Dr. Neal Covas currently serves as a continuing education instructor.

Dr. Neal Covas is a Board Certified Neurologic Clinical Specialist and graduate of the Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Health Professions Neurologic Residency.  He was born in Los Angeles and raised in the Panhandle of Florida, and worked with the US Paralympics prior to becoming a physical therapist.  He is currently a clinician, researcher, and clinical specialist within UF Health.  He has experience within the acute, acute rehabilitation, home health, specialty programs, and outpatient care settings, with the majority of his work and passions in the outpatient setting.  He is currently working within a specialty program that serves veterans and first responders with mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries. 

Bachelors of Science in Physical Education with a Specialty in Exercise Science (2008) 

Doctorate of Physical Therapy, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professionals (2013) 

Brooks Neurologic PT Residency Graduate – Institute of Higher Learning (2015) 

Traumatic Brain Injury 

Vestibular rehabilitation 

Movement disorders and Parkinson’s disease 

Management of Stroke Patients

Co-Instructor for the Brooks IHL : Management of the Neurologic Shoulder 

Prior Lab Instructor for the Brooks IHL Vestibular Course 

Prior Adjunct Professor at University of North Florida 

Prior Guest Lecture at University of North Florida 

Prior Guest Lecture at South University