Patrick Smith

Patrick Smith serves as a NovaCare Physical Therapist for Villanova Athletics, joining the VU staff in August 2025.

Prior to Villanova, he worked as a PT with Temple University's Olympic sports since 2017. In addition to his role at Villanova, Smith is also the program director and coordinator for the NovaCare Philadelphia Sports PT residency.

Patrick earned a Doctorate of Physical Therapy at the University at Buffalo in 2015 before completing sports residency training at Saint Francis in 2016 and manual therapy fellowship training at Regis in 2018.

Smith is a board certified specialist in sports and orthopedic physical therapy as well as a fellow of the American Academy of Manual Therapists.