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Location - Edinburgh

Guest Speaker Biography

Chad Cook

Chad Cook PT, PhD, MBA, OCS, FAAOMPT
Assistant Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708 USA

Chad Cook, PT, PhD, MBA, OCS, FAAOMPT is an Associate Professor and the Director of Outcomes Measurement at Duke University with a dual appointment in Department of Community and Family Medicine and the Department of Surgery. Dr. Cook received his Bachelors of Science in Physical Therapy at Maryville University in 1990, a Masters of Business Administration in 1999, and a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at Texas Tech University in 2003. He was certified as an orthopedic manual therapist in 2001, obtained fellowship status with AAOMPT in 2007, and is an APTA board certified orthopedic specialist (2002). Dr. Cook has published over 70 peer reviewed research papers in journals such as Manual Therapy, Spine, Journal of Orthopedic Trauma, Journal of Orthopedic Research, CORR, JOSPT, Spine J, Pain Practice, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Journal of Vascular Surgery, and Physical Therapy. He has two published textbooks Orthopedic Manual Therapy: an Evidence Based Approach, and Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence Based Approach as well as book chapters and orthopedic monographs. He is currently the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy.  Dr. Cook has presented multiple platform or poster presentations at national and international conferences, and has presented well over 100 educational courses within the United States. He has been a senior faculty and lecturer in peripheral and spine joint mobilization with Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars for over eight years. Dr. Cook is a recent winner of the OPTP/JMMT literature review award in 2003 and 2005, and is the 2005 winner of the J Warren Perry Distinguished Authorship Award and a three time winner of Duke Universities Physical Therapy teaching award.  Dr. Cook is actively involved in research concerning the effects of spine abnormalities, outcome assessment, joint replacement, and myelopathy.

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