Northwest Staff

• Sherri Markowski, OTR
  
• Gloria Mendoza, MT
  
• Brittany Seliga, Scheduler
  
• Bridget Ryder Hron, OTR
  

  Bridget graduated from Louisiana State University in 2008 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in kinesiology and a minor in business administration. She went on to receive her Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. Bridget moved to Houston in January of 2011 after her husband’s job transferred him to this wonderful city that they now call home. Although Houston is where she, her husband, two dogs, and cat reside, she will always have gumbo on the stove and a Mardi Gras spirit.

  Bridget has experience in a variety of settings including adult outpatient and inpatient, hand therapy, and pediatric inpatient, but has decided that she truly enjoyed the children she worked with in a pediatric outpatient setting and knew that her talents were best utilized in this setting. She has recently taken a course in Handwriting Without Tears and has utilized these skills in the clinic setting as well as in school-based therapy. Bridget has enjoyed working at NTS since her move to Houston and is constantly learning more from her amazing clients and the wonderful staff that she is surrounded by each day.

   

• Meghan O'Dwyer, SLP
  

  Meghan graduated in 2011 with a Masters of Communication Disorders degree from Auburn University.  She also obtained her bachelor’s degree from Auburn.  She has worked in a variety of settings including an outpatient location at a major children’s hospital and at an adult rehabilitation hospital.  Meghan enjoys working with children with a variety of disorders including: language, articulation, fluency, and dysphagia/feeding.  She is looking forward to continuing to learn everyday from all the patients at NTS.  Having recently moved from Atlanta, Meghan is enjoying getting to know the Houston area.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her new husband, watching Auburn football (WAR EAGLE!), cooking, and volunteering as an advisor for her social sorority.

• Toni Perkins
  

  PTA

  Toni has been practicing as a physical therapist assistant since January 2000.  She enjoys treating clients on land and in aquatic settings.  She began working at NTS in October 2006.  Prior to this, she practiced at an outpatient rehabilitation center specializing in pediatrics, school based therapy and early childhood intervention program.  Toni has attended numerous continuing education courses to develop skills in NDT, MFR, taping and aquatics.  She enjoys working with adaptive equipment – standers, walkers and wheelchairs, to see that functional use and positioning is optimal.  In her spare time, she likes to work in the yard, visit friends and go to the beach.

• Sandra Deluzio, OTR
  

  Sandra Deluzio, a New Jersey native, graduated from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD with her BA in Psychological Brain Sciences. After completing college, she worked as a Behavioral Therapist at Autism Learning Center in Northern VA. As she was doing ABA in the home-setting, Sandra worked side-by-side with many wonderful OTs. It was this experience that led her to the field of Occupational Therapy. Sandra received her Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy at Columbia University in New York, NY in 2009.

   

  After her husband's job transferred him to Houston, Sandra moved across the country to begin her OT career. Sandra has worked in the hospital setting with adults in acute care and in-patient rehab for the past two years. She loves the work she has done with neurological populations and is excited to gain more experience and expertise with pediatric populations. Sandra has taken coursework in Kinesio Taping and hopes to be certified in August. She has taken coursework in Muscle Energy Techniques, Soft Tissue Manipulation, and Handwriting Without Tears. In her free time she likes to teach fitness and spinning classes, complete triathlons, and hang with her dog Heidi and husband "Fish".

   

• Erin Langlois, OTR
  

    

  Erin completed her Master’s degree in occupational therapy from Texas Woman’s University - Houston in December of 2010.  She grew up in Carrollton, Texas and attended Texas A&M University (Whoop!), where she earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology.  Erin completed one of her fieldwork rotations for school at NTS, and recently accepted a part-time position here as an occupational therapist.  She has a passion for working with children and is excited to begin her career doing what she loves.  In her free time, Erin likes to read, work out, and spend time with her husband and their two dogs, Kona and Hazel.          

   

   

• Lisa Glatstein, PT
  

   Lisa has lived in Houston her entire life. She graduated from the UT Southwestern Health Science Center at Dallas Physical Therapy program in 1989 and has worked all over the city in the past two decades. She began her career around the corner in the Memorial City (now Memorial Hermann) system focusing on adult rehab. She has also worked at Memorial Hermann SW and TIRR. In 2006 she made a permanent move to pediatric Physical Therapy. Along the way she also became very interested in Yoga and has been integrating her personal practice with her PT practice. Lisa has been married for 18 years and has 2 children, Jake 13 and Shelby 11, and 2 golden retrievers, Cooper and Cassie. They keep her very busy with extracurricular activities including baseball, basketball, and competitive gymnastics. When she isn't working or taking care of the family Lisa can be found on the golf course or working out.

• Michelle Miller Silvers, CCC-SLP
  

  Michelle graduated from Texas State University with her Master of Science in Communication Disorders in 2005. Part of her clinical fellowship year was spent in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she focused on early intervention services. As part of her job, she received training in feeding therapy for infants. From 2006 to 2009, Michelle worked in an elementary school. She treated children with a variety of needs in the areas of articulation, language, stuttering, augmentative communication, and social skills. Due to a strong desire to grow professionally, Michelle joined the staff at NTS, Inc. in June, 2009. She had worked part-time at NTS, Inc. in the summer of 2008 and was excited to come on board as a full-time speech-language pathologist. Michelle has the Certificate of Clinical Competence issued by the American Speech, Language, Hearing Association.

• Sharron Reilly, OTR
  

  Sharron graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch's School of OT in 1995.  She has worked solely as a pediatric therapist, first at Bay Area Rehabilitation Center from 1995 to 2005.  She received 100 hours of training in the Assistive Technology Application Certificate Program (ATACP) from the California State University, Northridge's College of Extended Learning and received two years of training from the regional State Educational Center (Region IV).  She has attended and conducted numerous seminars and in-services on assistive technology and sensory integration.  She has lectured on assistive technology to the OT program at UTMB.  She was on the Board of Directors of the Rehabilitation Foundation from 1997 to 2000 and was responsible for the Rehabilitation Technology Expo of People with Disabilities held annually from 1997-1999, which allowed hundreds of people with disabilities and their families to learn about the technology available today that can improve their lives.  Sharron is certified in Brain Gym and her special interests include sensory integration and praxis, assistive technology/augmentative communication, seating and positioning, serial/inhibitory casting and handwriting.   Sharron is the primary education coordinator for organizing our student program.

• Angela Tuttle,OTR
  

  Angie has been in the pediatric occupational therapy world for nine years after graduating from the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston in 2001. She grew up in Austin, Texas and attended Southwest Texas State University prior to OT school. In 2002, Angie completed multiple education courses on sensory integration in order to become SIPT (Sensory Integration Praxis Test) certified. This is her favorite area of practice to work and has gained a tremendous amount of knowledge in treating children with sensory processing disorders. Beginning her career in private practice, she then moved on to work in the early childhood population for 5 years. In addition to continuing to treat clients, Angie developed an interest in the business side of healthcare. She took a role as a Director of Physician Relations in both the non-profit and corporate sectors of healthcare. Until recently, she was the Director of Clinical Services at NTS- Northwest location. She now is now treating clients on a part-time basis with NTS and facilitates therapist recruitment and marketing. In her free time she loves working out, biking, gardening, reading, spending time on the lake and enjoys time with close friends and family.

   

• Lindsey Clayburg, Scheduler
  

  Lindsey is our vivacious, dynamic scheduler and receptionist at the Northwest location. She works part time while attending college to pursue a career in Occupational Therapy. In her spare time, Lindsey is dedicated to her studies as well as enjoys hanging out with her family and friends.

• Carol Nunez Parker
  

   

  OTR/L, C/NDT 

  My name is Carol S. Nunez Parker and I have been an Occupational Therapist for over 39 years. I started out so very long ago working at “The Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center” in San Antonio, TX and ever since, serving children with disabilities has been my life, my love, and my passion. Throughout my career I have held various positions: The CP Center- 5 years; Trans-disciplinary Team in Oregon, City County Health Dept. 7 yrs in Montana; Harris County Dept. of Education in Houston; and finally my own private practice, which began in 1986.

  Completing the Neurodevelopmental Training both for Basic and Advanced baby course was a life long dream. I was on the Board of Directors for NDTA for over 6 years and presently the co-chair  with Lois Bly, for Oct 2009 and May 2010 NDTA National Conferences.

  I have learned much from all my clients and want to provide the help and nurturing environment they need. I gave thanks to all that have crossed my path as each and every one has touched my life.

   

• Carmen Kelly
  

  PT

  Carmen is a pediatric and adult physical therapist. She graduated from Southwestern University in 1985 with a degree in Biology.  She then completed her Master’s degree in physical therapy from Texas Women’s University, Houston in 1987. She has been a physical therapist for over 20 years primarily working with a varied adult caseload.  She came to NTS in 2001 and works part time in the Northwest location.  She has received her certification in Sensory Integration (SIPT

• Mirian Guevara
  

  OTR

  Mirian graduated from Houston Community College with an Associate Degree in Occupational Therapy.  Then she went back to school to University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; she graduated in December 2004 with honor and Award of Excellence in Practice during field work.  Mirian  is now a certified provider of the Interactive Metronome!!  Mirian has been working in adult setting with a variety of diagnosis.  Mirian has been interested in the pediatric setting.  She did one of the field works at the OTC under Lynn Tupper supervision.  She learned about sensory integration.  Mirian came to NTS in August 2006.  She loves to travel and spend time with her husband and children, Joshua and Allyson.

• Blanca Alonzo, Medical Records
  

  Blanca is the medical records coordinator for NTS.  She has been with NTS for over 15+ years.  Along with records coordinator responsibilities, she also takes on many other roles including:  typing, reception duties, & decorator.  In other words, Blanca is everyone’s right hand woman!  In her spare time, she enjoys painting.

• Becky Mitchell
  

  Becky has been employed with NTS since October, 2000. She has an Associates degree in Accounting. She worked in Banking and with the FDIC/RTC for 13 years. Her responsibilities with NTS include all aspects of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and auditing all client accounts. She gets gray hair battling with insurance companies to get the claims paid! She has 2 wonderful boys. In her free time she likes spending time with friends and family, swimming, hanging out at the beach and pretty much anything not sitting at a desk in front of a computer!

• Angela Walker, PTA
  

  I began working as a PT tech at age 17 and continued  both in and out patient settings for the next ten years.  Throughout my time in college, I also worked for an orthopedic surgeon, but my passion has always been working with children.  I received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology: Exercise Science from University of Houston in May 2005 and later received an Associate of Applied Science as a Physical Therapy Assistant from Houston Community College in May 2009.  My career began as a PTA in an outpatient clinic in Richmond, Tx. treating both adults and pediatrics, with part of my time working in aquatic therapy.  I always felt a special connection with the children.  I gain joy and fulfillment helping patients reach new goals.  I love sharing the excitement with the patients and their loved ones as they progress.  In April 2010 I relocated for further experience to a large out-patient pediatric clinic at Kidz Therapeze in Killeen, Tx., but after 7 months, made a difficuot decision to return to Houston.  I came to the United States as a young child from Scotland and I have been raised in and around Houston, therefore, I have always thought of Houston as my home.  I grew up being very active in gymnastics, dance and English horse ridding.  I continue loving an active lifestyle and being outdoors.  I am truly fortunate to have found a position at NTS Therapy where I will be able to awake every morning to work with patients in such a loving and caring environment.