Dr. Ellen Shanley
Dr. Shanley, PhD, PT, OCS, is a clinical research scientist for ATI and serves as the Director of Athletic Injury Research, Prevention, and Education for the South Carolina Center for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Sciences. She also serves as faculty at the University of South Carolina in the School of Public Health, Clemson University School of Bioengineering and Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions PhD program. She functions as Senior Faculty in an APTA credentialed sports residency and is a co-founder of the APTA credentialed upper extremity fellowship for ATI and the Kansas City Royals. She has previously and continues to mentor residents, fellows and PhD students.
Ellen specializes in the treatment of patients with upper extremity injuries. She serves on the APTA orthopedic sections research committee and provides grant and abstract reviews for the APTA sports section. As a member of the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists (ASSET), Shanley has served as the Education Chair and is the Societies President-Elect. Dr. Shanley has been awarded the APTA’s excellence in research award and ASSET’s Founders Award.
Dr. Shanley’s research focuses on prevention and treatment of athletic injuries and is funded by Major League Baseball, the National Athletic Trainers Research and Education Foundation, the APTA Sports Section, and the Theraband academy. She has previously assisted with research at the NFL combine and continues to work with the Colorado Rockies. Dr. Shanley has published and/or presented on epidemiologic perspectives, identification and modification of risk factors, rehabilitation and returning youth through professional athletes to play. She has lectured regionally, nationally, and internationally on topics ranging from treatment and outcomes of patients receiving total shoulder arthroplasty, hip arthroscopy, and prevention and treatment of athletic injuries.
Ellen’s diversity of experiences from treating spinal cord patients, to owner/operator of an independent practice, influence her patient management philosophy. Her diversity of interests stretches to her personal goals to scuba diving on every continent.
Ellen Shanley can be reached at ellen.shanley@atipt.com, or 864-454-0904.