J. Randy Walker, Jr., Ph.D., P.T.
Contents
Work
Information
Possible Sites of Interest
Contact
Information
Current
Projects
Biographical
Information
Personal
Interests
Work Information
UC Foundation
Associate Professor,
Department of
Physical Therapy, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Key
responsibilities
Dr. Walker
teaches several courses in the PT curriculum related to musculoskeletal
dysfunction. Dr. Walker is also the
project director for the UTC Allied Health CAREERS grant.
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Possible Sites of Interest
Doctor
of Physical Therapy at UTC
American
Physical Therapy Association
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Contact Information
Electronic
mail address
Randy-Walker@utc.edu
Mailing
address
Physical Therapy
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Ave.
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Office
phone: 423.425.4045
FAX: 423.425.2215
Office
location: 221 Davenport
Hall
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Current Projects
. Dr.
Walker is the project director of the CAREERS grant, a grant intended to
educate middle and high school students in the Chattanooga
community about allied health careers.
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Biographical Information
Dr. Randy Walker is
a UC Foundation Associate Professor in the Physical Therapy program at UTC. He
earned a Bachelor of Science in physical therapy from the Medical College of
Virginia, a Master of Arts from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Georgia State University. Prior to coming to UTC, Dr. Walker was the Assistant
Chairman of the Department of Physical Therapy at Georgia State University. He has been active in the American Physical Therapy
Association for a number of years where he served on the Standard and Quality
Assurance Committee at the national level; he was elected to the Board of
Directors as Treasurer of the Physical Therapy Association of Georgia, and has
been elected to the House of Delegates of the APTA a number of times. He
currently serves on the APTA’s Nominating
Committee. Dr. Walker is currently the
chair of the Physical Therapy Committee of the Tennessee Board of Examiners for
Occupational and Physical Therapy. His
primary area of clinical and teaching expertise is orthopaedic physical therapy
and he is actively involved in related research and clinical consultation. He also teaches PT basic skills, muscle
testing and goniometry in the curriculum.
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Personal Interests
Dr. Walker's hobbies include rock climbing,
mountain biking, racquetball, snow skiing and hiking.
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Last Revised: March 23, 2005