Dr. Anthony P. Breitbach

Anthony P. Breitbach PhD, ATC, FASAHP, FNAP is a Certified Athletic Trainer, Professor and Vice Dean in the Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University after serving as Director of the Athletic Training Program for 15 years. A native of Dubuque, Iowa; Dr. Breitbach graduated from the Athletic Training Program at the University of Iowa in 1985, received a Master’s degree from the University of Florida in 1987 and a PhD from SLU in 2007.  

He is an Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) Fellow and chairs their Partnerships, Alliances and Advocacy Committee, their Interprofessional Task Force as well as representing them on Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies Revision Work Group. He serves on the Executive Committee of the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC). In March 2021, he was named as a Distinguished Fellow and inaugural Chair of the Athletic Training Academy in the National Academies of Practice. 

He helps lead Communication working groups for Interprofessional.Global Interprofessional Research.Global and the Collaborating Across Borders Conference.  He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Care; is President-Elect of the Alpha Eta National Allied Health Honor Society, is a Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission and serves as Public Member on the CAE Commission of the American Society of Association Executives.

Email: anthony.breitbach@be-collaborative.org