Meet the SMI of Los Angeles Staff
Chris Graham, MPT, OCS
Chris Graham is a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and has been a physical therapist since 1999. He co-founded SMI-LA, a physical therapist owned and operated practice, in 2001. Chris is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the following sections of the APTA: Orthopedics, Sports Physical Therapy, and Private Practice. He received his Masters of Physical Therapy from Northwestern University and his BA in history from Georgetown University. He played lacrosse at Georgetown and remains active with many out door activities including backpacking, hiking, running and cycling.
Marta Katz, MSPT
Marta has been a physical therapist since 1996 in the outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine setting and has been at SMI-LA since 2002. She received her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from Nova Southeastern University in South Florida and her BS in biology from American University in Washington DC. Marta is fluent in Spanish and is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association. She enjoys running, yoga and spending time at the beach with her family.
Laurel Hagy, MSPT
Laurel graduated from Widener University in 2001 with a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy. She has since been practicing in outpatient orthopedics and joined the SMI-LA team in 2004. She completed a long-term manual therapy course in 2003 and currently focuses on rehabilitation of sports injuries of the knee, shoulder and spine.
Stephanie Mack, PT
Stephanie has been practicing physical therapy since 1996 when she graduated from Howard University with a BS in physical therapy. She also has an undergraduate degree in Clinical Nutrition. Stephanie completed a yearlong manual therapy course in 2003 and joined the SMI-LA team in 2005. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys practicing Krav Maga and Yoga in her spare time.
Michelle Cissell, DPT
Michelle has been a physical therapist since 2007 receiving her DPT from Wayne State in Detroit. She received her Bachelor of Health Sciences in 2004 from Grand Valley State University. As a student at Wayne State she was awarded the Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award for her research project, "The effect of hip flexor fatigue on reaction and movement times of the lower extremities." Michelle joined SMI-LA in 2008 and focuses on rehabilitation of sports injuries of the shoulder, knee and ankle. Michelle enjoys hiking, beach volleyball, and doing anything active outdoors.
Cindy Graham, MPT, OCS
Cindy is a board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and has been a physical therapist since 1999. She has worked in the outpatient orthopedic setting since receiving her Masters of Physical Therapy from Northwestern University, and she joined the SMI-LA team in 2010. She is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Section on Womens Health. In addition to treating patients with all orthopedic diagnoses, Cindy has had extensive continuing education on the pelvic floor and also treats men and women with pelvic pain and incontinence. She enjoys yoga and running and hiking with her dogs.
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