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Arthur Wayne Baker Jr., PT, DPT, ’24 
Taylor Dorado, PT, DPT, ’23
For physical therapists aspiring to join a professional franchise’s sports medicine team, the path can be as competitive as earning a spot on the active roster. Two recent Russell Sage College Doctor of Physical Therapy graduates are proving they have what it takes to make the cut.
While a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree provides the license to practice, Arthur Wayne Baker Jr., PT, DPT, ’24 and Taylor Dorado, PT, DPT, ’23 are building on that foundation to pursue the rigorous Sports Clinical Specialist credential for PTs, a post-doctoral certification that designates advanced expertise in sports physical therapy. As part of that process — which also includes a national examination — they’ve secured competitive residencies and fellowships as well as elite clinical placements in professional athletics.
- Read a Q&A with Arthur Wayne Baker Jr., an Upper Extremity Fellow at Memorial Hermann Rockets Sports Medicine Institute in Houston, where he worked alongside the University of Houston’s Division I baseball team and now with the Detroit Tigers Major/Minor League baseball team.
- Read a Q&A with Taylor Dorado, who will soon begin a Sports Physical Therapy Residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a clinical placement with the NHL’s Dallas Stars.