Debbie joined the Stanford Sports Medicine department as a staff physical therapist in January 2014. She has a strong background in manual therapy and functional rehabilitation. She has more than 15 years of experience working in Division I college athletics, as an athletic trainer/physical therapist working with football, swimming and diving, gymnastics, water polo, soccer, basketball, and tennis. She provides care for all 36 varsity sports programs at Stanford.
Experience:
Debbie is a licensed physical therapist in the state of California, as well as a board-certified specialist in sports physical therapy (SCS). In addition, she is a certified athletic trainer (ATC) and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS). She has taught a course on upper and lower extremity rehabilitation at Loyola Marymount University in the athletic training education program. She has co-authored a chapter on fracture management inPhysical Rehabilitation: Evidence-based Examination, Evaluation & Intervention.
? Stanford University- Stanford, CA (2014-present)
? Agile/Excel Physical Therapy- Palo Alto, CA (2008-14)
? UCLA, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics- Los Angeles, CA (1999-2008)
? UCI, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics- Irvine, CA (1997-99)
? TherAmerica- nationwide (1995-97)
? Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic- Inglewood and Anaheim, CA (1994-95)
? Children’s Hospital- Boston, MA (1993)
Education:
Debbie received her BS in kinesiology and BA in psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles, where she was a student athletic trainer for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. She then obtained her MS in physical therapy from Boston University.