Dravya Mistry

• Provide clinical and operational leadership by overseeing clinical operations and leading multidisciplinary team of 7 professionals to support quality and access, staff development, and clinic performance.
• Directed clinic performance efforts to achieve #1 position among district clinics and #18 placement in region, supporting sustained operational and clinical outcomes.
• Developed clinic-based lymphedema rehabilitation program, improving availability of specialized rehabilitation services.
• Provided clinical instruction for HPU Doctor of Physical Therapy student to support clinical education and future physical therapist development.
• Applied data-driven clinical and operational strategies to support measurable growth, delivering 15% productivity growth, 11% improved conversion rates, and 10% reduction in patient drop rates.

• Appointed research fellow to collaborate with physician co-authors, expert investigators, and a Harvard-affiliated physician on clinically relevant musculoskeletal research.
• Contributed as physical therapy subject-matter expert to support research methodology development through outcome measure selection and clinical interpretation.
• Critically evaluated IJSPT peer-reviewed studies and synthesized findings into clear, clinically actionable key takeaways and rehabilitation recommendations for rehabilitation professionals.
• Analyzed intervention outcomes and converted research results into evidence-informed clinical recommendations for clinical practice.
• Directed co-authorship of scholarly research outputs, ensuring dissemination of clinically actionable findings to academic and healthcare audiences.

Directed clinic operations staff development and KPI-driven QI program; implemented workflow and mentoring changes to raise productivity 15% and patient retention 20% within months.

Delivered lymphedema and post-cancer rehabilitation services using advanced manual therapy and complete decongestive therapy techniques for patients for local and traveling from distance for therapy.

• Assessed multispecialty patient presentation and functional capacity, managing lymphedema intervention and conducting wheelchair evaluations.
• Developed evidence-informed rehabilitation plans tailored to patient needs to improve functional recovery.

• Delivered rehabilitation services in 250+ bed long-term care facility to support functional independence and individualized care for neurologically disabled individuals.
• Performed comprehensive assessments and created personalized rehabilitation plans to support patient recovery, maintaining ethical and professional standards throughout care.

• Served as lead physical therapist and the sole lymphedema therapist in the company conducting patient evaluations, delivering treatment, providing education, and developing individualized rehabilitation programs.
• Coordinated telehealth delivery and interdisciplinary team collaboration to optimize continuity and outcomes of care.

• Assessed trauma and motor vehicle accident patients and established individualized rehabilitation goals while coordinating interdisciplinary treatment program planning.
• Completed comprehensive assessments and implemented evidence-informed therapeutic interventions, applying manual therapy and electrotherapy while maintaining accurate, complete clinical records.