Ross Arena

Ross Arena, PhD, PT, FAHA, FESC, FESPM, FACSM, is professor and head of the Department of Physical Therapy and interim head of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Arena received his B.S. in human performance from Southern Connecticut State University in 1993. He went on to receive his M.S. in physical therapy in 1997 and Ph.D. in physiology in 2001 from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dr. Arena is a Fellow and active member of the American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology and American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Arena’s scholarly interests include exercise testing and training in patients diagnosed with cardiopulmonary disease/dysfunction; and healthy living initiatives and policy across the lifespan. Dr. Arena has published extensively in these areas with over 650 peer-reviewed publications, abstracts and book chapters.