Meet...Todd
Name: Todd Strong.School: College of Health Professions— Physical Therapy Class of 2005.
Favorite
professor: Lisa Nichols, assistant professor,
CHP Rehabilitation Sciences.
Favorite TV show: Seinfeld.
Hobbies: I like to surf on Folly Beach and kayak the Edisto River when I can squeeze it between classes.
Who inspired you to go into health care: A physical therapist who was treating me for a shoulder injury.
What is your biggest challenge: National Board exams.
What are your plans for the future: For two weeks in May, I am going to Haiti with a rehabilitation team to serve in a clinic sponsored by a non-profit organization called Healing Hands for Haiti.
What do you hope to accomplish on your mission trip: I want to give something to the people in Haiti who need medical attention of any kind. I feel lucky to be in a position to raise money and to provide rehabilitation in the Healing Hands for Haiti clinic and in the various orphanages we will visit.
Something people don't know about you: I grow bonsai trees as a hobby.
Something you tried once and will never do again: Skateboarding.
The most interesting job you've ever had:
I worked on a buffalo farm for a year on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii.
I caught enough waves to hold me over through three years of graduate school.