Torrance PT - About Our Staff

Ron Satow, PT, OCS graduated from CSU Northridge / UCLA’s physical therapy program in 1981. He first started his career at Santa Monica College as an athletic trainer. In 1984 he volunteered his services to the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee as the Athletic Training Coordinator for the men’s and women’s marathon. While in Santa Monica he opened an office within the Pritikin Longevity Center, taught “Understanding injuries of the aerobic athlete” through UCLA’s extension fitness department, and worked for the “CoolMax” triathlon team.

Ron then moved to Mammoth Lakes, CA, where he was the director of physical therapy for the Mammoth Centinela Hospital. There he worked with Mammoth Mountain Ski Corporation in developing and implementing the “Mammoth Physicals”. A program he also implemented at Heavenly Ski Corporation and Steamboat Springs Ski Corporation.

Always striving to stay abreast of his profession, Ron left Mammoth to enroll in the Kaiser West Los Angeles Orthopedic Residency. This one year residency provided advanced studies in Manual Therapy and Movement sciences. After graduation Ron sat for and passed board certification in orthopedic physical therapy. He then accepted the position of Clinical Supervisor in HealthCare Partners Physical Therapy department. At HealthCare Partners he lead the department to developing it’s own residency program which was accredited by the APTA, one of only seven accredited residency programs in the nation. Ron co-ventured Torrance Physical Therapy with PRN in 2003.

Korey Pieper, DPT graduated from the University of Southern California in 2006 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. She received a Bachelor of Science in Physiology from UC Santa Barbara in 2002. While completing her Fitness Instruction and Exercise and Health minors, she had the oppurtunity to work with the women's lacrosse team.

Korey completed the year long Kaiser Permanente residency in orthopedic physical therapy in 2008 to learn and apply more advanced manual and critical thinking skills. She joined the Torrance Physical Therapy team in 2006.

She enjoys running and has completed the Los Angeles marathon. Her experiences with running and playing soccer have enabled her to help others return to sport, improve their mechanics to prevent injury, and motivate them to achieve their goals.

Leslie Mukogawa, DPT graduated form the Uninversity of Southern California with a doctorate in physical therapy in 2007, and received a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology from Cal State Long Beach in 2004. Leslie completed the Kaiser Permanente Orthopedic Residency in 2008 and she has recently sat for the orthopedic specialy certification in Physical Therapy.