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Faculty
- Anita Davis
- Christina Harder
- Christine Sapienza
- Eric Shamus
- Geoff Willard
- Isabel Lawton
- Jacqueline Osborne
- Jason Beneciuk
- Jennifer Quartano
- Jill Boissonnault
- Jodi Morgan
- Julie Braun
- Julie Watson
- Laura Langer
- Linda Fritzinger-Hearn
- Mark Bishop
- Mary Mohay
- Michael Bourassa
- Nata Salvatori
- Nicole Stout
- Pamela Spigel
- Raine Osborne
- Robert Rowe
- Ron Schenk
- Sarah LaRosa
- Stephanie Bush
- Timothy Shreve
- Trent Harrison
- Virgil Wittmer
- Walt Weiss
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Faculty Profile
Michael Bourassa, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
- IHL Role: Continuing Education Course Instructor
- Employer: East Tennessee State University, Clinical Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director
- Email: Bourassa@mail.etsu.edu
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Dr. Bourassa is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director for East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN. His primary responsibilities include Residency program development/management and teaching within the musculoskeletal, therapeutic exercise and biomechanics content at ETSU. In addition to those roles, he continues to practice locally specializing in Orthopaedic conditions. He is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, TN Physical Therapy Association, Orthopaedic Section of the APTA and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists.
Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy Fellowship Program
Brooks Rehabilitation/University of North FloridaOrthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program
Brooks Rehabilitation/University of North FloridaDoctor of Physical Therapy
Elon UniversityBachelor in Exercise Physiology
California State University- Orthopaedics Physical Therapy
Manual Therapy
Exercise Dosing and Prescription
Peer Reviewed Publications:
Andrews A, Chinworth S, Bourassa M, Gavin M, Benton D, Tanner S. Update of Distance and Velocity Requirements for Community Ambulation
Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 2010. 33:3 p128-134Published Abstracts of Peer Reviewed Presentations:
Bourassa M, Beneciuk J, Osborne R. Utilization of a Home Exercise Program in the Management of a Peripheral Nerve Injury after Cervical Lipoma Surgery
Journal of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. 2014, 44:1 A108Bourassa M, Rowe R, Beneciuk J. Utilization of Manual Therapy Techniques in the Management of Cervical and Thoracic pain during Pregnancy
The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 2014, PO #23Bourassa M, Rowe R, Osborne R, Beneciuk J. Physical Therapy Diagnosis and Management of a Patient with Thoracolumbar Joint Syndrome
Journal of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy. 2015, 45:1 A80.Autry A, Bourassa M, Carpenter G. The use of Manual Therapy Techniques and a Supervised Exercise Program in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Case Report.
Physical Therapy Annual Conference Abstracts. 2011 p183-RR.