Burt earns doctorate in physical therapy
Dr. Madison Burt, DPT, of Pensacola, and formerly of Franklin County, received her doctor of physical therapy degree from the University of South Alabama in the spring commencement ceremony on May 9.
She is the daughter of Gethia Burt, of Pensacola, and Crossley Ford, of Okolona, Mississippi.
She attended Franklin County High School and graduated as the 2018 valedictorian. She was also dual-enrolled at Gulf Coast State College and graduated magna cum laude with her associate of arts degree in 2018.
In 2020, she completed her bachelor of science degree in exercise science and graduated magna cum laude at the University of West Florida. Madison then completed her post-baccalaureate doctoral-level program at the University of South Alabama and earned her doctor of physical therapy degree in 2025.
Additionally, she completed 34 weeks of clinical rotation internships in acute care, outpatient, and neurological rehabilitations.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.