Shauna has been practicing in Brevard County as a physical therapist since August of 2001. Shauna graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida State University (FSU) in 1998 with a Bachelor’s Degree in nutrition and fitness. While attending FSU, she was a member of the Florida State water ski team where she competed in trick skiing, slalom skiing and water ski jumping. After completion of her Bachelor’s degree, she continued on to physical therapy school at the University of St. Augustine (USAHS). Shauna graduated with honors for her Master’s Degree in 2001 and continued on to achieve her Doctorate degree in physical therapy later that same year. She also achieved manual therapy certification upon completion of her education at St. Augustine.

Shauna began her career as a physical therapist in Melbourne shortly after graduation from USA. During her career, she practiced as both a staff physical therapist and a physical therapy department manager for several years. Although her background is heavily focused on orthopedics and manual therapy, she developed an interest in treating patients with dizziness and vertigo and took extended coursework to further her education in vertigo related dysfunction. She has an impressive education and has achieved clinical excellence in her specialties.

Together with her husband, Shauna helped to form PT Professionals, LLC in 2006. It had been a dream of hers to one day open a private practice physical therapy clinic that allowed her to utilize her manual therapy techniques and extensive clinical expertise in a personal and professional setting.

Since PT Professionals opened for business in 2007, Shauna has served as the primary insurance biller for the company and handles claims for all patients. Having a physical therapist in the billing department is an added value from a compliance perspective. As a physical therapist, she is able to understand and translate documentation from the providers to make sure that the billing and coding is correct. She is also able to communicate with our team of physical therapists directly about their documentation to ensure proper and ethical processing of claims. Additionally, she is able to speak with insurance companies directly to help minimize claim denials.

Shauna is not currently involved directly with patient care and serves as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of PT Professionals.