Meet the Faculty
Program Director
Clare Frank, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Director, Postprofessional Clinical Fellowship in Movement and Performance, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: cfrank@apu.edu
Academic Administrator
Kathryn Kumagai Shimamura, PT, DPT, NCS, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-5024
- Email: kkumagaishimamura@apu.edu
Clinical Faculty
Francisco C. dela Cruz, DPT, OCS
Clinical Faculty, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: fcdelacruz@apu.edu
Lecturers
Daniel A. Farwell, PT, DPT, SCS
Associate Professor and Athletic Medical Center Liaison, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-5018
- Email: dfarwell@apu.edu
Annette Karim, PT, Ph.D., OCS, FAAOMPT
Director, Ph.D. and Postprofessional Studies Programs, and Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-5072
- Email: akarim@apu.edu
Chris Patterson, Ph.D. (ABD), PT, DPT, OCS
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: cpatterson@apu.edu
Derrick Sueki, PT, DPT, Ph.D., GCPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Director, DPT Program, and Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
- Phone: (626) 815-6000
- Email: dsueki@apu.edu
Note: This information is current for the 2020-21 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.
