Serving the Mercer, Middlesex and Monmouth County areas
 Meet Our Staff 
Meet Our Staff
Premier Physical Therapy's carefully selected therapists have excellent credentials and years of valuable experience. Our physical therapists are encouraged to continually pursue advanced continuing education courses to enable them to treat you with the most up-to-date techniques.
   East Windsor
(Corner Rt. 571 & Old Trenton Rd.)
East Windsor Medical Commons
Building A - Suite 201
300 Princeton-Hightstown Road
East Windsor, NJ 08520
P. 609.426.4442
F. 609.443.0910
   Plainsboro
666 Plainsboro Road
Suite 1210
Plainsboro, NJ 08536
P. 609.936.1666
F. 609.936.9449

   Eric A. Pallop, MS, PT, OCS

Eric received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in the field of human kinetics in 1982. He graduated from Columbia University with an MS degree in physical therapy.

He began his career as a staff physical therapist at the Institute for Medicine in Sports located in Hamilton Township, NJ. In 1984, Eric chose to go into private practice. This culminated into the organization of PRIDE Physical Therapy of which Eric was one of the principal owners. The practice reorganized in 1995 and was renamed Premier Physical Therapy, of which he remains a principal co-owner.

In 1998, Eric achieved certification as a board certified orthopedic specialist. He continues to practice as an orthopedic specialist at Premier's East Windsor location.

   Marcia Neiberg Pallop, MPT, ATC

Marcy's background began at Temple University as an athletic trainer. She was awarded a scholarship for serving as an athletic trainer for several of the University's teams including football, men's gymnastics, swimming, wrestling and soccer.

Marcy received her master's degree in physical therapy from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1990. Graduating summa cum laude, she was also the recipient of the graduating class' "Clinical Excellence" award.

Mrs. Pallop has been practicing in the Mercer and Middlesex County areas since her graduation and in 1995 became a co-owner of Premier Physical Therapy.

During her career, Marcy has been asked to speak to numerous community groups, coaches' organizations, schools, and businesses to offer professional physical therapy counsel. In addition, she has served as an athletic training laboratory professor at Temple University and served as a replacement athletic trainer at The Peddie School.

Marcy currently divides her time between Premier's two locations, seeing patients in their Plainsboro office.

   Craig Schendlinger, MPT, CSCS

Craig received his undergraduate degree from the University of West Virginia in exercise physiology in 1993. He worked as a physical therapy aide at Premier Physical Therapy while pursuing a degree as a physical therapy assistant from Mercer County Community College. He was licensed as a PTA in 1998 and continued working at Premier Physical Therapy until his return to graduate school. Craig graduated from Widener University with a masters degree in physical therapy in 2002, receiving awards for clinical distinction.

Prior to rejoining Premier Physical Therapy, Craig practiced in Princeton, NJ working with Olympic and national crew team athletes. Craigs clinical interests are in manual orthopedic and sports rehabilitation. On the community level, Craig also reaches out to sports clubs and community groups regarding injury prevention.

Craig currently sees patients in Premier Physical Therapys East Windsor location.

   Jennifer Ottes, MPT

Jennifer graduated from MCP Hahnemann University with a master's degree in physical therapy in 2000.

Prior to joining the staff of Premier Physical Therapy, Jennifer practiced as a clinician in Hamilton, NJ and Yardley, PA where she held a supervisory position in aquatic-based physical therapy. Jennifer's other previous experience is varied including rehabilitation, acute care, and home care settings. However, Jennifer's primary focus is currently orthopedics and sports medicine.

Jennifer currently treats patients in Premier's East Windsor location.

   Bernice Taylor, MS, PT

Bernice (Bunnie) Taylor is a graduate of the College of Staten Island, where she earned a masters degree in physical therapy in 1999. She received awards for Highest Academic Honors and the Biology Department Faculty Award.

Bunnie emphasizes numerous manual therapy skills during her treatments and has recently completed continuing education in such sub-specialties including Mulligan techniques, Pilates, and golf fitness. Her experience has included pre and post operative orthopedic disorders, sacroiliac dysfunction, and pregnancy related low back pain.

Bunnie has been asked to speak to various community organizations and schools and volunteers her time to offer professional counsel.

Bunnie treats patients in our East Windsor location. When not providing clinical care, Bunnie is an adjunct lecturer of physical therapy at the College of Staten Island.

   Amanda Rosage, DPT

Amanda Rosage graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Allegheny College in 2004. Amanda, then, chose to pursue the profession of physical therapy at Drexel University. She graduated in 2007 with a doctorate of physical therapy.

Amanda was honored by the Drexel University physical therapy program for outstanding course work and clinical performance in the orthopedic setting. She was also inducted into Alpha Eta, a National Health Care Honor Society.

Amanda treats patients in our East Windsor location. Her primary focus is the management of orthopedic conditions.

   Nicole Hunter, M.S. OTR/L

Nicole received her undergraduate degree in occupational therapy from Thomas Jefferson University in 2002 where she graduated magna cum laude. She then pursued a masters degree in Health Care Management at the College of St. Elizabeth which was completed in 2005.

Nicole initiated her career in 2002 at the Kessler Institute and, later, worked in other sub-acute and long-term care settings. Several years ago, Nicole decided to pursue her passion and began concentrating her career in hand therapy.

Nicole treats patients in the East Windsor location, specializing in hand and upper extremity injuries.

   Timothy Van Dyke, PTA

Tim graduated from Trenton State College in May 1995 with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science. He then acquired certification through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He used this certification for many years to train athletes and patients towards their fitness and rehabilitation goals, both in the private setting and at Premier Physical Therapy.

Tim pursued a degree as a physical therapist assistant, graduating in 1999 from Mercer County Community College. He has been on staff at Premier Physical Therapy since 1995 and practices in Premier's East Windsor location.

   Jennifer Tango, PTA

Jennifer graduated magna cum laude from St. Johns University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design. After two years in the field she made the decision to leave the corporate world to pursue a career in healthcare. In 2006 Jennifer graduated with high honors from Mercer County Community Colleges physical therapist assistant program.

Jennifer has been a staff member of Premier Physical Therapy since 2004 and practices in the East Windsor office.