Meet Our Therapists
Eleanor Wilkinson, DPT
Lead Physical Therapist
Buffy was born in La Plata, Maryland at Physician's Memorial Hospital, now UM Charles Regional Medical Center. She attended Archbishop Neale School, St. Mary's Ryken High School and received her doctorate in physical therapy from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania in 2002.
Buffy enjoys watching movies, playing with her two children, listening to country music, going out to dinner and hiking.
Field of interest: orthopedic physical therapy
Lourdes Potestades, PT, DPT, OC
Physical Therapist
Lourdes joined UM Charles Regional Rehabilitation in 2015. She received her physical therapy degree from the University of the Philippines in 2000 and worked at a variety of settings before immigrating to North Carolina in 2007. Her skills have been instrumental in helping establish our facility as a premier clinic for high-quality physical therapy care in the Charles County region. She is also the UM CRR liaison representative to the University of Maryland Research Network group.
Lourdes enjoys aikido, tennis and gardening. A recent passion is tai chi — she received certification of clinical instruction — and she continues to expand her tai chi knowledge.
Fields of interest: outpatient neurological care, orthopedic and post-surgical orthopedic care for adolescent to geriatric patients
Ann Haynes, PTA
Physical Therapist Assistant
Ann joined UM Charles Regional Rehabilitation in 2021. Ann attended West Virginia University and achieved a Bachelors of Science in Exercise Physiology then returned to school for an Associates in Physical Therapy Assistant graduating in 2006. Ann has worked in outpatient facilities since that time. Ann enjoys primarily orthopedics and post-surgical orthopedics but has also worked in Neuro. In 2013, Ann got certified as a Clinical Lymphedema Therapist and in 2018 as a Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Therapist. Since joining CMCRR group, Ann was instrumental in starting the Breast Cancer Rehab program in clinic.
Ann enjoys watching all West Virginia sports as well as, the Commanders and Red Sox. Hobbies include gardening, working out and cooking. One of Ann's long term goals is to run a half marathon.
Jenia Howe, PT
Physical Therapist
Jenia Howe was born in Bohol, Philippines and received her bachelor's degree in physical therapy at the University of Bohol, Philippines in 2002, where she worked for a few years. Currently, Jenia works at both the University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center (UM CRMC) outpatient department and at UM CRR for patients aged pediatric to geriatric.
Expanding on her interest in neurological care, Jenia became certified as an LSVT BIG Therapist. The LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment) BIG Program, a service provided at UM CRMC, is an intensive whole-body amplitude-based training protocol for people with Parkinson's disease.
In her spare time, Jenia enjoys volunteering — she has provided physical therapy to people lacking medical care in the Philippines. She also loves to visit famous landmarks around the world.
Fields of interest: neurologic and orthopedic cases, LSVT BIG therapy
Sara Hall, DPT
Physical Therapist
Born and raised in Southern Maryland, Sara earned her doctorate of physical therapy at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. She has experience in nursing/midwifery and is currently a physical therapist for UM CRR. Due to a few glitches during a pregnancy and postpartum, Sara realized the importance of quality pelvic health treatment and focuses her skills helping patients with pelvic and continence issues.
Sara enjoys being with her family, especially her three boys, and their dog and two cats. She has goals of becoming a Bradley birthing instructor, doula, and/or teaching at a college or university.
Field of interest: pelvic health care
Courtney Massie, MHS, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Courtney was born and raised in La Plata, Maryland and attended La Plata High School. In 2013, she graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree. She then attended Augusta University and earned her Master of Health Science in Occupational Therapy in 2017. During that time, she gained special interest in hand therapy after attending a level I fieldwork placement at a myoelectric upper extremity prosthetics facility.
Courtney enjoys working with people of all ages and strives to help others get back to participating in activities that matter to them. In addition to experience in hand therapy, she has prior experience working with pediatric patients. She also has a background in sculpture, which comes in handy with custom orthosis fabrication.
In her spare time, Courtney enjoys horseback riding, hiking, and traveling. She is currently working towards becoming a certified hand therapist (CHT).
Fields of interest: orthopedic conditions of the hand, wrist, and elbow
Jessica Minner, PTA
Physical Therapist Assistant
Jessica joined UM Charles Regional Rehabilitation in 2022. She received her Physical Therapist Assistant degree in 2006 from the College of Southern Maryland. Her fields of interest are outpatient neurological care, orthopedic and post-surgical orthopedic care for adolescent to geriatric patients. She also enjoys guiding PTA students in the clinic as a Certified Clinical Instructor. Jessica likes spending time at the beach, watching NFL football, reading, and aspires to run a 5k and half marathon.
Qiyue Zhang, DPT
Physical Therapist
Qiyue joined UM Charles Regional Rehabilitation in 2024. She graduated from University of Minnesota with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and psychology in 2021. She also earned her doctor of physical therapy at University of Minnesota. Qiyue worked in sports medicine clinics with college and high school athletes. She also worked as a personal trainer with athletes who sought to improve their sports performance.
Qiyue enjoys playing badminton, watching badminton, and talking about badminton. She is also a gym geek.
Fields of interest: sports physical therapy, orthopedic physical therapy