Tim Haitz, Talent Development Alumnus and May 2014 Graduate of URI’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, is featured on URI Today Website.
URI physical therapy graduate grateful to clinical instructor for giving him back his life
Timothy Haitz was 30 years old when he discovered that one of his legs was an inch shorter than the other. Kids teased him during high school, calling him “swivel,’’ and now he finally knew why he couldn’t walk like the others.
The man who gave Haitz the shocking news was Michael Noonan, a clinical instructor for the University of Rhode Island’s physical therapy program and owner of a private practice in South County.
Noonan made Haitz whole again, and Haitz returned the favor in a big way.
The now 48-year-old South Kingstown resident gave up his career as a commercial fisherman and became a physical therapist, graduating this spring with a doctorate from URI’s physical therapy program.