Our Staff

David M. Cunic, PT

David M. Cunic is the owner and manager of DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation. He is a graduate of the Delbarton School as well as received both his Bachelor's of Health Science and Master's of Physical Therapy from the University of New England. David also is a certified personal trainer, a licensed referee for the United States Soccer Federation as well as a member of numerous physical therapy and community service organizations. David has proceeded to work at inpatient facilities as well as several outpatient orthopedic clinics.

Over the course of his career, David has had the honor to work with prestigious doctors from numerous professional and Olympic sport teams which has led to him being highly trained in sports medicine, orthopedics, and manual therapy. He is continually refining his knowledge and manual skills through workshops and continuing education seminars. David's hard work and dedication in the field of physical therapy enabled him to become a manager of several orthopedic clinics. Although, what makes David truly unique is his ability to relate to his patients, secondary to himself receiving intensive physical therapy for almost four years.

Through education, clinic, and personal experience, David has designed his own philosophy of complete therapy. He has taken techniques which integrates the personal training and physical therapy regimen, in order to achieve a complete therapy where "you get the best of both worlds".

Bill Czarnecki, PT, MSPT, CKTP

Bill Czarnecki, PT, MSPT, CKTP received his Masters in Physical Therapy from Ithaca College in 1998, where he also earned a double Bachelors Degree in Clinical Science and Exercise Science. Since then, he has practiced in a wide variety of settings, developing and honing his unique therapeutic approach. He believes in empowering his clients by "unlocking" heir own natural healing abilities. He generously shares his knowledge and experiences to help manage their physical environment and prevent future injury.

Bill's primary interests are in skilled Manual Therapy, Creative Exercise Prescription, and Kinesiotaping. Bill is a student of the Maitland School, an Australian approach that teaches specialized joint mobilization techniques. He also utilizes advanced soft-tissue techniques such as Muscle Energy Technique (MET), MyoFascial Release (MFR) and the Active Release Technique (ART).

Bill resides in Boonton, NJ and enjoys bicycling, hiking, and playing the piano and bass guitar. He was a competitive and decorated soccer goal-keeper in high school and college, and was a member of the Olympic Development Program.

Bill is the clinical director in DMC's Randolph clinic. Please call to schedule your free initial consultation. (973) 584-1900.

Janice Morra, PT, OCS, CSCS

Janice is a physical therapist at DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation's Morristown facility. She has 30 yrs. of experience in the field of orthopedic and sports physical therapy, and has stayed current in both treatment techniques and evidence based practice for high level outcomes. She is board certified by the American Physical Therapy Association as an Orthopedic Clinical Specialist, and also certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Janice has extensive expertise in video running analysis (using Dartfish software), which is used for individualized program design for injury prevention, sport specific rehabilitation, and performance enhancement. She has published numerous running related articles.

Janice is a lifelong competitive runner who has won national titles in both cross country and track; several as a masters athlete.

Kira Fagerlin, PT, DPT

Kira received her Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree from a joint program sponsored by Rutgers-Camden and the University of Medicine and Dentistry-School of Health Related Professions. She has also earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Pre-Physical Therapy. She has been working within the field of physical therapy for over four years and has experience with all ages from early intervention to 98 years old. Kira has worked with patients with varying impairments including but not limited to developmental disability, vestibular dysfunction, neurological, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic, neuromuscular, and musculoskeletal in nature.

In the past year, Kira has attended CEU courses in vestibular therapy, spinal stabilization, upper extremity neurodynamics, and McConnel taping for shoulder instability.

Kira has been an athlete throughout her youth and continues to enjoy staying active and takes pride in maintaining her health. She played softball for 9 years and was heavily involved in private pitching lessons and played year round. She has also played basketball, soccer, tennis, track, and rugby. More recently, she rock climbs, bikes, swims, kayaks, and participates in CrossFit.

Mary LaPorta Healey, PT, DPT

Mary has been practicing physical therapy since 2002. She graduated from Nazareth College of Rochester with a Master of Science in Physical Therapy. In 2007, she obtained a Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Scranton.

Mary has practiced in the outpatient setting since graduating in 2002. In addition to her work in outpatient facilities, Mary also has a variety of pediatric experience. Mary has worked with pre-school children at home, children in school-based settings, and also children within the outpatient setting. She has experience working with children as young as 3 weeks old. Based on her interests in pediatrics, Mary completed her graduate project detailing normal development in children with developmental milestones and primitive reflexes integrated into an interactive CD.

During high school and college, Mary played lacrosse. She currently continues her involvement with lacrosse as a volunteer coach at West Essex High School working primarily with the Varsity Girls and goalies. In addition, she has worked with younger children teaching fundamentals of lacrosse. When not working or coaching, Mary enjoys rock climbing.

Michael DiLella, PT, MSPT

Michael received his Master's in Physical Therapy from Thomas Jefferson University in 2005. He did his undergraduate work at Rutgers University. Since graduating, Michael has practiced in a wide array of orthopedic sports medicine settings.

Michael has several specialized interests including Kinesiotaping, Manual Therapy, and Myofascial release techniques.

Aside from practicing, Michael plays amateur baseball and also enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and fishing.

Stefanie Sutera, PT, DPT

Stefanie Sutera is a physical therapist at DMC's Morristown facility. Stefanie received both her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Doctorate of Physical Therapy from The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Stefanie began her interest in the field of physical therapy after working at a summer camp for mentally and physically handicapped children who received speech, occupational, and physical therapy in a school-based setting. She continued to work with these children over the past 10 years while completing her education.

Stefanie has mainly worked in outpatient clinics, but also has experience working in a long-term acute care setting in a hospital. Stefanie has been involved in a variety of sports and activities over the years including soccer, track, tennis, and dance. She continues to enjoy working out on a regular basis.

Giovanni Nicola, ES, AFAA CPT

Giovanni "Gio" Nicola is the Fitness Director, a Functional Exercise Specialist, and an AFAA Certified Personal Trainer for DMC Athletics & Rehabilitation Randolph, NJ. (Located inside Aspen Ice Rink on the second floor) Gio has specialized strengths in resistance training for weight loss, male bodybuilding and female body toning. Gio has trained and coached numerous male and females to reach their fitness goals including training clients for competition.

Gio takes from all of his 34 years of athletic experiences including 21 years of ice hockey including 3 years of pro hockey, 4 years of military exercise and 15 years of bodybuilding. Combining them all with sound nutrition planning that has been studied and learned from his experiences as a competitive bodybuilder put all his clients on a fast track to reach their goals quickly and safely.

Gio's dedication to daily training has kept him in bodybuilding competitive shape for 10 years and he will be competing in the men's Masters National Level Bodybuilding Category in 2012, as well as keeping him on the ice playing hockey as a hobby. Gio also has numerous clients, both male and female, training for competition in 2012.

Gio's philosophy of "change through consistency," in training, nutrition and supplementation is one of the most effective ways for anyone of any level of fitness to improve their health and achieve any goal fitness goal they desire.

Billy Dee Williams, FES

Billy is the Personal Training Manager for DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation. Having been a personal trainer since 2000, he holds both ISSA and NFPT certifications. Also a certified Zumba instructor, Billy was one of the first to get Zumba certification and bring it to Morris County back in 2006. He also has very extensive and dynamic background in sports specific training, along with training youth and geriatric patients.

Not only a high school standout athlete in football, wrestling and track, Billy also played division 1 football in college, where he then went on to play semi pro football. Other accomplishments such as placing 4th in the nation at 198lbs in power lifting, has allowed him to not only to train with many of the best collegiate and also professional athletes, but for he himself, to train them. Currently, he is training at DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation. In the midst of his daily occupation, Billy is also currently training to become a professional MMA fighter. Billy brings to DMC a charisma, along with a no nonsense attitude with diehard commitment to training those who want to make the commitment to better health.

Andrew Nix, FES

Andrew Nix is a personal trainer with DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation's Randolph facility (located on the 2nd floor of the Aspen Ice Arena) and comes with specialized strengths in mixed martial arts, wrestling and strength training.

Andrew blends a youthful exuberance and a wealth of athletic experience to bring about the latest techniques for strength gains, weight loss, and cardiovascular conditioning. With experiences in training youth and varsity athletes, extreme passion for power lifting, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and special interest in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, he brings to DMC, a well roundedness to the training circuit.

Andrew's dedication to what he does has allowed him the opportunity to become a Renzo Gracie blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and trains under world super middle weight kickboxing champion Shihan Reginald C. Good. In the 8 years he has helped people get in shape, Andrew has created programs to implement strength training with endurance, explosion and quickness.

Andrew not only focuses on strength training but also on flexibility and balance to keep the body injury free, which makes him a fitting acquisition for the DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation team.

Joseph Hyndman, FES

Joe is a physical therapy aide and personal trainer at DMC Athletics & Rehabilitation. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science & Sport Studies from Rutgers University and is an ACE Certified Group Fitness Instructor. With interests in physical therapy, sports training, and general health & wellness, Joe has acquired a diverse knowledge of exercise through a great collection of experiences in the athletic, corporate, and therapy realms.

Along with playing sports and practicing freelance personal training for several years, Joe has had the privilege of working with collegiate athletes working as a student athletic trainer (primarily with the football team) at the Rutgers Athletic Center. He also has physical therapy aide experience through working in three different physical therapy sites. Most recently, Joe was a fitness coach/personal trainer/group exercise instructor in corporate fitness for the Verizon Wireless Headquarters Health & Wellness center.

At DMC, Joe brings his experience and expertise to help patients and athletes of all types reach their goals. His knowledge of weight lifting, sports conditioning, and therapeutic exercise makes him a great go-to-guy no matter what your fitness level and needs.

Amanda Taylor

Amanda Taylor is a personal trainer at DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation. She has been certified as such since 2008 and has trained at several different locations, catering to a variety of clients of different ages, body types, athletic experience and goals. Having always been physically active growing up and involved in many sports, primarily soccer, compliments Amanda's knowledge in personal training. Her experience in cardiovascular training, weight training, balance and core strengthening makes a beneficial addition to the DMC team.

Besides being a functional exercise specialist, Amanda is also a physical therapy aide at DMC. Assisting the therapists with the different rehab programs that are implemented at DMC adds to Amanda's knowledge and in turn makes her a more rounded personal trainer.

Ben Hoehn, COO

Ben Hoehn is the Business Operations Director for DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation. He oversees all 3 of DMC's facilities as well as DMC's Nutritional Line, but can be found most often at the Cedar Knolls facility. After 8 years in Cincinnati, Ben is happy to be back in Morris County New Jersey where he grew up and went to High School. Ben Hoehn is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and has his bachelors and masters degrees in Criminal Justice. Prior to his work at DMC, he worked in Cincinnati for a non-profit organization that worked with the Cincinnati Police Department in crime and problem solving techniques. He is proud to bring this problem solving mentality, as well as his background in numbers and analysis, to DMC. Ben Hoehn enjoys every type of sport and sporting event, outdoor activities such as hiking, films, and spending time with his wife Jennifer.

Alexis Jones

Alexis is the Office Manager for DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation. Alexis graduated from Rutgers University in 2005 with a BA in Social Work. Alexis gained her knowledge of medical billing and insurance the unconventional way, working her way through college, she worked at several prestigious insurance companies and physical therapy practices in New York and New Jersey. Alexis has been able to use her medical billing knowledge and her degree together to make the whole medical claims process patient-friendly.

Alexis can be reached at the corporate headquarters in Cedar Knolls, NJ at (973)984-0200 and is always willing to discuss any billing or insurance questions you may have.

Ryan Pizzo, Randolph Fitness Director/Functional Exercise Specialist and Physical Therapy Aide

My name is Ryan Pizzo and I am DMC Athletics and Rehabilitation's Fitness Director/Functional Exercise Specialist and Physical Therapy Aide in our Randolph facility. I grew up playing almost every major sport. From Ice Hockey, Soccer, Basketball and Baseball I developed a very active lifestyle at a relatively young age. It wasn't until a few years ago that I realized how important it is for a healthy lifestyle to always be on the move. I became a Certified Personal Trainer through an organization called AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) in 2009 after spending two years training under my father's supervision and under my own guidance. After becoming certified as a trainer, it opened my eyes to all aspects that are important to helping someone else adopt a healthy lifestyle. These aspects are proper nutrition, strength training, cardiovascular training, flexibility training and the recovery process.

What I have to offer to my clients is an uncanny ability to teach fitness and proper nutrition in a way that can relate to any individual. I note the importance of each aspect of adopting a healthy lifestyle and give my clients the knowledge that they need to continue to do so when they leave my hands. A healthy lifestyle is something that must remain engrained in the mind of each of my clients on a daily basis whether they are in the gym or not, and that is what I am here to do. I am a lifestyle coach and always lend my hands out to help in any way possible whether that be motivating a client during a rough time in their life or giving them the confidence to achieve those last two reps of a set that could be the difference in change rather than remaining the same.

As a Functional Exercise Specialist at DMC Athletics & Rehabilitation my goals are primarily to help my clients achieve a level of fitness that enables them to be able to function at 100% of their ability everyday of their lives. Keeping this my primary goal for my clients allows them to complete daily tasks more efficiently, enjoy playtime with their kids, excel in their given sport as an athlete, be fit to stay happy, confident and most importantly, HEALTHY. I empower my clients by keeping them positive and wanting more from themselves every day.

At the end of the day, you get what you give. My job is to guide my clients to be efficient, safe and effective and to constantly reassure them that they are on their way to a healthier "you". I will be your motivator and will always do my best to make sure that you are getting the absolute BEST from yourself every single time we meet. So, with a bit of HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND CONSISTENCY we can work together to create an environment that will not only have you at your best physically, but also MENTALLY and EMOTIONALLY.

"The MIND is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you REALLY BELIEVE 100 PERCENT." - Arnold Schwarzenegger