St. Luke’s University Health Network is a proud sponsor and partner of Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts. Through this partnership, St. Luke’s Sport Medicine provides specialized care that is tailored to each student’s artistic process. On-site Sports Medicine provides an athletic trainer who specializes in injury evaluation, rehabilitation, emergency medicine, and medical education.
Performing Arts Medicine (PAM) at St. Luke’s was founded on this relationship. PAM now has over 20 providers across the commonwealth. Each provider has been educated and is passionate about working with the diverse population in the performing arts. Currently, there are specialists in Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Sport Nutrition, Speech Pathology, Audiology, Sports Performance, and many more.
With a St. Luke’s Athletic Trainer on-site at Charter Arts, they are able to provide top-level immediate care to injuries that would affect a student’s ability to participate in their artistic activity. With the partnership with Sports Medicine and Performing Arts Medicine, Athletic Training staff can also help facilitate appointments with a Performing Arts Specialist Physician and provide contact information for other specialties within Performing Arts Medicine.
If you have any questions, please contact Athletictrainer@Charterarts.orgs, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. The Charter Arts Athletic Trainer is available provide Fast track services to the above-mentioned PAMI health care professionals within the St. Luke’s Health Care network.
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VIDEO: St. Luke’s Performing Arts Medicine Institute at Charter Arts
Meet your On-Site Athletic Trainer
Emily Hornyak DAT, LAT, ATC
Emily (Doctor Emily) is an athletic trainer through the St. Luke’s University Health Network. She has over 10 years of experience in performing arts medicine. She was the founder of Performing Arts Medicine at St. Luke’s. She completed her Doctorate in Athletic Training at Moravian University in 2021, her Master of Science in Advanced Clinical Practice in Athletic Training from East Stroudsburg University in 2017, and her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training and Exercise Science from Slippery Rock University in 2015.
Off-Site Performing Arts Staff
Britney Niles-Schoeller, DO (Whitehall and Fountain Hill Location)
As an osteopathic-trained primary care sports medicine physician, I strongly believe in the tenets of osteopathic medicine and take a whole-body, patient-centered approach to treatment. I specialize in non-operative musculoskeletal care, managing acute, chronic, and overuse injuries, as well as fractures. I also focus on relative energy deficiency syndrome (RED-S), a condition of low energy availability that affects male and female athletes of all levels and ages, concussion management, and landmark (intramuscular) or ultrasound-guided injections
Kelly Angelucci PT, DPT (Moravian Physical Therapy Location)
Kelly has a passion for working with performing artists, especially dancers, and holds clinical interests in sports medicine, manual therapy, dance technique evaluation, and training proper body mechanics. Through her clinical interests, Kelly has aided in the development and programming as Clinical Coordinator of Performing Arts Medicine with Physical Therapy at St. Luke’s. She has presented online webinars and in-person workshops to dancers on physical and mental health, global well-being, and injury prevention. Kelly believes in an individualized, hands-on treatment approach that utilizes evidence-based practice and patient-centered goals to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes.
Sofia Garra PT, DPT, MS (Macungie Location)
Sofia earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the University of Delaware, where she gained valuable clinical experience in the on-site clinic and contributed to the Mental Health Committee, a cause she is passionate about. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Penn State, with a concentration in Movement Science and a minor in Psychology. With over 20 years of dance experience across multiple styles, including ballet, modern, and musical theater, Sofia specializes in performing arts rehabilitation, a focus she honed while working at a performing arts clinic in NYC and treating dancers and performers on several Broadway shows and various companies and schools, as well as drawing from her own experiences with injuries.
Morgan Horst PT, DPT (Quakertown)
Morgan’s interest in physical therapy stems from her extensive dance background, which piqued her passion for human movement. She received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Widener University in 2023 and has a background in psychology, earning a Bachelor’s degree in 2020. She brings a compassionate, evidence-based approach to care, with special interests in treating dancers, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, and vestibular rehabilitation. Morgan integrates her knowledge of both physical and psychological wellness to create individualized treatment plans to help individuals return to movement with confidence. Her background in dance and love of human movement deeply influence her clinical work, especially when working with performing artists.
