Chris Sebelski, PhD, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS

Chris Sebelski is an Assistant Professor at the Program in Physical Therapy at the Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University. In the four years that she has been on the faculty, she has coordinated several courses within the musculoskeletal curriculum and facilitated courses within the inter-professional education curriculum focusing on content in ethics and application courses with inter-professional teams of students. Dr. Sebelski graduated from the University of Southern California with a Doctor of Physical Therapy in 1998 and became a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopedics in 2002. She earned her Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) in 2000. In 2008, she completed the Fellowship in Teaching and Leadership at the University of Southern California.

Dr. Sebelski began her clinical work in 1998 as a full time clinical faculty member at hospital associated the University of Southern California. She worked on the rehabilitation unit, neurologic floors and acute care floors prior to transferring to the outpatient center. Throughout these years, she was teaching at the University of Southern California Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy in the entry level DPT program. In 2005, she came to USC as a full time academic faculty member as the Director of Clinical Education. She changed the location of her clinical practice to the USC Physical Therapies Associates. Dr. Sebelski was extensively involved in the Division’s orthopedic courses and in courses on differential diagnosis in the entry level program. Dr. Sebelski also served as a clinical mentor for the USC Orthopedic Residency program. Additionally, she founded a continuing education program based on the philosophy of educating the clinical instructors of USC’s DPT students. This program was formalized and elevated to a key portion of the Division’s Strategic Plan and she earned the additional position of Director of Continuing Education. She served at the University of Southern California from 1998 to 2008 before moving to the Midwest and her current position at Saint Louis University.

Her accomplishments in teaching have been noted through the USC Division of Biokinesiology awards for clinical educator excellence (2003) and the Outstanding Teacher Award (2006). Aside from her academic appointments, Dr. Sebelski has lectured nation and internationally on the topics of shoulder rehabilitation and differential diagnosis. Nationally, she has lectured on the topics of elbow rehabilitation, core training, evidence based utilization of taping, and the kinetic chain. She is a published author on the topics of shoulder rehabilitation, elbow rehabilitation, and differential diagnosis. Dr. Sebelski maintains clinical practice in outpatient orthopedics Saint Louis University faculty practice at the Saint Louis University Student Health Center.