VIC VAUGHAN

Vic has been part of the association management team at Liberty Square Group since 2017 where he
handles all the CEU course approval work for all state physical therapy chapters managed by Liberty
Square Group. Currently he also provides association management services through LSG for one of the
specialist academies within the American Physical Therapy Association.

He was a practicing clinical physical therapist for 48 years primarily in outpatient care but has also seen
patients in inpatient, sports rehabilitation, and home care. He is a published author of several articles in
peer reviewed journals as well as co-authored a chapter on rehabilitation of persons with lower extremity
amputations.

Vic was been involved in the physical therapy association work in Connecticut for over 35 years holding
numerous elected offices, including President, Vice President, Treasurer, Immediate Past President as
well as several committee chair appointments. As the Public Policy Committee chairman, he lead the
effort and was instrumental in the successful passing of legislation allowing patients direct access to
physical therapists in 2006, as well as several other legislative initiatives. He continued his government
advocacy work on the federal level as an appointed member of the APTA Public Policy and Advocacy
Committee. For his cumulative legislative work, he was awarded the State Legislative Leadership Award
in 2006. For his overall service work to the professional association, he received APTA’s Lucy Blair
Service Award in 2018.

As a member of Doctor of Physical Therapy program faculty at Sacred Heart University he taught
multiple entry level courses and also ran the faculty practice for 19 years. In addition, he directed the
Sacred Heart University orthopedic physical therapy residency program for 3 years. Most recently he has
continued his engagement with the profession through teaching online courses in the post-professional
and entry level Doctor of Physical Therapy programs at Shenandoah University.

As a new avid golfer, he is fully engaged in one of the most confounding sports around. Beyond golf he
really enjoys exercise and the beach.