Dr. Matt Garber is a clinician, educator, and researcher who joined the GW faculty in 2020, where he serves as the Assistant Director of Clinical Education. Prior to coming to GW, Dr. Garber served for 30 years as an Army physical therapist, culminating as the Director of Rehabilitation Services for the Army Medical Department and the Physical Therapy Consultant to the Army Surgeon General. Dr. Garber previously held a variety of other key leadership positions in the Army including director of the US Army Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency, chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, and director of the US Army Special Operations Command human performance program. His primary areas of teaching include professional issues in health care management, medical imaging, and within the clinical conference series. He has held clinical privileges in multiple military hospitals and has extensive experience in direct access settings. Dr. Garber completed an orthopaedic manual physical therapy residency at Brooke Army Medical Center as well as advanced studies in strategic leadership and national security strategy. Dr. Garber’s professional service includes chairing the National Physical Therapy Examination Development Committee with the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy and he currently serves as an on-site reviewer for CAPTE, the accrediting body of the APTA. He has published and presented research in both peer-reviewed journals and at national conferences. Dr. Garber is a member of the Orthopaedic and Education Academies of the APTA. He is a board certified specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy and a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists.