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Therapists turn dreams into success, win Chamber Small Business Award

Summit Physical Therapy's Dan Dotson, left, and Kevin Kostka give their acceptance speech Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after winning their Chamber of Commerceat Small Business award at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
Summit Physical Therapy's Dan Dotson, left, and Kevin Kostka give their acceptance speech Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after winning their Chamber of Commerceat Small Business award at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Summit Physical Therapy's Dan Dotson, left, and Kevin Kostka give their acceptance speech Wednesday, March 25, 2015, after winning their Chamber of Commerceat Small Business award at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

By Mitra Malek 3 min read

Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce 2015 Small Business Awards

1-20 employees: The Crash Pad won, while EBS Consulting LLC and Learning RX of Chattanooga were finalists. 21-50 employees: Summit Physical Therapy won, while Southern Honda Powersports and TransCard, LLC were finalists. 51-200 employees: Card Monroe Corp won for 51-200 employees. Henderson Hutcherson & McCullough PLLC and Preferred Care at Home of Chattanooga were finalists. Nonprofits: Chambliss Center for Children won, while Chattanooga CARES and Northside Neighborhood House were finalists.

Back when they were physical-therapy students, Dan Dotson and Kevin Kostka knew they wanted to own a joint clinic for their specialty.

It took some time, though. They started with house calls after graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Eventually, in 2008, the duo opened Summit Physical Therapy in their hometown.

On Wednesday, their practice, which has grown to 21 employees, won one of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce 2015 Small Business Awards.

Dotson, 37, and Kostka, 36, started work with geriatric patients. They have since moved into sports medicine, something for which they always had a passion. Their clinic sees about 520 patients a week.