Education
- Doctorate: Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
- Masters: North Georgia College
- Bachelors: North Georgia College
- Board Certification: ABPTS: Clinical Electrophysiology
Professional Activities
Dr. McKibben is a physical therapist and clinical electrophysiologist with over 30 years of clinical practice. He achieved a Doctor of Science in Clinical Electrophysiology from Rocky Mountain University and a Master of Science in Physical Therapy from North Georgia College. He works in private outpatient and hospital-based electrodiagnostic labs in the southeast with Integrity Diagnostics as a full-time electromyographer and administrator. He is board certified in Clinical Electrophysiology by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties.
Dr. McKibben has mentored numerous physical therapists that have gone on to achieve ABPTS board certification and he teaches professional continuing education in the field of electrophysiological testing. He has authored/co-authored several textbook chapters on electrodiagnostic testing, peer-reviewed journal articles and presents routinely at national meetings. He has served as an associate professor in Rocky Mountain University’s DSc in Clinical Electrophysiology and presents as guest/adjunct faculty in the areas of neurophysiology, diagnostic tests and the electrophysiological evaluation at several universities.
Dr. McKibben is active in the American Physical Therapy Association, the APTA’s Academy on Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management and has served in several leadership roles over the years including ACEWM Practice Chair, ACE Membership Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of both the ACEWM and ACEWM’s EDX SIG. He is the current ACEWM Vice President.
Personal
‘Family’ is the heart of this business, and family is the passion of both Rick and his wife. Having raised 2 sons, they’ve spent years coaching and watching their boys ‘play’. Now empty nesters, they spend their free time boating, fishing, and cooking. They are newly active in the Jackson Lake community having relocated from west GA to central GA and are heavily involved in watersports.