Dr. Karina Ortiz PT, DPT

She was a student at VA Palo Alto Health Care System and began working at VA Martinez in July 2019. Prior to the pandemic, she led the Parkinson’s Disease Group Class. In 2021, she established the Pelvic Health Clinic at VA Martinez through the support of the Women’s Health Innovation and Staffing Enhancements and the Office of Rural Health “Enhancing Pelvic Health Across the Continuum” Grants. She has undergone extensive pelvic health physical therapy specialty training since 2021 and has undergone pelvic health specialty mentorship training to improve patient outcomes in pelvic health.

She is the Director of the NorCal VA Pregnancy, Postpartum and Pre-prostatectomy classes and is passionate about pelvic health access and education. She is currently pursuing ABPTS Women’s Health Clinical Specialty and APTA Certificate of Achievement in Obstetric Physical Therapy. Dr. Karina serves as a Clinical Educator in the specialty area Pelvic Health for the VA Northern California Geriatric Residency Program.