Meet the Faculty

Program Director

• Derrick Sueki, PT, DPT, PhD, GCPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

  Director, DPT Program, and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 4668
  • Email: dsueki@apu.edu

Professors

• Susan Shore, PT, PhD

  Chair and Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-5021
  • Email: sshore@apu.edu
• Kathleen Tallman, PhD

  Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5100
  • Email: ktallman@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 418

Associate Professors

• Tamara Eichelberger, PT, CSCS, Ph.D., NCS

  Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-5016
  • Email: teichelberger@apu.edu
• 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, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT

  Director, PhD in Rehabilitation and Movement Science and Postprofessional Programs, and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy.

  • Phone: (626) 815-5072
  • Email: akarim@apu.edu
• Christopher Patterson, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS

  Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5597
  • Email: cpatterson@apu.edu
• Michael Wong, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT

  Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 387-5708
  • Email: mswong@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Mary Hill Center

Assistant Professors

• Melissa Cole, PT, DPT, PCS

  Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5022
  • Email: macole@apu.edu
• Jaclyn Harrison, DPT, NCS

  Assistant Professor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: jharrison@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 415
• Grace Matsuda, PT, DPT

  Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

  • Phone: (626) 815-5023
  • Email: gmatsuda@apu.edu