Dr. Brian Odom
Congrats to Dr. Brian Odom – President Elect of APTA-Arkansas. Odom, a UCA faculty member and alumnus, and has served as Vice President of APTA-AR in the past, was elected President during the 2025 OPTimize Conference held this weekend in Fayetteville. He will begin in January of 2026. Dr. Odom is an Assistant Professor in the PT Department at UCA, and a Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) by the American Board of Wound Management. He received his PhD in Physical Therapy from UCA in 2018 as well as his MS in PT in 1999, and PTA degree in 1996. Dr. Odom has been clinically active at Arkansas Children’s since 2002, taught in the PT Program at Harding for 10 years, began teaching part-time at UCA 2005 and joined the UCA Program full-time in 2022. Congratulations to Dr. Odom!