User:Ira Gorman

Name  Ira Gorman

Ira Gorman, PT, MSPH

About Me

I teach at Regis University School of Physical Therapy in Denver Colorado

Education

University of Colorado at Denver, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Doctoral (PhD) Program in Health and Behavioral Sciences, Denver, CO Expected date of completion- May, 2012

MSPH -University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, May, 1994

BS-State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Allied Health Professions Program in Physical Therapy, Stony Brook, New York, 1979

BS-State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, 1977

Professional Affiliations

American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Health Policy and Administration, Education, and Private Practice Sections

Amercian Public Health Association ( APHA)

Professional Appointments

Nominating Committee Chair-HPA section APTA 2005-2007
Colorado APTA Referral for Profit Task Force Chair-2006-2009
Colorado Chief Delegate to APTA House of Delegates- 2006-2011
APTA Task Force on Governance Review – 2009-2010
APTA Monthly Dues Payment Group- Ad-hoc Committee- Chair, 2008
APTA Equity Task Force- Nashville, TN 2008
PT-PAC July 1, 2003-2006Board of Trustees, APTA
Chair, Board of Trustees, APTA PT-PAC July 1, 2004-2005
APTA, Colorado Chapter-1979- present
Colorado APTA Board of Directors, Exec Committee 2006-2011
Mile High Chapter Delegate to APTA House of Delegates -2006-2011
Colorado Chapter at large member to APTA House of Delegates- 2005

Publications

Elliott, J., Gorman, I. (2009). Coincidental Findings of a Vertebral Hemangioma on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. JOSPT, 39(2), 149.

Deshpande, A. D., Dodson, E. A. , Gorman, I., & Brownson, R. C.(2008) Physical activity and diabetes: opportunities for prevention through policy. Physical Therapy, 88: 1425-1435.
Scherer, S., Gorman, I., & Goodman, C. (2008). Behavioral, Social, and Environmental Factors Contributing to Disease and Dysfunction. In Catherine Goodman (Ed.) Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist. Elsevier.

Websites

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Contact Details

303-458-4986
800-388-2366 x4986
Fax: 303-964-5474
Location
427 Carroll Hall
e-mail
[email protected]. 

Ira Gorman, PT, MSPH, Assistant Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, Regis University

Ira graduated with a B.S. in Biological Science in 1977 and a B.S. in physical therapy in 1979 both from SUNY at Stony Brook and then received a Master of Science in Public Health in 1994 from the School of Medicine at University of Colorado Health Science Center, Department of Preventive Medicine. He is presently working toward a Ph.D. in Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado-Denver with a research interest in the effect of the built environment on childhood physical activity and obesity levels. He is presently a member of the Taking Neighborhood Health to Heart research team a NHLBI funded study through the Colorado Health Outcomes Program (COHO) aimed at reducing CVD (cardiovascular disease) risk and health disparities through active living communities.

Present teaching responsibilities at Regis University in the entry level DPT and the transition DPT program include graduate level courses in Health Care Policy and Dynamics of Physical Therapy Practice, as well as clinical courses in Diagnostic Imaging, Differential Diagnosis, Management Applications of Physiology, Physical Therapy Examination and professional Issues. He also supervises student research projects aimed at studying the effects of school based physical activity on children’s BMI and fitness levels in elementary schools.

Mr. Gorman serves on the APTA/Colorado Chapter government affairs committee and is the state’s Federal Affairs Liaison to APTA. He is presently the Colorado Chief Delegate to the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) House of Delegates. He was the chair of the Colorado Referral for Profit task force. He has served on the APTA PT-PAC board of trustees. He was the chair of the nominating committee for the Health Policy and Administration section of APTA. He also serves as the physical therapy representative to the Trailblazer Health Enterprises, Medicare Intermediary Advisory Committee for the Colorado region. He has been on the board of directors of various physical therapy network provider organizations, serves on the Division of Labor, Dept of Worker’s Compensation medical treatment guidelines task force, and is a physical therapy consultant to the advisory committee member of the Colorado Dept. of Regulatory Agencies, Physical Therapy Licensure. He has been involved in health care reform issues and injury prevention for over 25 years with his present research interest in physical activity and obesity.