Sharon Giammatteo, PhD, IMT,C is President of The Institute of Integrative Manual Therapy. She is the co-founder of Regional Physical Therapy (RPT) in Connecticut and is the primary Rehabilitation Consultant for RPT. The Institute of Integrative Manual Therapy is a network of health care clinics providing manual therapy and rehabilitation in the United States and Asia.

Giammatteo graduated from Wingate Institute of Physiotherapy in Israel; received an undergraduate degree in Advanced Health Sciences and Medicine, a graduate degree in Clinical Neurosciences and her Doctoral Degree investigating manual and cranial therapies for the neurologic client.

Giammatteo is President of Dialogues in Contemporary Rehabilitation (DCR), the learning, resource and research center for IMT in Connecticut. DCR presents over 150 seminars around the world each year. Their authorized Connecticut School of Integrative Manual Therapy is situated in Bloomfield, CT.

Giammatteo developed Integrative Manual Therapy, the Integrated Systems Approach and Integrative Diagnostics. She has taught on 5 continents as an expert in orthopedics, chronic pain, pediatrics, neurologic and geriatric rehabilitation.