Sam Pak, PT
Associate Professor
Physical Therapy
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2019
• Post-Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Informatics Biomedical Informatics Oregon Health & Science University
• Doctorate of Physical Therapy Physical Therapy University of California, San Francisco
• Master of Science in Physical Therapy Physical Therapy University of California, San Francisco
• Business Administration Accounting & Information Systems University of Washington

Interests

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• Patient Centered Outcomes
• clinical informatics
• Health Disparity
• Biomedical Informatics
• patient generated health data
• patient-reported outcome measures
• Physical Therapy
• electronic health records (EHR)
• natural language processing

Websites

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• Faculty Bio (ptrehab.ucsf.edu)
• Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science (ptrehab.ucsf.edu)

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
TelemedicineOutpatientsPhysical Therapy ModalitiesElectronic Health RecordsPandemicsStroke RehabilitationGeographic Information SystemsMedicineShoulder PainShoulder JointExercise TherapyPhysical TherapistsJoint InstabilityGeographic MappingLow Back Pain

• Patient characteristics and telehealth are associated with attendance rates in an outpatient rehabilitation infant bridge program.
  PloS one 2024 Nguyen TT, Pak SS, Miller MJ
• Examining rehabilitation access disparities: an integrated analysis of electronic health record data and population characteristics through bivariate choropleth mapping.
  BMC health services research 2024 Pak SS, Ratoza M, Cheuy V
• Comparing Digital to Conventional Physical Therapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Journal of medical Internet research 2023 Pak SS, Janela D, Freitas N, Costa F, Moulder R, Molinos M, Areias AC, Bento V, Cohen SP, Yanamadala V, Souza RB, Correia FD
• Automatic extraction of social determinants of health from medical notes of chronic lower back pain patients.
  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2023 Lituiev DS, Lacar B, Pak S, Abramowitsch PL, De Marchis EH, Peterson TA
• Building a Foundation for Health Informatics Content in Physical Therapy Education Through Concept Analysis and Concept Mapping. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. 2023; 37(1)
  Journal of Physical Therapy Education. 2023; 37(1). 2023 Chevan, Julia; Pak, Sang S; Wilkinson, Steven; Toole, Eric

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• Physical Therapist Telehealth Delivery at 1 Year Into COVID-19.
  Physical therapy 2022 Miller MJ, Pak SS, Keller DR, Gustavson AM, Barnes DE
• Use of the PROMIS-10 global health in patients with chronic low back pain in outpatient physical therapy: a retrospective cohort study.
  Journal of patient-reported outcomes 2021 Pak SS, Miller MJ, Cheuy VA
• Evaluation of Pragmatic Telehealth Physical Therapy Implementation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Physical therapy 2021 Miller MJ, Pak SS, Keller DR, Barnes DE
• Strengthening to promote functional recovery poststroke: an evidence-based review.
  Topics in stroke rehabilitation 2008 Pak S, Patten C