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About David BerryLeisha Berry

David C. Berry PhD ATC AT is a licensed athletic trainer with over 20 years of experience in clinical-based practice and in higher education. Dr. Berry earned his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Ohio University Athens Ohio where his cognate work was in Athletic Training and College Teaching. He holds a masters of arts in Physical EducationAthletic Training from Western Michigan University Kalamazoo Michigan and masters of arts in Teaching from Sacred Heart University Fairfield Connecticut. He also holds a bachelors of science in Health Education from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell Massachusetts. Dr. Berry practiced as an athletic trainer in the collegiate high school and outpatient rehabilitation settings before moving to the academic setting. He is an active member of the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (Omaha Nebraska) and the American Red Cross at the national level serving on the Scientific Advisory Council which is charged with continuously monitoring a variety of health and safety programs for important developments in emergency science and conducts its own review of the research with all subcouncils participating. He is also an active board member for the Sports Education Council for the Michigan Cardiovascular Institute Saginaw Michigan whose goal it is to educate the community and professionals related to emergency planning and sudden cardiac awareness in organized sports. Dr. Berry oversees the day-to-day operation of the professional athletic training program at Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw Michigan teaching courses related to athletic injury assessment therapeutic modalities and emergency trauma management and emergency cardiac care. He has published lectured and developed workshops at the state regional and national levels on a variety of topics including emergency trauma management aquatic therapy and pedagogy in higher education. He has coauthored several textbooks. He currently serves as the Teaching and Learning Column Editor and Senior Associate Editor of the Athletic TrainingEducation Journal and Section Editor in Administration Professional Development and Pedagogy for the Journal of Athletic Training. Dr. Berrys service to the profession and his students has resulted in being named a recipient of the Board of Certifications (Omaha Nebraska) Dan Libera Service Award Faculty Recognition Award for Scholarship (Saginaw Valley State University Faculty Association) Excellence in Teaching (National Society of Leadership and Success at Saginaw Valley State University) National Athletic Trainers Association (Dallas Texas) Service Award and Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer.Leisha M. Berry PT MSPT ATC AT is a licensed physical therapist and athletic trainer with 20 years of experience in clinical-based practice and in higher education. Mrs. Berry earned her masters degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell Massachusetts. She also holds a bachelors of science in Exercise Physiology from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Mrs. Berry has practiced as a physical therapist in skilled nursing acute care chronic pain home health and outpatient rehabilitation settings. She has been an adjunct faculty member teaching a wide variety of athletic training courses including therapeutic exercise for 3 different athletic training programs. She currently serves as a preceptor for athletic training and physical therapy students. Currently Mrs. Berry oversees the day-to-day operation of her outpatient facility Physical Therapy & Rehab Specialists Midland Michigan serving as the Clinic Director of Rehabilitation. She has published and presented at the state regional and national levels on a variety of topics and mentors athletic training students pursuing case studies. She has coauthored 2 textbooks including Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment:Case Study Approach. Dr. Berry and Mrs. Berry reside in Saginaw Township Michigan with their 2 children Tyler and McKinley.