West North Central
Arkansas
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wyoming
Sara North, PT, DPT, PhD, M.Ed., FNAP
University of Minnesota
West South Central
Louisiana
Texas
Alvaro Gurovich, PT, PhD, FACSM
The University of Texas at El Paso
South Atlantic
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Heather Ross, PT, MPT, PhD
Brenau University
North East Coast
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
Amy Heath, PT, DPT, PhD
Western Michigan University
Middle Atlantic
Delaware
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Kim Varnado, PT, DPT, DHSC
College of Saint Mary
New York/New Jersey
New Jersey
New York
Neva Kirk-Sanchez, PT, PhD
University of Miami
West Mountain
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Beth Moody Jones, PT, DPT, EdD, MS, OCS
University of New Mexico
Pacific
California
Hawaii
Alaska
Harsha Deoghare, PT, PhD
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Great Lakes
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Patrick Pabian, PT, DPT, PhD
University of Kentucky
Who We Are
The American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) is a not-for-profit association dedicated to excellence in physical therapist education programs as a whole.
The best minds in academic PT are here. Our organizational membership includes U.S.-accredited physical therapist programs. We serve and represent the staff of these PT educational institutions, including:
- faculty,
- clinical partners, and
- academic administrators and leaders.
What We Do
ACAPT develops the entrepreneurial leadership skills of PT academic staff so they can develop tomorrow's physical therapy leaders in health care.
We create methods to benchmark excellence in PT education.
We're expanding and promoting educational research.
We advance innovative clinical education models.
We promote professional and community service.
We collaborate with organizations representing health professional education.
We invite you to engage with ACAPT to define and deliver excellence and innovation in academic physical therapy.