Welcome to the homepage of the Hunter College/Graduate Center of CUNY Clinical Doctoral Program.

The Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) program is a collaboration between the Graduate Center of CUNY and Hunter College. Hunter has provided continuous education in physical therapy and other health sciences since the founding of the School of Health Sciences in the late 1960's. This school remains the only one of its kind in the entire City University of New York system.

You can obtain additional information on our program and the Graduate Center of CUNY via the links on this page or by accessing the Physical Therapy Program website of the Graduate Center of CUNY.

If you are interested in our program, we suggest you come in for one of our informational sessions listed on the right of this page. Program information packets and other forms are available on the Forms page.  For answers to general questions regarding tuition, dorms, post-professional DPT programs, the passing rates on the PT licensing examination, information for foreign trained physical therapists, or other frequently asked questions, please see our FAQ section.

We are pleased and proud to be the only site in the United States to host courses for licensed physical therapists on the Schroth Method of Scoliosis Management.  We will continue to provide the series of courses developed by Axel Maier-Hesses, PT, Senior Physiotherapist and Schroth Instructor, Katharina-Schroth-Klinik, Germany which will lead to certification as a Schroth (PT) Therapist.  Contact Dr. Krasilovsky if you are interested in attending these limited enrollment courses.  For additional information, go to our continued education page.

Congratulations to Sam Yohannan, PT, MS, Patricia Tufaro, OTR/L, Hope Hunter, PT, Lauren Orleman, SPT, Sara Palmatier, SPT, Canace Sang, SPT, et al on receiving the American Burn Association 2011 Clinical Research Award for their manuscript entitled The Efficacy of Nintendo^® Wii™ During Post-Burn Rehabilitation:  A Pilot Study.  The primary clinicians are affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dept. of Rehab. Medicine.  The students participated in this study as a graduation requirement in the Hunter College/Graduate Center of CUNY, Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program.

The DPT Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education. Following review of a comprehensive self-study report and an on-site visit in January 2006, we received continued accreditation through 2016. The accreditation report was extremely positive about all aspects of the program, including its faculty, administrative support, employers, alumni, and students. You can read some of the feedback on Hunter’s Physical Therapy Program by clicking on Comments & Reviews.  Our program, along with many PT programs in the US, has agreed not to participate in survey's ranking PT education programs. Click here for information about why we do not participate.

To request a counseling appointment, please call the secretary at (212) 481-4469 between 9:00 am and 2:00 pm, Monday – Friday during the academic year, or Tuesday – Thursday during the summer. You may also email us at gradpt@hunter.cuny.edu. When calling or emailing, be sure to leave a daytime telephone number where you can be reached.

Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our program. Please contact me with any feedback you may have about this site or if you have any additional questions about the program.

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED ON 9-11

Gary Krasilovsky, PT, PhD
Associate Professor and Program Director - Hunter College site
Email: PTProfessor@gmail.com

Executive Officer, DPT Program
The Graduate Center of CUNY