Physical therapy
Clinical experience and scholarship in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, chronic heart failure, medical complexity, physiological monitoring, and exercise response.
About
Scholar, clinician, builder.
A career in physical therapy, physiology, quantitative research, and education now informs an open computational program in clinical inquiry.
Current role
Professor of Clinical Inquiry.
I am a physical therapist and Professor of Clinical Inquiry in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Plymouth State University.
My training includes a Doctor of Science in ergonomics and human factors engineering, an MS in physical therapy, and a BS in exercise physiology. Across academic and clinical roles, I have worked in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, physiological measurement, evidence synthesis, clinical practice guideline development, and professional education.
I founded Plymouth State’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program and have served as a department chair, editor-in-chief, research mentor, and interdisciplinary collaborator. I now teach clinical physiology and a three-course clinical inquiry sequence while developing open scholarly infrastructure for the next phase of this work.
30+years teaching physiology and physical therapy
25+years of clinical and quantitative research
99scholarly works and presentations listed in the current CV
Professional foundation
Clinical knowledge and scholarly method.
Quantitative research
Work spanning cardiovascular physiology, heart rate variability, occupational stress, epidemiology, measurement, causal analysis, and evidence synthesis.
Academic leadership
Founding DPT program director, tenured professor, department chair, school-level administrator, doctoral advisor, and interdisciplinary mentor.
Editorial service
Former Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of the Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, with peer-review service across clinical and scientific journals.
Public writing
The Peripatetic Physical Therapist
Essays and reflections for a broader audience on physical therapy, education, science, institutions, and the ideas encountered along the way.
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