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Christopher M. Wilson
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Dr. Wilson is an associate professor and director of clinical education at Oakland University (Rochester, MI) in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. He is a licensed physical therapist in Michigan, USA and is board certified in geriatric physical therapy. He practices in acute care oncology and palliative care at Beaumont Health Troy Hospital (Troy, MI, USA). He is currently the Oncology Residency Program Director for the Beaumont Health Oncology Residency. He has multiple publications in the area of palliative care physical therapy, which entails advanced cancers, late stage chronic disease management, and frail older adults. He is active in researching the role of physical therapists in safe and healthy aging in place, including adults in palliative care and with life-limiting illnesses.

He is a co-editor of the book Oncology Rehabilitation: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Clinicians published by Elsevier in 2022 and is the co-author of the book Physical Activity and Rehabilitation in Life Threatening Illness published by Routledge in 2021.

He is a co-author of the chapter Hospice and Palliative Care for the textbook Guccione’s Geriatric Physical Therapy 4th edition published by Elsevier. He was the Guest Editor for the January 2020 Issue of Rehabilitation Oncology focusing on Palliative Care and Hospice. He is the co-principal investigator of the research project entitled Home-Based Older Persons Upstreaming Physical Therapy (HOP-UP-PT). The HOP-UP-PT program has been the recipient of over $550,000 in grant funding since its inception in 2015.

https://oakland.edu/shs/faculty-and-staff/christopher-wilson-phd

ORCID ID

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3307-1449

Reviewer Keywords
rehabilitation physiotherapy palliative care oncology geriatrics hospice cancer acute care aging
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Publications (14)

Recent article categories: Geriatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Healthcare Technology

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