Zoher F. Kapasi, PT, Ph.D., MBA, FAPTA, is the dean of College of Health Professions at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Before becoming the dean, he served as the director and professor of the Division of Physical Therapy and vice chair of Education of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Kapasi received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Bombay, India, Doctor of Philosophy in Anatomy/Immunobiology from Medical College of Virginia (now Virginia Commonwealth University), Richmond, Virginia, and an executive Master of Business Administration from the Emory University Goizueta Business School. He did post-doctoral work in immunology at Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland, and the Medical College of Virginia. After graduation, his research focused on age-related changes in immune function and the effects of exercise and nutrition on the immune system.
Currently, Dr. Kapasi serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation (JHR). He has taught human anatomy, advanced human anatomy, and business management for the physical therapist in the physical therapy program. In 2014, Emory University School of Medicine conferred the Dean’s Teaching Award to Dr. Kapasi. In 2017, Emory University conferred the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award and the Atlanta Business Chronicle awarded the Health Care Heroes Allied Health Professional Award. An active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), he has served as the secretary of American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) and chair of the Education Leadership Partnership of the APTA.