Appreciation, Best Wishes to David Fahringer and Dr. Terry Malone

Faculty, Staff and Students,

Please join me in congratulating David Fahringer and Dr. Terry Malone on their upcoming retirements, as together, the pair have devoted more than 60 years to this University.

David began teaching at Kentucky in 1994. From 1995 to 2010, he worked with faculty and leadership at the University of Wolverhampton in England to develop the PA profession and education in the United Kingdom. In 2010 he took a two-year work leave of absence to start the first PA program in the Middle East in Saudi Arabia with George Washington University-Medical Faculty Associates at Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science. He is also one of the four founders of the International Academy for Physician Associate Education.

He returned to the University of Kentucky in August of 2012 and became the Associate Program Director until June 2020. Most recently he has served as the Program Director of Post Graduate Education for PAS and last month, he was named the recipient of the 2023 UK Global Impact Award for Distinguished Faculty Achievements in Internationalizing the Curriculum.

Terry received his EdD and MSPT from Duke University in North Carolina and his BA from Bluffton College in Ohio. He served as the initial Sports PT and was the Coordinator of the Sports Medicine Clinic at Duke, as well as the initial Chairman of the Sports Specialization Council of the APTA.

Terry has been liaison to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and is a member of that organization, while also serving as the initial chair and dean of the Krannert School of PT at the University of Indianapolis. He was the Physical Therapy Program Director at UK from 1993-2006.

Both men were able to bring national and international visibility to their departments, and on behalf of the faculty, staff and students of the College of Health Sciences, we extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to them for their years of service to the College of Health Sciences and the University of Kentucky.

Personally, I will dearly miss working with both, as they were consummate professionals who shared an infinite amount of knowledge and leadership.

I’m sure you will agree.

Best to all,

Scott