| Physical Therapy Administrative Staff | (251) 445-9330 |
|---|---|
| Chair | Barry Dale |
| Professors | Dale |
| Associate Professors | |
| Assistant Professors | Cahanin, Eaton, Fletcher, Jordan, McDermott, Saale |
| Emeritus | Fell, Gray, Kennedy, Wall |
Department of Physical Therapy website
https://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/alliedhealth/pt
A physical therapist, also called a PT, is a health care professional who provides direct patient care to persons who have disorders of movement, mechanical, physiological and developmental impairment and functional limitations, whether caused by injury, disease, or pain to help them achieve maximum physical function and mobility. Physical therapists have the necessary training to meet the total range of primary patient care responsibilities involved in preventing disabilities and promoting restoration of function to the physically impaired, including musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular/pulmonary and integumentary disorders that interfere with physical function. The Physical Therapist performs an examination and then uses clinical reasoning to plan and implement patient-centered PT intervention. Physical Therapists practice in rehabilitation centers, private practices, hospital-based and outpatient-based centers, home health care, sports medicine centers, school systems, and in universities to restore movement and function.
As its mission: The Department of Physical Therapy is: "Committed to high quality education, promoting and generating scholarship, and engaging in local to global service."
Degrees, Minors, or Certificates
Course Listing
Faculty Listing
| Physical Therapy Faculty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahanin IV, Richard L. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BS, Louisiana State University DPT, University of South Alabama PHD, Rocky Mtn Univ of Hlth Profess |
C | |
| Dale, Robert Barry | Physical Therapy | Professor | BSPT, University of South Alabama MA, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham PHD, University of Alabama DPT, University of Tennessee-Chatt |
D | |
| Fletcher, Jeremy C. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BS, Univ of Louisiana at Monroe DPT, University of South Alabama |
F | |
| Jordan, Kelly E. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BS, University of West Alabama DPT, University of South Alabama |
J | |
| McDermott, Heidi M. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BA, University of Nebraska-Kearney DPT, Texas Woman's University |
M | |
| Saale, Blair P. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BA, Furman University DPT, Belmont University |
S | |
| Waldhelm, Andrew G. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BS, Baylor University MPT, Nova Southeastern University PHD, Louisiana State University |
W | |
| Warren, Preston P. | Physical Therapy | Assistant Professor | BFA, University of South Alabama DPT, University of South Alabama MD, University of South Alabama |
W | |