Dear CHP alumni and friends,
The spring season in Charleston always brings with it excitement and new beginnings. CHP has certainly had an exciting and busy spring semester, with many of our students and faculty members being recognized for their accomplishments across the country. We’re also about a month away from graduation day for many of our programs – MHA, DHA, OT, CVP, PT and AFN. I hope that you’ll join me in wishing our soon-to-be graduates best wishes as they embark on their new beginnings. I know they will continue to make CHP proud, just as the students and faculty members I’ve highlighted below have.
We are very lucky to have incredible faculty, staff and leadership in the college. I’m grateful that national professional organizations recognize how incredible these individuals are as well.
- Congratulations to Dr. Rick Segal, who has been awarded the 2023 John P. Maley Award from the APTA Academy of Research. This award recognizes outstanding leadership in research over a sustained period.
- Congratulations to Dr. Dave Fitzgerald, who is currently serving as president-elect for the American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion. He formerly served as president of the American Society of Extracorporeal Technology from 2012 to 2014, making him the only person to have held both positions during his career!
Our students are making an impact – in the classroom and beyond. I’m particularly proud of these student groups for representing CHP so well.
- On behalf of the CARES clinic, students from our MHA, PT and OT programs attended the Pro Bono Network Conference from March 10 to 11 in Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Students from our MHA program competed in the 17th annual University of Alabama Birmingham Student Health Administration Case Competition from February 22 through 24. MUSC was awarded one of six semi-finalist awards!
We have a lot to be proud of this semester and I know we will continue to work hard and finish the semester out strong!
Zoher F. Kapasi
Dean, College of Health Professions Professor, College of Health Professions
Dr. Zoher Kapasi is the Dean of the College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina.
Before becoming the dean, Dr. Kapasi served as the Director and Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy and Vice Chair of Education of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Physical Therapy from the University of Bombay, India, Ph.D. in Anatomy/Immunobiology from Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia and an Executive MBA from the Goizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta. He did post-doctoral work in Immunology at the Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland and the Medical College of Virginia. After graduation, his research focused on age-related changes in immune function and the effects of exercise and nutrition on the immune system.
Dr. Kapasi serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation. Dr. Kapasi has taught human anatomy, advanced human anatomy, and business management in the physical therapy program. In 2014, Emory University School of Medicine conferred the Dean’s Teaching Award to Dr. Kapasi. In 2017, Emory University conferred the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award and the Atlanta Business Chronicle awarded the Health Care Heroes Allied Health Professional Award. An active American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) member, Dr. Kapasi has served on the Board of Directors of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy and chaired the American Physical Therapy Association's Education Leadership Partnership. Currently, Dr. Kapasi serves on the Board of Directors of the American Physical Therapy Association as Treasurer. Dr. Kapasi is a Catherine Worthingham fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association.
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