Twala Maresh, senior clinical instructor, was awarded the 2019 º£½ÇÉçÇø Physical Therapy Association Distinguished Service Award at the fifth annual OPTimize Conference held Oct. 4-6 in North Little Rock.
Hosted by the º£½ÇÉçÇø Physical Therapy Association, this award is given to individuals with significant contributions to physical therapy in º£½ÇÉçÇø in one or more of the following areas: public awareness, administration, education, patient care or research.
Maresh received her bachelor’s, master’s and her clinical doctorate in physical therapy from UCA. She is a board-certified clinical specialist in neurology physical therapy from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and is a certified assistive technology practitioner. In addition to teaching, Maresh is also the faculty mentor for the UCA Physical Therapy Club.


