DPT SCS, EdD, ATC, CSCS, FACSM
Senior Research Scientist
Norton Orthopedic Institute
Louisville, KY, USA
Clinical Professor (gratis)
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
Originally from Grand Haven, Michigan, Dr. Nyland received a baccalaureate degree in physical therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina, a master’s degree in athletic training from the University of Virginia, a doctoral degree in kinesiology from the University of Kentucky, and a transitional doctor of physical therapy degree from Simmons University in Boston, MA.
Dr. Nyland is an editorial review board member for Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Terra Orthopaedica (Ukraine), Annals of Joint, the Turkish Journal of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, the Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, and Case Reports in Orthopedics.
Dr. Nyland was an orthopedic surgery department Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky (1994-1998) and Associate Professor at the University of Louisville (2001-2013). From 2014-2023 Dr. Nyland served as President of the JOSPT-Movement Science Media Board of Directors. He was a founding faculty member of the physical therapy program at the University of South Florida (1998-2001), and was the founding program director of the athletic training program at Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky (2014-2022). In 2002 he was honored with the Excellence in Academic Education Award from the Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. In 2007 he won the John J. Joyce Award for the best arthroscopy paper at the 6th Biennial Congress of ISAKOS. In 2024 he won the 21st ESSKA Congress best poster award in the category “Shoulder Degenerative”.
Dr. Nyland was the concept developer, editor an chapter co-author for Clinical Decisions in Therapeutic Exercise: Planning and Implementation (Prentice-Hall, 2005), and Innovations in Knee Rehabilitation following Ligament Reconstruction or Meniscus Repair (Sports Section, American Physical Therapy Association, 1999). He was co-editor for Intraarticular Fractures: Minimally Invasive Surgery, Arthroscopy (Springer, 2019). He has authored or co-authored more than 250 original papers and 37 book chapters.
