Cathey Norton

Biography

Dr. Norton has been a practicing physical therapist for over 32 years. Her clinical experience encompasses a variety of patient populations in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Most recently, she was on staff at Vanderbilt Medical Center’s Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute as the Site Coordinator of Clinical Education and a mentor in the Neurologic Clinical Residency at Pi Beta Phi and Belmont University. Her primary interests are neurologic and vestibular rehabilitation.

She received her Bachelor of Science and Physical Therapy degree in 1986 from Texas Woman’s University and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the NeuroRecovery Training Institute in 2017. She is certified as a clinical specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties and holds certifications in adult and pediatric vestibular rehabilitation. She is a member of the APTA’s section on Neurology and the Vestibular special interest group, and has presented at the local, state, and national levels on concussion management, vestibular rehabilitation, facial rehabilitation, balance and falls prevention.

Her publications and research interest are in the area of facial paralysis and the treatment of synkinesis. She has an interest in balance development in children with cochlear implants, as well as international medical service, providing physical therapy services and lectures to physical therapy students in Haiti. She serves as the Academic Residency Director for the Neurologic Physical Therapy Residency at Pi Beta Phi Rehabilitation Institute at Vanderbilt Medical Center and Belmont University.