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Anthony Delitto, dean of Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, earned a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Buffalo, where he graduated with a bachelor’s in physical therapy in 1979.
The professor of physical therapy has expanded the department’s doctoral program and research efforts, which has resulted in a No. 1 ranking from U.S. News and World Report.
Not only has Delitto authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers, but he also treats people with painful musculoskeletal disorders. He conducted one of the first large Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute trials; the $13-million grant for the TARGET study investigated innovative ways to deliver psychologically informed physical therapy.
Delitto’s other honors include a Golden Pen Award, a Steven J. Rose Award for Excellence in Research and a Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy from the American Physical Therapist Association (APTA).