Mayo Faculty

Beth Rush, PhD, ABPP - Dr. Rush works across inpatient and outpatient settings. She is engaged in clinical care, education, and research, helping people adjust to their neurologic conditions. Currently, she is designing novel, neuroscience-based, rehabilitation interventions for individuals with functional neurological disorders. She is actively engaged in research with the Mayo Clinic Rochester BeST team and this year has published articles on functional cognitive disorder and functional seizure treatment goals.

Kevin Hall, PT, DPT, NCS - Dr. Kevin Hall is a physical therapist who is board certified in neurology. He has been practicing for 8 years at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona after graduating from Wichita State University in Kansas. Currently, Kevin serves as a supervisor and physical therapist in the acute care environment, where his interests lie in neurology, particularly stroke rehabilitation, emergency medicine, vestibular disorders, and oncological care. Kevin has helped author the Evidence Informed Pathway for Stroke, presented at CSM regarding care using Neurodevelopmental Techniques, and engaged in quality projects related to Mayo Arizona’s LVAD program, scheduling efficiencies, EPIC optimization, amongst others. Kevin teaches neuroscience, neuro practice, and assists with cardiopulm classes for Tufts University and Midwestern University in Phoenix, Arizona. Additionally, he is a mentor and lecturer in the Acute Care and Geriatric Residency programs at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Kayla Johnson, PT, DPT, NCS - Kayla is a physical therapist and the physical therapy clinical brain lead for the neuro practice at Mayo Clinic.  She has 14 years of experience in a multitude of clinical settings across the United States, treating people with neuromuscular deficits.  Her expertise and passion lie in traumatic brain injury recovery, specifically disorders of consciousness.  She is certified as a clinical specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy (NCS) and a mentor in Mayo’s PT Neurologic Residency Program.   

 
Cassidy McCann, PT, DPT - Cassidy is a PT on Mayo 14 who works with patients with FMD and neurodegenerative conditions. She has been practicing in the FMD program for the past 1.5 years. In addition to participating in the program, she also completes screening visits several times a week. She is passionate about using her patients’ goals in the program to help develop creative graded activities. Some of the specialty areas that she practices in include: the FMD program, ALS clinic, and facial re-animation clinic.  

 
Mariah Travis, OT, MOT, ATP - Mariah works on Mayo 14 with individuals with functional movement disorder in the FMD program in the last 3 years. She is interested in treatment approaches that support individuals with functional movement disorders return to meaningful occupations.  Mariah has also had the chance to see unique presentations of FMD including eye and facial movements. Other interest areas include neurodegenerative conditions, ALS clinic, Assistive technology, and geriatrics.

Angela Imhoff, PT, DPT, WCS-ABPTS, dipACLM - Angela is an alumni of Mayo Clinic’s Graduate School’s physical therapy program and is board certified in Women’s Health via the American board of physical therapy specialties and a diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She has been practicing pelvic and pediatric physical therapy for nearly 9 years at Mayo in Onalaska, WI. She is an associate professor for the Mayo Physical Therapy department and a lecturer in the PT program at UW-La Crosse. She engages in physical therapy research including examining bladder base changes via ultrasound in response to exercise in collaboration with UWL professors.  She is a volunteer for APTA’s Academy of Pelvic Health.  Outside of the clinic she teaches Pilates and Ballet, chauffeurs her 4 children to activities and enjoys reading and knitting in her rare moments of free time.  

Danny Zawada PT, DPT, OCS - Dr. Zawada graduated from A.T. Still University with his DPT in 2017. He has been with Mayo Clinic Arizona since 2019 practicing PT in the inpatient setting. He became an APTA Certified Clinical Instructor in 2021. He received his Certification for Specialization in Orthopedics in 2022. He moved into his current supervisor role in 2022. He is passionate about Acute Care.

Melissa Caywood PT, DPT - After years as a clinician with a blended practice of out-patient orthopedics and pelvic rehabilitation, Melissa’s practice now focuses on pelvic rehabilitation. She treats all people who have a variety of diagnoses within the specialty area of pelvic rehabilitation. She has special interests in complex chronic pelvic pain, pain neuroscience training, neuromodulation, trauma-informed care, sexual function rehabilitation, and gender affirming care. She practices on the main campus of Mayo Clinic Florida and is embedded with the Women’s Health Clinic and the GYN Department.

Sydney Smith, OTR/L, OTD - Sydney graduated with her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Florida State University in 2018 and obtained her doctorate in occupational therapy in 2022. She works at Mayo Clinic in the mental health OT practice for 2 years and has worked in the inpatient psychiatric hospital, outpatient mental health practice, and helped to develop and run the inaugural OT program at the Herman Homes residential mental health facility. Sydney works with adults, adolescents, and children with a variety of diagnoses, included depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and psychosis and enjoys bringing the occupational therapy lens to a psychiatric setting working with clients on building healthy coping skills they can functionally implement in their lives and routines that support their engagement in meaningful activities.

 
Christopher Taylor, OTD, OTR/L, BCG - Dr. Christopher Taylor is an outpatient vestibular-certified occupational therapist who has also obtained his advanced board certification in Gerontology. Outside of patient care, Dr. Taylor enjoys serving as Program Director for OT Clinical Education for the state of Arizona. To tie in Mayo’s 3 shields, Dr. Taylor is currently Principal Investigator for Vivistim’s Vagus Nerve Stimulation research study geared to enhance upper extremity performance with chronic stroke populations.

Annette Siebens OTR/L - Annette is a vestibular and LSVT certified occupational therapist who practices in the outpatient setting at Mayo Clinic, Shea Campus.  Annette’s outpatient practice includes: performing driving evaluations and addressing functional cognition and vision, vestibular and concussion, neurologic conditions including Parkinson’s disease and functional movement disorder, post-Covid, and musculoskeletal conditions.