Ross Arena
Department Head and Professor of Physical Therapy
Biography
Ross Arena (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/University of Illinois Chicago)
Ross Arena researches cardiopulmonary physical therapy and exercise science. As lead author on a 2015 American Heart Association policy statement, he advocates change in the prevention and treatment of noncommunicable disease, urging stakeholders to collaborate in non-hierarchical ways to reduce lifestyle-based diseases.
Arena also advocates a shift from physician-dominated care to a model that encourages a healthy lifestyle through a team of doctors, nurses, exercise physiologists, nutritionists, dietitians, behavioral counselors and physical and occupational therapists — all collaborating to prevent noncommunicable or lifestyle-related diseases.
