Position: Associate Professor
Department: College of Healthcare Professions
Phone: 610-282-1100, x2147
Office: 212 Wills Hall
Stephen Carp PhD, PT, GCS is currently Associate Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at DeSales University. He maintains an acute care practice in a Philadelphia hospital. His undergraduate and master’s degrees are in Physical Therapy and his PhD is in Motor Control. He is a board-certified Geriatric Specialist. He teaches in the areas of Geriatrics, Motor Control, Clinical Medicine, Professional Development, Management of Physical Therapy Practices, and Research. His areas of research interest include effectiveness of non-government support of the poor, doctoral program admissions, immigration medicine, and implicit bias and clinical decision making. Dr. Carp is an active member of the APTA and APTA-PA.
Dr. Carp has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications. He has published two textbooks with the most recent: Foundations: An Introduction to Physical Therapy, published in January of 2019 by Thieme, Inc and is a chapter contributor to three additional textbooks. He is a proud member of the APTA, sits on the Board of Directors of APTA PA, and is Chair of the APTA PA Ethics Committee and the APTA PA Judicial and Advocacy Committee. He was recently appointed to the APTA Judicial and Ethics Committee. He was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Educator Award by the Academy of Geriatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association and delivered the 2020 APTA-PA Conference keynote address. In 2024 he was awarded the Rebecca L Craik Award for Critical Inquiry.
He is a journal reviewer for six journals including the Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association and is a grant reviewer for the U.S. Army and the Army Medical Research and Material Command and, the Occupational, Safety and Health Administration.