Role(s) in Programs
Scholarly Project Mentor
Education & Training
Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of California in San Francisco/SF State University – San Francisco, CA
Master of Physical Therapy, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
Certification/Fellowship
Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy
Bio
Amy Gladin graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master’s degree in 1996 and started practice at KPNC San Francisco in 1998 in outpatient orthopedics. She currently works in chronic pain on a multidisciplinary pain management team. She went back to school to get her Doctor in Physical Therapy degree at the University California of San Francisco/SF State in 2006 to learn how to do research. She has been co-investigator on 3 NIH interventional study grants targeting hyperkyphosis and physical function in older adults with hyperkyphosis at KPNC SF. She has been PI on 2 KPNC Community Benefits grants targeting knee osteoarthritis and chronic pain in older adults who are Latino/Hispanic at KPNC SF. She has published her research and presented at conferences. She earned her OCS in 2004 and 2014. She began assisting Fellows in the scholarly review portion of their fellowship training in 2017.