The National Academies of Practice (NAP) announced the election of Dr. Dolly (Laura Lee) Swisher, PT, M.Div., Ph.D., of Tampa, FL as a Distinguished Practitioner & Fellow.  Dr. Swisher was inducted at a gala membership banquet on April 9, 2016 in Baltimore, MD.

Founded in 1981, NAP is an interdisciplinary, non-profit organization, with membership representing 14 health care professions willing to serve as distinguished advisors to health care policy makers in Congress and elsewhere.  Membership in the NAP is an honor extended to those who have excelled in their profession and are dedicated to furthering practice, scholarship and policy in support of interprofessional care.