Location: Thomas Memorial Campus and Saint Francis Campus

Jill Daniels, of Webster Springs, WV, is a graduate of Webster County High School. She continued her education and is a 2004 graduate of WVU PT school where she received her Master’s Degree of Physical Therapy. After graduating and beginning to practice at a small outpatient clinic in Summersville WV, she continued her education and received her Clinical Doctorate of Physical Therapy through WVU in 2007. She has been working for Thomas Hospitals for 16 years and assumed role of Director of Physical Therapy for Thomas Hospitals in May 2022. She continues to see patients and is interested in helping patients of all ages achieve their goals and improve their mobility and function while ensuring all patients receive the highest level of care possible. She lives in Charleston with her husband, two children, and two dogs. During her free time, she enjoys watching her son play soccer and bowl and watching WVU sports.

Location: Saint Francis Campus

Jodi Chapman is from South Charleston, WV. She is a graduate of George Washington High School. She continued her education at WVU where she received her Bachelor’s Degree and her Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy in 2001. She returned to South Charleston after college and worked at Thomas Hospital before moving to Richmond, VA where she was employed by Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation. She returned to Charleston in 2011, and began working at our Saint Francis Campus.

Location: Saint Francis Campus

Luke Gregory is a Physical Therapist at Thomas Orthopedic Hospital (Saint Francis Campus). He was born and raised in West Virginia; however, his parents came to the US from the Island of Cyprus. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Charleston in Sports Medicine/Athletic training in 1996 and worked a few years before attending Physical Therapy school at Wheeling Jesuit University. In 2003, Gregory graduated with a master’s in PT and earned his Doctorate in Physical Therapy shortly after.

Location: Thomas Memorial Campus

Daniel Hepner is the newest Thomas Health Outpatient Physical Therapy team member. He graduated from West Virginia University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training and 2021 with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. He decided to pursue a career in physical therapy so he could help people improve their overall function, allowing them to participate better within their community.

Location: Thomas Memorial Campus

A native of northeastern Ohio, Rob is a 1988 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Medicine School of Physical Therapy. In his 34 years of practice, he has developed a passion for helping patients achieve their physical therapy goals and improve their overall health by utilizing exercise and evidence-based practices. He treats multiple orthopedic conditions and specializes in treating neck and back pain.

Location: Thomas Memorial Campus

Amber Rhodes is a 33-year veteran physical therapist who graduated from the University of Oklahoma. She is a native Texan but has made West Virginia her home for the past 31 years. Her greatest accomplishment is having raised her children while successfully participating in full-time physical therapy. She has gained valuable experience treating patients across the lifespan in outpatient, home, and acute care settings. Over time, the culmination of her life and clinical experiences has yielded an open-eye approach to many conditions with knowledge of how to address each person from a physical therapy perspective. Most recently, she has expanded her professional growth by incorporating women’s pelvic health to address this underserved population in Kanawha County. Her goal is to make a positive change on each attended physical therapy visit for the best possible outcome in the shortest time for every patient.

Location: Thomas Memorial Campus

Dr. Starsick was born and raised in Fairmont, WV. He spent four years of his undergrad in Exercise Physiology with an Aquatic therapy emphasis. He then went to Physical Therapy school and received his doctorate at WVU. He enjoys working with people of all ages and sizes but his passion is working with pediatrics, vestibular, neurological disorders, and those with developmental delays/disabilities.

Location: Thomas Memorial Campus

Lesleigh Barber-Thompson is a native West Virginian, graduating from George Washington High School in Charleston. She graduated from Daemen College in Buffalo, NY, with a degree in Physical Therapy. She later received her Doctorate from Simmons University. She worked in South Carolina after graduation, then returned to WV, and has worked at Thomas Memorial Hospital since 2002. Her focus has always been on manual therapy and outpatient orthopedics, but she enjoys working with patients of all ages, including pediatrics. She recently became advanced certified in dry needling through Integrative Dry Needling seminars. This whole-body approach decreases inflammation and pain and can be used for various problems.

Location: Saint Francis Campus

K.C. Tutalo is a 1975 graduate of the WVU Physical Therapy program. She has been employed at Saint Francis Hospital, now known as the Thomas Orthopedic Hospital (Saint Francis Campus), since 1982. K.C. presently works part-time, primarily treating vestibular disorders.

Location: Saint Francis Campus

Cody Green is a PT assistant in the outpatient department on the Saint Francis Campus but also covers Thomas Memorial Hospital’s  skilled nursing unit during the week, and acute on the weekends. He graduated with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology in 2016. After working for a few years, he enrolled at Mount West Community College and received his Associate Degree as a PT assistant.

Location: Thomas Memorial Campus

Emily Lewis is an outpatient PT technician and provides a vital service in the PT department. She has been a Thomas Health employee since 2017. She attended Marshall University and lived in Huntington for five years prior to coming to work at Thomas. She loves greeting the patients as they arrive and helping the therapists with treatment sessions as needed.