Herkimer College appoints assistant professor in the Physical Therapy Assistant Program

Herkimer County Community College has appointed Elizabeth M. Pogonowski, PT, DPT, to the role of assistant professor in the Physical Therapy Assistant Program. She will also serve as the program’s academic coordinator of clinical education.

Pogonowski, of Newport, NY, received her Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, with a concentration in Exercise Science & Health Promotion. She then went on to receive her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Utica College in 2012.

Pogonowski was previously employed as a physical therapist at Sitrin Medical Rehabilitation Center in New Hartford since 2012, where she was the primary therapist for the Neurocare Unit and the Long-term Care Unit. She had also been teaching PTA courses at the College as an adjunct instructor since 2019 and is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association.

In her new role, Pogonowski will help maintain, manage, plan, develop, coordinate, and facilitate the clinical education components of the PTA program.