Robert Panariello

Robert Panariello, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS, is the cofounder and former CEO and chief clinical officer of Professional Physical Therapy, a healthcare company with more than 250 facilities in five Northeastern states, as well as the Professional Athletic Performance Training Center. He is also the former director of health, performance, and innovation for the NFL Carolina Panthers. Rob is also a former Professional Football player, Professional Division 1 collegiate, and Professional women’s Soccer Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. In 2021, he became an elected member of ICCUS, an elite US Sports Rehabilitation Specialists Society. In 2003, he was one of the inaugural inductees to the USA Strength and Conditioning Coaches Hall of Fame, and was awarded the 2016 National Strength and Conditioning Association's Sports Medicine/Rehabilitation Specialist of the Year Award, as well as the 2015 American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy Lynn Wallace Clinical Education and Development Award. Rob lectures nationally and internationally on Sports Rehabilitation, Athlete Performance Enhancement Training, and the integration of these two professions in the sports physical therapy clinical setting.