School of Health Sciences Physical Therapy

Patrick Cross

Patrick Cross
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences: Physical Therapy, Health Affairs
UMS Lee Med/Sanford School of Medicine 315
Phone: 605-677-6556
Bio:
Patrick Cross, PT, DPT, EMT-B, RHF has been a faculty member in the Department of Physical Therapy at The University of South Dakota since 2006, and currently serves as the Director of their Transitional DPT Program.
Teaching Interests:
Physical agents and therapeutic modalities, professional conduct and ethics, health care systems, billing and reimbursement, business management, rural health, clinical education, musculoskeletal physical therapy, sports physical therapy, community-based physical therapy, service learning, emergency medical response.
Research Interests:
Prevention and wellness, rural health
Education:
  • Rural Health Fellow, Rural Health Leadership and Advocacy, National Rural Health Association, 2011
  • EMT-B, Western Iowa Technical Community College, 2008
  • DPT, Physical Therapy, Creighton University, 2002
  • BS, Exercise Science: Pre-Physical Therapy, Truman State University, 1999
Grants:
  • Cardiovascular Screening of Native American Athletes, University of South Dakota's School of Health Sciences, (2013 - 2014)
  • Living Well at Home: demonstration project intended to expand community injury prevention activities , Aberdeen Area Indian Health Services/ Health and Human Services, (2012 - 2013)
  • Healthy Athletes, Special Olympics International, (2012)
  • School of Health Sciences Cultural Competence Symposium, Bush Grant for Invited Speakers through The University of South Dakota, (2009)
  • Healthy Athletes/ FUNfitness Start-Up Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Lions Clubs International Foundation, (2009 - 2009)
  • USD Investment Travel Grant, The Office of Research at the University of South Dakota, (2007)
Publications:
  • Cross, P., Beebe, J., Ernest, B. N., Arthur-Sinar, S., (2013), Access to outpatient physical therapy services for community-dwelling older adults in rural Western Nebraska, Physical Therapy Journal of Policy, Administration, and Leadership, vol. 13, iss. 2, pp. 1-9.
  • Beebe, J., Cross, P., Patellar Tendinopathy: Preliminary Surgical Results.
  • Hemingson, D., Shim, A. L., Choi, H., Cross, P., (2012), Health and Wellness Students’ Perception of Exercise Science Professors’ Intelligence, Based on Sheldon’s Body Types, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 23, iss. 6.
  • Cross, P., Beebe, J., Ernest, B., Arthur-Sinar, S., Access to outpatient physical therapy services for community-dwelling older adults in rural Western Nebraska, Physical Therapy Journal of Policy, Administration, and Leadership.
  • Cross, P., Karges, J., Horkey, M. A., Kolb, G. A., Alexander, K. L., Knippling, A. L., Jacobsen, J. A., (2012), Management of acute sports injuries and medical conditions by South Dakota high school head coaches: assessment via case scenarios, South Dakota Medicine, vol. 65, iss. 3, pp. 97-99, 101-105, 107.
  • Cross, P., Shim, A. L., Hauer, P., (2011), Assessing Various Body Composition Measurements as an Appropriate Tool for Estimating Body Fat in Division 1 Female Collegiate Athletes. , Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, vol. 23, iss. 6.
  • Cross, P., Karges, J., Salsbery, M. A., Smith, D., Stanley, E. J., (2011), Management of acute sports injuries and medical conditions by physical therapists: assessment via case scenarios, International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, vol. 6, iss. 3, pp. 158-172.
  • Cross, P., Bennett-Barnes , E., (2011), Alleviating health disparities: how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect health disparities in minority, racial, and rural populations, National Rural Health Association’s Board of Trustees and Rural Health Congress.
  • Cross, P., Karges, J., Adamson, A. J., Arnold, M. R., Meier, C. M., Hood, J. E., (2010), Assessing the need for knowledge on injury management among high school athletic coaches in South Dakota, South Dakota Medicine, vol. 63, iss. 7, pp. 241-245.
  • Cross, P., Berg, P., Walsh, M., Kelly, J., Parker, D., Beebe, J., Jacobson, J., (2009), A cooperative school- and community-based intervention to promote diabetes awareness and prevention behaviors among youths in an American Indian community, IHS Primary Care Provider, vol. 34, iss. 10, pp. 284-291.
  • Cross, P., Voltz, J. D., (2009), Developing health professional students into rural health care leaders of the future through best practices , Jones and Bartlett, pp. 281-295.
  • Cochran, T. M., Cross, P., (2006), American Indian culture, F.A. Davis, pp. 238-259.
Awards and Honors:
  • Nominated for American Physical Therapy Association’s Sports Physical Therapy Section’s Excellence in Education Award, American Physical Therapy Association’s Sports Physical Therapy Section, 2012
  • Alumnus Award, University of South Dakota Sorority and Fraternity Life, 2012
  • Nominated for the APTA’s Margaret Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member, American Physical Therapy Association, 2011
  • “Always There” Alumni Award, Gamma Alpha Chapter of Beta Theta Pi , 2011
  • Outstanding Advisor of the Year, University of South Dakota, 2011
  • The Robert Star Service Award, Gamma Alpha Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, 2010
  • Dakota Oyate Service and Leadership Award, Dakota Oyate Board, 2009
  • Umonhon Nation Education Association’s Friend of Education Award, Umonhon Nation Education Association, 2008
  • Nominated for South Dakota Physical Therapy Association’s Genesis Award, South Dakota Physical Therapy Assocation, 2007
  • Zeta –Xi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Outstanding Personal Achievement Alumni Award, Zeta-Xi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, 2007