Meet the Faculty
Department Chair
Annette Karim, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT
Chair and Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-5072
Email: akarim@apu.edu
Professor
Tamara Eichelberger, PT, CSCS, PhD, NCS
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-5016
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. 5080
Email: cpatterson@apu.edu
Associate Professor
Melissa Cole, PT, DPT, PCS
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 6149
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
Assistant Professor
Katherine Adamiak-Pellow, DPT
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Phone: (626) 815-6077
Email: kpellow@apu.edu
Jordan Cossin, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-2026 ext. 2026
Email: jcossin@apu.edu
Jennifer Fernandez, DPT, OCS
Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-5019
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) 815-5023
Email: gmatsuda@apu.edu
Kathleen McGinnis, PT, DPT, OCS
Assistant Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000 ext. 5597
Email: kmcginnis@apu.edu
Adjunct Professor
Aja Tulleners Lesh, PhD, RN
Professor
Email: alesh@apu.edu
Office Location: West Campus, Building One
Lowell Renold, PhD
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5593
Email: lrenold@apu.edu
Office Location: Monrovia Regional Site, Room 302