Patrick Pabian is a professor and chair for the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Kentucky. He administrates all functions of the professional DPT program and its related clinical, outreach, and research initiatives across two campuses within an academic health sciences center. He possesses a doctor of physical therapy degree and also earned his PhD in higher education, with an additional focus on advanced quantitative methodologies in educational and human sciences. He completed the Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership and is recognized as a Distinguished Scholar & Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. He is currently the vice president of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy and is a former board member & chair of the state of Florida Board of Physical Therapy. Clinically, he is board-certified as both a Sports and Orthopedic Clinical Specialist. He possesses an accomplished scholarly educational research agenda, which traverses areas of contemporary issues in professional healthcare education.