Our team

Trent Schell
Owner / President
Certified Athletic Trainer / Physician Assistant
Education
High School – Chanute, KS
Associates Degree – Neosho County Community College, 1990
Bachelors Degree in Kinesiology – Kansas State University, 1993
Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Studies and Medical Science – Midwestern University (Phoenix, AZ), 2000
Trent has been certified as an Athletic Trainer and a Physician Assistant. He worked with the Kansas State Football team as the Head Student Trainer early in the Bill Snyder era and credits himself with much of their success. He has an extensive background in musculoskeletal evaluation and rehabilitation with several years of experience in orthopaedic surgery. Trent is involved in many community activities including the Chamber of Commerce and Augusta Progress, Inc., the economic development group in Augusta. Trent is married to his wife Mollie and has two boys Jackson and Brock.
Troy Waltemath
Owner / Vice-President of Public Relations
Physical Therapy Assistant
Education
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center – Hutchinson, KS
Associates Degree – Colby Community College
Troy has worked as a Physical Therapy Assistant for the past eight years. He has worked in outpatient, inpatient hospital, home health, and long term care. Troy specializes in orthopaedics, upper extremity and hand rehabilitation, and geriatrics. He is certified as a manual ASTYM therapist. Troy is an active member in the Chamber of Commerce and has served as the president and vice-president for them. He was also instrumental in raising funds for the purchase of the train depot that has been donated to the City of Augusta.
Melanie Moore
Vice-President of Administration
Education
Circle High School
Butler County Community College
Melanie has been at PT Plus since April of 2005 and has lived in the Augusta area her entire life. She is specialized in insurance billing and does a great job making sure that our patients have few troubles with insurance. Melanie enjoys outdoor sports and spending time with her family. She resides in Augusta with her husband Braden and sons Blake and Trey.
Erica Brown
Director of Patient Training and Personnel Enhancement
Physical Therapist
Education
High School – Wichita, KS
Bachelors Degree in Biology – Sterling College, 2003
Masters Degree in Physical Therapy – Wichita State University, 2005
Erica has been at PT Plus since 2005. She is trained in SASTYM and has a strong orthopaedic background. She enjoys helping neck and back patients and has a soft spot for her older patients. Outside of work she enjoys being active in her church and working on her house. She is newly married to her husband Justin. Some of her other hobbies are soccer, swing dancing, and various crafts.
Jamie Burns
Director of Communications – Augusta
Education
Circle High School
Butler County Community College
Jamie has been with PT Plus since 2005 as the front desk receptionist.  She enjoys interacting with the patients and provides excellent customer service.  Jamie is responsible for scheduling appointments for our patients along with many other tasks.  In her free time Jamie enjoys playing volleyball, bicycling, going to the movies and spending time with her family.  She has been married for 13 years, has three boys and resides in Augusta.
Rhonda Moore
Physical Therapy Assistant
Education
El Dorado High School
Associates of Arts - Butler County Community College, 1986
Associates of Science - Wichita State University, 1998
Rhonda grew up in the neighboring town of El Dorado. She returned to college in 1996 to pursue a degree in Physical Therapy. She has experience in early intervention pediatrics, long term care, inpatient rehabilitation and orthopaedics. Rhonda enjoys working with all ages of patients and welcomes the challenge to assist her patients to their highest level of performance. Rhonda and her husband Dwayne have two daughters, Kelsey and Kaylee and a foreign exchange student from Brazil, Amanda. Her hobbies include snow skiing, and working on her daughter’s new home.