Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
Annette Karim, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT
Chair and Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5072
Email: akarim@apu.edu
Professor
Tamara Eichelberger, PT, CSCS, PhD, NCS
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5016
Email: teichelberger@apu.edu
Hong Li, PhD
Director, APU Institute of Health Research and Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6324
Email: hli@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 235
Christopher Patterson, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0296
Email: cpatterson@apu.edu
Susan Shore, PT, PhD
Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5021
Email: sshore@apu.edu
Associate Professor
Melissa Cole, PT, DPT, PCS
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0218
Email: macole@apu.edu
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
Michael Wong, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5708
Email: mswong@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Mary Hill Center
Assistant Professor
Katherine Adamiak-Pellow, DPT
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6077
Email: kpellow@apu.edu
Jordan Cossin, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2026
Email: jcossin@apu.edu
Cortez Espinoza, PT, DPT, OCS
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0122
Email: cespinoza@apu.edu
Jennifer Fernandez, DPT, OCS
Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5019
Email: jfernandez@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 419
Jaclyn Harrison, DPT, NCS
Assistant Professor
Grace Matsuda, PT, DPT
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5023
Email: gmatsuda@apu.edu
Kathleen McGinnis, PT, DPT, OCS
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0431
Email: kmcginnis@apu.edu
Lecturer
Dianne Whiting, PT, MDiv
Lecturer, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5020
Email: dwhiting@apu.edu
Adjunct Professor
Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN
Professor
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 0188
Email: lrenold@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 302