Alexandra Borstad

Alexandra Borstad, PT, Ph.D.

Alexandra Borstad

Clinical Professor and Director
Biography

Dr. Alexadra Borstad joined the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at OSU-Cascades in 2024 where she is a clinical professor and serves as the program director.

Specializing in care for people with neurologic dysfunction, Borstad was a clinician for fifteen years before earning her Masters degree and then Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2012. She completed post-doctoral training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Ohio State and joined the DPT Program faculty at The Ohio State University in 2013. In 2016, Borstad joined the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesote where in addition to teaching in Neurologic and Research portions of the curriculum she served as the program Research Coordinator.

Dr. Borstad's research interests include contributing to our understanding of sensorimotor control to inform rehabilitation for people with central nervous system dysfunction through advances in measurement and intervention. Course design and outcome for international Service Learning and transcultural adaption of rehabilitation outcome measures for Spanish language.

Borstad serves as a peer-reviewer for several neurologic rehabilitation journals.