Michael Masaracchio, PT, DPT, PhD, OCS, FAAOMPT has been a practicing physical therapist for 24 years. He is currently the Chair and Associate Professor at Long Island University’s Department of Physical Therapy, as well as the Director of the Anatomy Lab and Co-Chair of the IPE Task Force. He is a board certified orthopedic clinical specialist from the American Physical Therapy Specialization Council and served on the Specialization Academy of Content Experts for the sports physical therapy examination from 2013-2016. He completed his Fellowship in Manual Therapy at Regis University in 2013 and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. Dr. Masaracchio is currently the VP of APTA New York and Vice Chair of the Teaching and Learning Institute for ACAPT. Dr. Masaracchio has published 35 peer-reviewed articles, two textbooks, and a book chapter. He has presented at local, national, and international conferences on the examination and treatment of various orthopedic and sports related pathologies, as well as certain as well as certain areas of health services research related to costs of care.