Alvaro N. Gurovich

Alvaro Gurovich, P.T., Ph.D. received his Physical Therapy degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1990 and worked as a clinician for more than 15 years in different fields such as sports medicine, cardiovascular rehabilitation, and human performance.  Even though Dr. Gurovich had granted tenure in the School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, he moved to University of Florida where he received his doctoral degree in Health and Human Performance in 2010, under Dr. Randy W. Braith mentoring.  Once graduated, he moved to a post-doctoral position at University of Florida College of Medicine, in the Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics, under Drs. Judy M. Muller-Delp and Debbie Scheuer training, where he learned in vitro and in situ techniques that strengthen his translational research background. 

Dr. Gurovich is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the American Physiological Society, the International Society for the Advancements in Kinanthropometry, and the American College of Sports Medicine, from which he was granted Fellow member status in 2010.  In addition, he serves a reviewer in several high impact journals such as Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, and European Heart Imaging Journal.

Dr. Gurovich has more than 100 peer-reviewed scholarly products, including publications and abstract presentations; and he has been extremely active procuring internal and extra-mural grants.  His current lines of research are blood flow regulation and cardiovascular rehabilitation.

Early 2012, Dr. Gurovich was recruited by Indiana State University’s Department of Applied Medicine and Rehabilitation as an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy to help building the department’s Physical Therapy program.  Since then, he has been an active Faculty member helping move interprofessional education and our department forward.