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Christopher Geiser, PhD, PT, LAT, ATC

Christopher Geiser, Ph.D., PT, LAT, ATC
Christopher Geiser, PhD, PT, LAT, ATCÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

Cramer Hall, 215R

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America
(414) 288-6210
Curriculum Vitae

Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of Athletic Training

Exercise Science

Chris Geiser joined ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ as Athletic Training Education Program Director in February 2003. Dr. Geiser is an Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist with a vast clinical background in the field of Sportsmedicine.  He has worked with a broad spectrum of athletes from football and soccer players to ballet dancers and musicians.  He has been invited to speak at national, regional and local athletic training and physical therapy meetings and at many continuing education courses in the Midwest. In 1996 he was the Southeast Wisconsin Physical Therapy Association’s Mary Pat Murray award winner for clinical excellence, and he was the recipient of the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers' Association Outstanding Educator award in 2015.

His research interests focus on lower extremity injury biomechanics, specifically the influence of generalized joint hypermobility on lower extremity biomechanics and injury risk and mechanics.  He is also an avid runner, having completed a double-digit number of marathons as well as many other running events from 5k's to Ultramarathons.

Education

  • Ph.D., Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Science, 2023, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, Milwaukee, WI
    • Primary emphasis: Biomechanics
  • M.S., Kinesiology, 2007, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI.
    • Primary emphasis: Biomechanics
    • Secondary emphasis: Motor Control
  • B.S., Physical Therapy, 1990, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, Milwaukee, WI

Courses Taught

  • ATTR 7135: Human Anatomy in Athletic Training
  • ATTR 7232 Evaluation of the Spine
  • ATTR 7260 Therapeutic Modalities in Athletic Training
  • ATTR 7261 Rehabilitation of the Lower Extremity
  • ATTR 7262 Rehabilitation of the Upper Extremity and Spine
  • ATTR 7570: Biomechanics of Injury
  • ATTR 7887: Summative Assessment in Athletic Training
  • ATTR 7997: Capstone Project in Athletic Training
  • ATTR 1100: Medical Terminology
  • EXPH 2110: Kinesiology/Biomechanics
  • IPED 9710: Interprofessional Values and Ethics

Research Interests

Dr. Geiser's research interests focus on lower extremity injury biomechanics, specifically the influence of generalized joint hypermobility on lower extremity biomechanics and injury risk and mechanics.

Certifications

  • Licensed Physical Therapist, State of Wisconsin
  • Licensed and Certified Athletic Trainer