Meet the VestibularPT Instructor Team

As a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Neurologic Clinical Specialist, Dr. Sleik specializes in treating patients with vestibular disorders and concussion. She has worked in a variety of settings over the years, including outpatient clinics, acute care, home health, skilled nursing facilities and private practice. She is excited to have the opportunity to support your journey in vestibular rehab and concussion management.

As a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a residency-trained board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, Dr. Mestelle's greatest passion is concussion management. He strives to instill the balance between high quality evidence-based information with pragmatic, experience, and application-based information in order to provide a well-rounded learning experience.

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As a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a residency-trained board certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, Dr. Cervantes works at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Health System. He has experience in advanced spine and general orthopedics and is growing a caseload of patients with autonomic dysfunction, concussion, and vestibular disorders. This course has allowed him to pursue his passion and career goal of educating current and future clinicians as a way to give back and advance the profession of physical therapy.

Dr. Theis is a practicing optometrist, clinical researcher, international lecturer and author. She has extensive clinical experience in post-traumatic brain injury and neurologic visual dysfunctions including neuropathic eye pain, neurologic dry eye, cranial nerve palsies, oculomotor dysfunction, photophobia, visual processing, and visuo-vestibular symptoms. She is a guest instructor in Current Concepts in Concussion Management, sharing her expertise in effects of concussion on the visual system.

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Dr. Peterson is a practicing neuropsychologist whose interest in concussions and cognition began while playing DIII college football at Lawrence University in Wisconsin when the team completed its cognitive “baseline testing” during preseason camp. Though a neuropsychological generalist, a large portion of Dr. Peterson’s current patients include individuals experiencing the subacute and chronic cognitive effects of traumatic brain injuries, including concussions.