Meet Our Staff

Alison Schonfeld

Director of Occupational Therapy - OT
Email: alison@ madisonptot.com

Alison graduated from the Medical College of Virginia. She has been practicing Occupational Therapy for 18 years in New York, concentrating her practice to treating patients with neurological deficits, low vision dysfunction, lymphedema, and vestibular dysfunction. Read more

Mark Amir

Director of Physical Therapy - PT, DPT, DipMDT
Email: mark@ madisonptot.com

After graduating from Brooklyn College with a degree in Physical Education, Mark obtained a masters degree in Physical Therapy from Touro College in 1993. In 1998, he was one of 173 international graduates of the McKenzie institute, where he became a diplomate of MDT. Read more

Jay Hunt

MSPT, DPT
Email: jay@ madisonptot.com

Hi, my name is Jay Hunt and I am the Clinic Supervisor. My paramount responsibility is to make sure that you the patient receive the highest level of care possible. I take great pride in maintaining an office that projects a warm, friendly, and professional environment, which allows healing to occur. Read more

Yelena Vayner

PT
Email: yelena@ madisonptot.com

Yelena received her Physical Therapy degree from Long Island University. She has been practicing in New York since 2000. Prior to joining the Madison team, Yelena had worked in a variety of settings ranging from hospitals to orthopedic facilities to schools. She's worked at New York University Medical Center/Rusk Institute treating patients with cardiac/pulmonary dysfunction and has treated kids with various disabilities including autism. Read more

Cynthia Roszkowski

DPT
Email: cynthia@ madisonptot.com

(Bio coming soon)

Eli Dinewitz

DPT
Email: eli@ madisonptot.com

(Bio coming soon)

Tricia Assante

PTA
Email: tricia@ madisonptot.com

(Bio coming soon)

Kirk Lawrence

PTA
Email: kirk@ madisonptot.com

Kirk has been a Physical Therapist Assistant for the past 20 years, working with countless orthopedic patients as well as seniors in Nursing Homes. His career path started while he was on his Long Island Freeport High School's wrestling team and became fascinated with the physiology of exercise. Read more