Gary Krasilovsky

Gary Krasilovsky, PT, Ph.D., SST was Associate Professor and Department Chair of the Hunter College DPT Program of the City University of New York from 1992 to 2018. He has been a clinician, educator, and researcher for almost forty years. Dr. Krasilovsky earned his Ph.D. from New York University. He previously was a senior physical therapist (PT) at New York University Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine.

His positions included in-patient and out-patient PT and part-time PT in the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Clinic. Dr. Krasilovsky was an active researcher, conducting studies on EMG biofeedback for post-CVA patients (in collaboration with Dr. Joseph Brudny) and transcutaneous nerve stimulation for chronic pain. He also received advanced training and mentoring in the electrodiagnostic department, where he performed and trained medical residents on diagnostic EMG. Before returning to NYC and Hunter College, Dr. Krasilovsky moved to Connecticut to serve as Chief of Physical Therapy at Norwalk Hospital. In the Hunter PT Program, he taught clinical neurology, adult neurological rehabilitation, electroneuromyography, and therapeutic exercise. He has published in various peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on various areas related to physical therapy, with an emphasis on neurology-based topics. He has been involved in multiple design versions of the EMG biofeedback system that is today JOGO – Gx. Dr. Krasilovsky is also certified as a Schroth scoliosis therapist.