John S. Halle, PT, PhD, ECS
Chair and Associate Dean
B.S. (Community Health), University of Oregon
M.S., (Health Education), University of Oregon
M.P.T., (Physical Therapy), U.S. Army-Baylor University
Ph.D., (Exercise Science), University of Iowa
John S. Halle is Professor and Chair of the School of Physical Therapy, at Belmont University. His professional areas of interest are in electrophysiological evaluation, orthopaedics and sports medicine. He is a Diplomate, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, with his certification as an Electrophysiologic Clinical Specialist. In addition to his academic position at Belmont University, Dr. Halle also maintains a practice performing clinical electrophysiologic testing at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and has an adjunct appointment within the Cell and Developmental Biology Department at Vanderbilt 
University. At Vanderbilt, he is part of the anatomy team teaching human anatomy to the first year medical students.
Prior to accepting this teaching position in Nashville, Dr. Halle was the Acting Director of the Army Physical Fitness Research Institute at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. His other jobs in the Army included working as a staff therapist, serving as a physical therapy clinic supervisor, teaching at the undergraduate level, and teaching for four years as a faculty member at the U.S. Army-Baylor University Graduate Program in Physical Therapy.
Dr. Halle is a reviewer and Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, and has published articles in a variety of journals to include: Physical Therapy, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, Electromyographical Kinesiology, Medical Problems in Performing Artists, Percussive Notes, and Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Additionally, he is on the Clinical Electrophysiology Council of the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties, is the research chair for both the Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management Specialty section of the American Physical Therapy Association and for the Tennessee State Physical Therapy Association, and he has authored several book chapters dealing with electrophysiologic testing and musculoskeletal evaluation.
