Profiles In Leadership

Chris received his PhD in biomedical informatics from Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine, his Masters of Science and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees from Pacific University and undergraduate degree in biology from Willamette University.  He is board certified in orthopedics and fellowship trained in manual physical therapy.  He has worked as a physical therapist, clinic director, and more recently Director of Knowledge Management for Therapeutic Associates Inc.  In that role he has overseen the company’s strategy related to the use of organization data in business and clinical decision making, quality improvement efforts, and value-based care initiatives.  In 2014, Chris returned to school to study biomedical informatics, in hopes of applying the concepts that were focusing personalized medicine and evidence-based practice in the field of medicine, to the field of PT.  He was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Library of Medicine and a PODS I scholarship from the F