Dr. Ken Harbert is currently the Dean for the School of Physician Assistant Studies at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has over twenty years of experience as a clinician, health educator, and health care administrator. He has designed and developed six Physician Assistant programs in the United States and one in Europe. He was responsible for the early development of a large group of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners within the Geisinger System of Health Care in Pennsylvania. In the last couple of years he has held positions as the Associate Dean for the College of Nursing and Allied Health within the University of St. Francis in Albuquerque, New Mexico and as a member of the Albuquerque, New Mexico Medical Reserve Corps.

He has held clinical positions in occupational medicine, emergency medicine, as a hospitalists, and in psychiatry. Behavioral medicine prepared him for his life long devotion to traumatic stress research and education. He has developed medical education programs for post graduate physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health professionals. He has provided consultative services for a variety of agencies and institutions including the Early Responders Distance Education Center at Saint Josephs University, the Center of Excellence for Remote Medical Underserved Areas at Saint Francis University, and a variety of Physician Assistant programs throughout the United States. Dr. Harbert has held various offices within the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants, the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants, and the Physician Assistant Foundation.

Dr. Harbert is well published and has made professional presentations to a variety of agencies and organizations including the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Physician Assistant Educational Organization, the Nurse Practitioner Association for Continuing Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the United States Public Health Service. He has served in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service. Dr. Harbert graduated from State University of New York Stony Brook with a Bachelor of Science as a Physician Associate and received a Master of Health Administration degree from Central Michigan University. He completed his Doctorate in Health Education at the Pennsylvania State University. He is board certified as a Physician Assistant, as a Health Educator, and as an expert in dealing with Traumatic Stress. He is currently licensed as a Physician Assistant.