Erik is the President of Elite, and a Licensed Physical Therapist.

Erik was the founder of Elite Physical Therapy and with the help of Ed, has successfully carried out the idea of a refreshing approach to wellness. Over the past 6 years, Erik has had the opportunity to work both in our out patient facility and in local rest homes as a physical therapist. More recently, Erik has been in the clinic full time. He guides our rehabilitation department along with carrying a full caseload of patients here at our clinic.

Ed Harding, PTA
CEO
Email: Edharding@elite-physicaltherapy.com

Ed is the CEO, and a Physical Therapist Assistant.

As CEO, Ed oversees everything within the organization. Through strategic planning, Ed has guided the company over the past 6 years. He has handpicked a team of employees that have helped him along the way to carry the vision that he and Erik had created from day one.

For the first few years of operation, Erik and Ed treated the majority of our case load, but as we continue to grow, Ed has been able to focus more on business development, and planning.

Rehabilitation Staff:

Jennifer Graham, PT

Jen has been working for Elite now for 3 years. She graduated from Northeastern University and has worked for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and for Kennedy Brothers Physical Therapy. She has taken several continuing education classes. Along with her professional physical therapy experience she also worked as a teaching assistant at Northeastern University.

Kelly has been working with Elite, for over 5 years! Kelly met Ed, while earning her associate’s degree as a physical therapist assistant, and started her career with Elite after graduating. Kelly furthered her education by taking a program on aquatic therapy. Kelly has also had the opportunity to work for North Shore Children’s Hospital.

Kelly divides her treatment time at Elite between pool and land treatments. Kelly feels there is a strong sense of satisfaction to see a patient progress through their treatment and achieve better health and wellness.

Judy James, PT

Judy is a PT, recently retired from North Shore Community College, where she acted as director of the PTA program. She is also a part time PT and helps patients in local rest homes.

Students/Aides

Elite has worked with the North Shore Community College Physical Therapy Assistant program and Northeastern University’s DPT Co-Op program allowing students to work in our facility as part of their schooling.

Finance Department:

Kristy Pavlowich
Finance Director
Email: kristyp@elite-physicaltherapy.com

Kristy has been a part of the Elite Physical Therapy team since May 2006. In her time with Elite, she has moved from the referral coordinator position to the Finance Director where she ensures accurate and timely billing procedures for all patient accounts. Kristy’s role also includes banking, payroll/benefits and training of new employees within her department. She is in charge of assuring the company’s finance department is operating smoothly as well as implementing and following the proper insurance guidelines to ensure maximum efficiency.

Christyna Tucker
Referral Coordinator

Chrissy is our referral coordinator and works closely with our finance director to verify patient eligibility and insurance coverage. Chrissy works diligently to ensure coverage for patients and communicates any foreseeable issues with our patient representative. We are then able to notify the patient of the potential issue.

Communication Department:

Gina Bulger
Patient Representative
Marketing Director
Office Manager
Email: Ginas@elite-physicaltherapy.com

Gina joined Elite in 2006 as the patient representative. Today, she is still our patient representative but is also our marketing manager and office manager.

As patient representative she ensures that all patient concerns are addressed. Patient’s that have any insurance concerns or any other questions can be directed to her.

As marketing manger, she handles all marketing and promotions for the organization, such as, mailings, newsletters, events and charities.

As office manager, she ensures proper flow of the schedule and monitors daily office procedures.

Nicole Langley
Receptionist
Administrative Assistant

Nicole has been with Elite since February of 2008. Nicole is the first and main contact person for patients in regards to booking and maintaining appointments. As the scheduler, she books all of our patients’ appointments and can answer general questions regarding scheduling, co-payments and basic insurance questions. She also offers light administrative support to our staff and has been a valuable asset to the Elite team!

Public Relations:

Tom LaPointe, ATC
Public Relations Director
B.S. Athletic Training & Exercise Science
Email: Toml@elite-physicaltherapy.com

Tom had practiced as a Certified Athletic Trainer in a clinical setting for 8 years before joining the Elite PT team.  His major focus is on provider awareness and enlightenment, which is to inform Doctors, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and all related medical staff about the benefits of referring their patients to Elite.  Tom also coordinates physician seminars & presentations, hosted by Elite at local restaurants and function halls, in order to promote and build the relationships between physicians and physical therapists.  Tom maintains his Athletic Training Certification and acts as a consultant to the Elite rehabilitation staff regarding patient needs in sport specific exercise, end-stage rehabilitation and functional training.