Daniel C. Norvell, MPT, PhD
Dan Norvell is a U.S. Army Veteran who served with the 2nd Battalion/75th Ranger Regiment as their Chief of Sport Medicine where he developed and ran their sports medicine program and introduced injury prevention strategies based on causes of injury. His epidemiology career began with that experience which led him to pursue his PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Washington’s School of Public Health which he received in 2003.
He is currently involved in leading several research projects at VA Puget Sound's Center for Limb Loss and MoBility (CLiMB) with a focus on prediction modelling for Veteran's with limb loss due to diabetes and/or peripheral artery disease. He is currently translating his findings into shared decision-making tools to aid in amputation level decision making and lower extremity prosthesis selection. These models include AMPREDICT Mobility, AMPREDICT Mortality, AMPREDICT Reamputation, and AMPREDICT PROsthetics.
He is also the co-developer of the Amputee Single Item Mobility Measure (AMPSIMM) which is being used world-wide and within the VA medical system as an efficient method for measuring the full spectrum of amputee outcomes including wheelchair mobility to independent community ambulation. Dr. Norvell is also the lead trialist for CLiMB's ankle arthritis study comparing ankle fusion to ankle joint replacement and the treatment of hallux rigidus comparing big toe fusion to various motion sparing procedures. He has published over 125 peer review articles and has been co-editor on 6 textbooks including the topics of clinical research, orthopaedic outcomes and orthopaedic measurements.
Education and Training
- Mayo School of Health Related Sciences, Master's in Physical Therapy
- University of Washington, School of Public Health, Doctorate of Epidemiology
Notable Awards
- 1993: Most Outstanding Physical Therapy Student, Class of 1993
- 1999: Army Meritorious Service Medal
- 2019: 1st place presentation award in the category of Advancing Clinical Treatment, 17th World Congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), Kobe, Japan
Research Interests
Evaluating outcomes in patients with limb loss, predicting outcomes in patients with limb loss using large databases and creative recruitment strategies, developing decision support tools and patient decision aids.