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, PT, DPT, OCS

  Assistant 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