Robert W. Sandstrom, PT, PhD

Robert W. Sandstrom, PT, PhD

Robert W. Sandstrom, PT, PhD

Professor
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Omaha Campus

Academic Appointments

Department

  • Physical Therapy

Position

  • Professor

Secondary Appointment

  • College of Professional and Continuing Education

Teaching Activity

  • Anatomy; Health Services; Ethics

Biography

Dr. Sandstrom is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and a Faculty Associate in the Center for Health Policy and Ethics and Center for Health Services Research and Patient Safety.  He served as Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy from 2002- 2010.  He is the lead author of Health Services:  Policy and Systems for Therapists, now in its third edition.  He has served nationally in positions with the Health Policy Section of APTA, Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy and the Academic Administrators Special Interest Group of the Education Section, APTA.  From 2000-  2010, he served on the Nebraska State Board of Health (five years as secretary).  He currently serves as a technical review consultant on health professions’ scope of practice issues to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. 
 
 

Publications and Presentations

Books

Articles

  • , doi:10.1007/s40615-016-0263-7, NA
  • , 33(3), 233-249
  • , 93, 1342-1350
  • , 91, 1342-1350
  • , 13(1), J1-J6
  • , 87, 1194-1196
  • , 87, 1194-6; discussion 1197-8
  • , 36, 201-208
  • , 87, 98-106
  • , 101, 1059-1069
  • , 2, 6
  • , 14, 181-185
  • , 46(4), 225- 231

Presentations

Research and Scholarship

Research and Scholarship Interests

  • Health services related to physical and occupational therapy

Current Research Projects

  • Medicare beneficiary utilization of the Part B physical and occupational therapy benefit Utilization of ambulatory occupational and physical therapy services by the U.S. population.

Awards and Honors

  • Margaret Kohli Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Physical Therapy Profession, University of Wisconsin Program in Physical Therapy, 2019
  • Surgical Assistant Technical Review Committee, 2015
  • Radiologist Assistant Technical Review Committee Member, 2014
  • Optometry Scope of Practice Technical Review Committee Member, 2013
  • Educator of the Year, Creighton University Department of Physical, Class of 2013, 2013
  • Member, Technical Review Committee pool, 2012
  • Academic Development and Technology eFellows program, 2010
  • Advance Item Writer, 2009