Abbreviated Vitae   Debbie Ingram is the Director of Clinical Education (DCE) and UC Foundation Professor of  Physical Therapy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.  In addition to coordinating clinical experiences for graduate students, her primary teaching responsibilities include:  education and communication, psychosocial reaction to disability, and physical therapy management. Dr. Ingram is a 1979 graduate of Georgia State University.  She completed her master's degree in education in 1984 at UTC, and a doctorate in higher education at UTK in 1994. Her dissertation dealt with issues related to physical therapy students with disabilities. She is the former Director of Rehab Services at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, where she was responsible for the physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, EMG lab, and hand therapy departments.  Dr. Ingram served on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Physical Therapy Association for many years as the chairperson of Continuing Education.  She also served as the Chairman of the Tennessee Board of Occupational and Physical Therapy Examiners. She is a former Vice President of the national organization for state licensing boards, the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. This organization develops and administers the National Physical Therapy Exam.  She also served as the Academic Co-Chairperson for the American Physical Therapy Association's Clinical Education Special Interest Group.  Dr. Ingram is the Federal Government Affairs liaison  for the Education Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Her latest VOLUNTEER efforts have focused on the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association.  She is the President-Elect and will serve as the President beginning in June, 2007.