Our Staff

Meet Our Team

Rehab Specialists Inc. provides comprehensive, individualized physical therapy care. We can help most anyone who would like to improve their function and relieve their pain. We have helped clients from 15 to 95 years old and those who are active to those limited to bed rest status. Whether you are recovering from an injury, surgery, or simply want to move and feel better, the therapists at Rehab Specialists Inc. will be able to assist you in attaining your goal.

Gail Pekelis

Gail Pekelis has been a physical therapist in Southern California for almost 30 years. Her broad experience ranges from neurological and orthopedic conditions to cancer rehabilitation...

Abigail Alpe (Abi)

Abi is the Director of Operations for all offices including Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Encino. She joined the Rehab Specialists, Inc. team January 2012 but has been in the...

Katherine Brockert (Katie)

Katie Brockert graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in Austin, TX and her Bachelor of Science from Loyola Marymount...

Jason Chen

Jason received his Bachelor of Science degree in physiological science from UCLA in 2001 and a Doctor of physical therapy degree from USC in 2006. He has been a licensed physical...

Lauren Doud

Lauren was born and raised in Phoenix Arizona. She graduated with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Midwestern University in 2019. She received her Bachelor degree in Exercise...

August Dogust (Auggie)

Auggie is a cockapoo rescue born in 2011. In 2015, he completed the prestigious Therapy Dog International program thanks to a grant at the Wildwood Program in Upstate NY. He is...

Stephanie Fogelson

Stephanie is a native Angeleno. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Education from UC Santa Cruz and her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Drexel University...

Sydney Jamison

Sydney received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2019. In her final internship year, she worked at SERC Physical and Hand Therapy...

Rebecca Kern (Becky)

Becky Kern PT, DPT, MS, OCS graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelors in Education. After teaching for 4 years she moved on to pursue physical therapy. She...

Sue Klein

Sue Klein, a graduate of Russell Sage College with a Bachelor degree in Physical Therapy and over 35 years of experience, began working at Downstate Medical Center from 1974-1976....

Jennifer Marie Krekel

Jennifer PT, DPT, EdD is a New York native who graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitative Science in 2003 and a Master’s degree in Physical...

Celia Sabin de Mayo

Celia has worked as a physical therapist for 33 years in a variety of settings, including acute and outpatient care, inpatient neurological rehabilitation, work reconditioning and...

Mae Murakami

Mae Murakami was born and raised in Los Angeles, and grew up playing soccer and running track. Due to playing multiple sports, she was no stranger to injury or physical therapy...

Erica Pueblos

Erica received her Master’s of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Stanbridge University in January 2019. She interned at High Five Hand Therapy and Rehab and Seal Beach...

Sophia Qadir

Sophia is from Los Angeles. She received her Bachelors in Physiological Sciences in 2014 from the University of California, Los Angeles and went on to get the Doctorate in Physical...

Jennifer Nicolla Rai (Jenni)

Jenni Rai, MSPT, was raised in Albany, NY and received her Masters Degree in Physical Therapy from Ithaca College in 2001. She is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist (CLT) who completed...

Liza Sutterby

Liza received her doctorate in physical therapy from USC in 2018 with a focus on pelvic health. While at USC, Liza was the recipient of the Nina Bradley & Jesus Dominguez...

James Scherer (Jim)

Jim Scherer Graduated with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Ohio University in 2008. He received his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and Minor in Psychology. While...

Shui Yu

Shui graduated as a Doctor of Physical Therapy from USC in 2019 after receiving her Master of Public Health in Global Health Leadership. She is also a Certified Lymphedema Specialist. While...

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Providing comprehensive, individualized physical therapy care since 1986