About Tim
Dr Stark has contributed extensively to sports chiropractic education, coordinating postgraduate sports chiropractic education for approximately 20 years and serving for around a decade as Chair of the FICS Education Commission. He continues to contribute to international sports chiropractic education through teaching, mentorship, and curriculum development.
Originally from North Dakota, he completed a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology at North Dakota State University before earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northwestern College of Chiropractic. He subsequently completed a residency focused on sports injuries and rehabilitation and practised in West Fargo, North Dakota, for almost 10 years.
He later moved to Australia, where he played a key role in the development of the chiropractic program at Murdoch University. His teaching included physical rehabilitation, clinical orthopedics, clinical neurology, physiotherapeutic, and applied clinical nutrition. He also chaired postgraduate and graduate programs, including the Master of Sports Science, and contributed to the development of a sister chiropractic program in Japan.
He has held a number of senior academic leadership positions, including Chair of the Clinical Sciences Department at National University of Health Sciences, Dean of the College of Chiropractic at Northwestern Health Sciences University, and Director of the Human Performance Center at Northwestern.
His academic and clinical interests focus on human performance and rehabilitation, with particular emphasis on recovery, injury prevention, strength and conditioning, and performance enhancement. His publications and teaching reflect this strong focus on practical, evidence-informed approaches to sports injury management and rehabilitation.