Position: Assistant Professor; Assistant Director
Department: College of Healthcare Professions
Phone: 610-282-1100, x2144
Office: 210 Wills Hall
Education
Dr. Cameron Bassett is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at DeSales University. He is an experienced clinician‑educator with a broad background in acute care, post‑acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient physical therapy, aquatic therapy, and wound care, informing a comprehensive approach to clinical education across settings.
Since 2016, Dr. Bassett has maintained clinical practice across multiple healthcare environments, and with over a decade of teaching anatomy he connects anatomy to the clinic. At DeSales, he teaches courses in cadaveric human anatomy, neuroanatomy, therapeutic modalities, and clinical reasoning, and serves as a faculty mentor across all four research courses. He is also a student mentor in the pro bono clinic and the Parkinson’s boxing clinic. He recently published in the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy and the Journal of Hand Therapy.
Dr. Bassett is actively engaged in professional and community service, including his role on the Item writing task force for the FSBPT, the Advisory Board of Research in Rehabilitation at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and as a board member for the nonprofit The Storyteller and the World. He is also the Vice Chair for the Anatomy Educators SIG in the Academy of Education starting July 2026.
Through his combined roles in teaching, clinical practice, and service, Dr. Bassett contributes to the program’s emphasis on clinical anatomy competence, professional development, and service‑oriented physical therapy education.