Meet The Team
Tim Kerestes, MSPT
Assistant Clinic Director
Tim graduated from Misericordia University in 2009 with his masters in Physical Therapy. He worked at Riverside Rehabilitation's Tobyhanna facility as a student intern and returned as a therapist in 2011. Tim has a special interest in treating sports injuries, orthopedic patients and back pain. He is especially adept in soft tissue techniques. Tim has extensive experience in rehabilitating patients in an outpatient setting.
Miriam Thomas, MA CCC-SLP 
Speech Language Pathologist
Miriam received her BA in Communication Science Disorders and MA in Speech Language Pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has been practicing speech/language therapy since 2004 and joined Riverside in 2011. Miriam has over a decade of experience working with individuals with Autism and specializes in diagnosing and treating children and adults with a variety of disorders; including articulation, fluency, expressive/receptive language, pragmatic language, cognitive, and swallowing.
Our Occupational Therapy Team
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Lindsay Connor, COTA
Lindsay received her Associates of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from The Pennsylvania State University. She is a licensed and certified Occupational Therapy Assistant and has been with Riverside since 2006. Lindsay currently specializes in upper extremities and hand therapy.
Nancy Jeffery, OTR/L
Nancy received her her BS in Occupational Therapy from College Misericordia and has been a practicing Occupational therapist since 1991. She joined the team at Riverside in 2009. Nancy specializes in upper extremity injuries, hand therapy, work reconditioning, pre-work screening, functional capacity evaluations and custom splinting.
Melissa McLaughlin, MS OTR/L CHT
Area Director
Certified Hand Therapist
Melissa received her BS in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh, her Master of Health Care Administration from Wilkes University and her Master in Occupational Science from College Misericordia. In 2010 Melissa became a Certified Hand Therapist which means she has attained the highest level of competency in the field of Occupational Therapy. Melissa has been a practicing OT since 1997 and joined Riverside in 2005. Since then she has become Area Director for five of Riverside's clinics. As an OT and a CHT, Melissa specializes in hand therapy, custom splinting, geriatrics, as well as neurological and orthopedic disorders of the upper extremities.