NYSE: USPH)
Veteran CEO who also became Chairman in May 2024; USPH operates ~775 outpatient clinics and an industrial injury-prevention arm nationwide.
Dan Rootenberg, PT, DPT, CSCS
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Spear Physical & Occupational Therapy
Clinician-entrepreneur who built Spear into a 65+ location NYC leader and repeat Inc. 5000 honoree, while emphasizing clinical education and outcomes.
Steve Schneider
Chief Executive Officer, Professional Physical Therapy
CEO of a 200+ location Northeastern practice celebrating 25 years of patient care excellence and growth in 2024.
Jason Strauss
Chief Executive Officer, Ivy Rehab Network
Appointed CEO effective April 30, 2025 to lead one of the nation’s largest outpatient therapy networks across adult and pediatric specialties.
Sharon Vitti
Chief Executive Officer, ATI Physical Therapy
CEO who led ATI through a 2025 take-private transaction and is advancing a hybrid digital/in-clinic strategy across ~900 U.S. locations.
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