Staff - Frontier Place

At Hertel & Brown, Each Patient is the Most Important Person on Our Team!

Founders Aaron Hertel and Michael Brown are Erie natives, and in addition to the entire team, offer high quality rehabilitation services for all patients’ physical therapy needs. We treat every body like family and we’d like you to meet ours:

Frontier Place | Sterrettania Office | Summit Office at Family First Sports Park | Harborcreek

Aaron Hertel, MPT, Cert. MDT

Aaron Hertel
  • McKenzie Certification for the treatment of neck and back pain, bulging discs and sciatica.
  • Manual Therapy techniques
    - Joint mobilizations for frozen shoulders, plantar fasciitis, painful ankles, knees and hips
    - Muscle energy techniques for the sacroiliac

Michael Brown, MPT, CSCS

Michael Brown
  • Certified strength and conditioning specialist
  • Vestibular rehabilitation for treatment of patients with vertigo, balance disorders and BPPV
  • Treatment of patients with lymphedema

Julie Johnson, DPT

Julie Johnson
  • Hometown: Meadville, Pa
  • Graduated with a Doctorate degree in Physical therapy from Gannon University in 2005
  • Specialties include:
    - Lower extremity biomechanical clinical analysis
    - McKenzie mechanical diagnosis of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine
    - Pre/post partum care, pelvic floor dysfunction and SI joint dysfunction
    - Geriatric neurorehabiliation of the medically complex client
    - Neural mobilizations

Jeremy Bowes, PTA

Ryan Carlisle
  • Graduate of Mercyhurst College
  • Specialities Include:
    - McKenzie treatment of the neck and back
    - Orthopedics for total joint replacements
    - Aquatic therapy

Ryan Carlisle, DPT

Ryan Carlisle
  • Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa
  • Graduated with Doctorate degree in Physical Therapy from Gannon University in 2010
  • Specialties include:
    - Aquatic therapy specializing in total knee and total hip replacement
    - Cardiac and pulmonary outpatient rehabilitation
    - Orthopedic and sports rehabilitation

Front Office

Leah Schuyler
Patty Berchtold
Leah Schuyler
Front Office Manager at Frontier
Patty Berchtold
Billing Specialist