Alex McRobbie

Biography

Alex McRobbie is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Board-Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist, and faculty member at West Valley College. He teaches in the Kinesiology Department and is helping lead the development of West Valley College’s Physical Therapist Assistant program. Alex received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC Santa Barbara, where he was a pitcher for the baseball team for four years. He was subsequently drafted into professional baseball and played in the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Angels organizations before pursuing a career in physical therapy.

He earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Samuel Merritt University in 2012 and later completed the Movement System Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis. He has more than a decade of clinical experience and has served as a Clinical Specialist and faculty member for Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Residency Program.

His professional interests include orthopaedic rehabilitation, movement science, ACL rehabilitation, the overhead athlete, and physical therapy education.

Education

Doctor of Physical Therapy
Samuel Merritt University

Movement System Fellowship
Washington University in St. Louis

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara

Certification Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (OCS)