Faculty:
Within our academic program you will have the opportunity to learn along side esteemed teaching and research faculty from the Human Physiology Department, seasoned athletic trainers and sports medicine physicians from the Athletic Medicine staff in Collegiate Athletics, as well as top therapists from the community. Each student in our program will take classes from a minimum of eleven different educators; an environment which naturally breeds diversity in ideas and educational experiences.
Human Physiology Sports Medicine Faculty:
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| Susan Verscheure, PhD, ATC, CAT(C) Program Director |
Richard K. Troxel, M.S. | Louis R. Osternig, Ph.D., ATC Professor Emeritus |
other support area faculty from Human Physiology
Courtesy Faculty:
The following educators have been nominated by our Department to hold the title of “Courtesy Faculty” due to their current or long standing role in our curriculum and student research endeavors.
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| Kim Terrell, M.S., ATC | Stan James, M.D. | Ken Singer, M.D. |
Clinical Faculty
The members of our Clinical Faculty teach our Manual Therapy courses. We are lucky to have these skilled members of our community work with our students in the development of advanced assessment and rehabilitation skills.
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| Robyn Pester, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS | Sean Roach, D.PT, ATC | Julie Staub, MS, PT, ATC, CSCS |
| Mike Baum, PT, CFMT |
University of Oregon Athletic Medicine Staff
Nine of our 13 athletic training graduate teaching fellowship (GTF) positions are with the University of Oregon’s athletic medicine staff in collegiate athletics. These certified athletic trainers play an important role in the professional and clinical growth of our students through one-on-one mentorship, and involvement in academic seminars. Kim Terrell is both the associate director of athletic medicine for Intercollegiate Athletics, and courtesy faculty in the Department of Human Physiology (see above). To learn more about our athletic medicine program, click here.
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| Robert Crist, MD | Greg Skaggs, MD | Kevin Steil, MS, ATC/R |
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| Stephanie Brooks, MS, ATC/R | Clay Jamieson, MS, ATC/R | Tom Embree, MS, ATC/R |
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| Heather Garris, MS, ATC/R | Travis Halseth, MS, ATC/R |
Save The Date
Interviews for our top applicants
will be held the weekend
of Jan.
23/24 2009.
If you think
you are a strong candidate...
please keep that
weekend open!
On Campus
Eugene Music
- Luna
- The Shedd
- Cafe Paradiso
- KLCC Music Calendar
- The Saturday Market
- The Hult Center
- The WOW Hall
- McDonald Theatre
- Sam Bond's Garage
- John Henry's
- Cozmic Pizza


















