Daniel Rhon, DPT, DSc
Daniel I Rhon, DPT, DSc

Name: Daniel I Rhon, DPT, DSc
Research Interests:
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Health Services Research
Education
Clinical Fellowship, Orthopaedic & Manual Physical Therapy 2007-2008
Brooke Army Medical Center, TX
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Baylor University, TX 2007-2008
Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), Temple University, PA 2005-2007
Master of Physical Therapy (MPT), Baylor University, TX 2001-2003
Bachelor of Science in Applied Health, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 2001
Minor in Spanish and Psychology Magna Cum Laude
Biography
Twitter: @danrhon
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/danrhon
Representative publications, projects, and/or deployments
- Director of Research, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Research Program, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA (2009-2014)
- Director of Physical Therapy, Center for the Intrepid, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX (2014-2016)
- Director, Clinical Outcomes Research, Center for the Intrepid, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, TX (2015-2017)
- COL Mary Lipscomb Hamrick Lifetime Research Award ("recognizes an outstanding senior SP Corps Officer who has a collection of research or clinical investigation contributions, that have had strategic impact and have positively influenced Army Medicine" (2015)
- Army Medical Department (AMEDD) 'Iron Major' - Leadership designation for Top 1% of Officers with the rank of Major in Army Medicine. (2015)
- Rose Excellence in Research Award given for the best research article published in 2014 on orthopaedic physical therapy by the orthopaedic section of the American Physical Therapy Association.
- Army Medical Specialist Corps Research Manuscript Award (2014)
- Army New Horizons Research Award (awarded to one emerging research-clinician Army-wide each year) (2011)
- Army Medical Specialist Corps Award of Excellence in Physical Therapy (awarded to one physical therapist Army-wide each year) (2004)
Bibliography
- Mansell NS, Rhon DI, Meyer J, Slevin JM, Marchant BG. Arthroscopic Surgery or Physical Therapy for Patients With Femoroacetabular Impingement: A Randomized Clinical Trial With 2-Year Follow-up. AJSM 2018
- Rhon DI, Snodgrass SJ, Cleland JA, Greenlee TG, Sissell CD, Cooke CE. Comparison of Downstream Health Care Utilization, Costs, and Long-Term Opioid Use for Physical Therapist Management Versus Opioid Therapy Management After Arthroscopic Hip Surgery. Physical Therapy 2018
- Rhon DI, Clewley D, Young JL, Sissel CD, Cook CE. Leveraging healthcare utilization to explore outcomes after arthroscopic hip surgery: methodology for defining relevant variables from a health services database. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2018
- Rhon DI, Greenlee TA, Fritz JM. Utilization of manipulative treatment for spine and shoulder conditions between different medical providers in a large military hospital. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2018
- Rhon DI, Golden KJ, Trevino AJ, Hatler BS. Soldier Readiness Processing: Time For a New Paradigm In Managing Musculoskeletal Injuries After Deployment? Mil Med. 2017
- Rhon DI, Boyles RB, Cleland JA. One-year outcome of subacromial corticosteroid injection compared with manual physical therapy for the management of the unilateral shoulder impingement syndrome: a pragmatic randomized trial. Ann Intern Med. 2014