Meet the Faculty

Program Director

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  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

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  Kathryn Kumagai Shimamura, PT, DPT, NCS, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT

  Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-5024
  • Email: kkumagaishimamura@apu.edu

Clinical Faculty

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  Francisco C. dela Cruz, DPT, OCS

  Clinical Faculty, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: fcdelacruz@apu.edu

Lecturers

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  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
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  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
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  Chris Patterson, PT, DPT, OCS

  Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: cpatterson@apu.edu
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  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