Sharon Elayne Fair

Enhance the wellness of society through education and enlightenment. 

Founded in 1981 by siblings Michael Fair and Sharon Fair as FLORIDA FITNESS.  Currently a 501(3)(c) non-profit corporation located in Palatka, Florida. 

Employers 

• HCA Healthcare / Nurse on Call Home Health Care (FL)
• Baptist Home Health Care (FL)
• AdventHealth - Castle Home Care (HI)
• Senior Home Care (FL)
• Jupiter Medical Center Home Health (FL)
• Upper Chesapeake / St Joseph's Home Care (MD)
• Johns Hopkins Home Care Group (MD)
• Greater Baltimore Medical Center Home Care (MD)

Patient Diagnoses and Comorbidities

• post-surgical (e.g., UE, LE & spine orthopedic and cardiac) 
• obesity, CHF, COPD, HTN, DM, Parkinson's, CVA, MS, fracture, depressive and bipolar affective disorders, tobacco & substance abuse disorders, alcohol addiction, dementia, among others

Professional Association of Diving Instructors - PADI

2012

Advanced Open Water Diver

Certification # 12080H4075

Deerfield Beach, FL

Fair SE (2007) A comparison of the aerobic capacity wellness of female and male physical therapist members of the American Physical Therapy Association. Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy, 31(1) Spring: 6-10. 

Fair SE (2005) The fitness self-wellness of physical therapists. Dissertation Abstracts International, 66(1): 1-236. (ProQuest Information and Learning No. 3162726)

Fair SE (2004) A Comparison of the self-wellness of female and male students in one entry-level physical therapy program, Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy, 28(3): 15-21. 

Fair SE (2000) "Real world" compliance: the efficacy of the 420 calorie Optifast diet in one hospital-based clinic. Doctoral paper for California Southern University, Costa Mesa, CA. 

 Fair SE (1989) The effects of a moderate versus a modest exercise regime on the quality of weight loss of obese women on a very low calorie diet. Baltimore, MD: The Maryland Metabolic Institute. 

Continuing Education (CE) Seminars

• Facilitating Wellness in PT, Palatka, FL
• Complementary Interventions in PT, Palatka, FL 
• among others

CE Platform Presentations at APTA/FPTA conferences

• APTA Preview 2020, Las Vegas, NV
• Combined Sections Meeting of the APTA, Boston, MA
• among others

Consultant / Speaker

• Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
• Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
• Employee Wellness Program, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• among others

California Southern University

2000

Coursework emphasized psychological aspects of physical therapy and compliance with diet and exercise regimes

Joined 1992

• Council on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Wellness - FL representative
• Mentor in APTA's "Members Mentoring Members" (in areas of home health and wellness) 
• Chairperson of the Home Health SIG (special interest group) of the APTA of MD
• Committee Member (alongside Florence Kendall, PT) of the Nominating Committee of the APTA of MD

City University of New York (CUNY) - Queens College

1986 

Graduate Fellow 

Instructed  courses in "Health, Nutrition & Exercise" (lecture and lab) and "How Teach Aerobic Dance" for physical education majors (including lecture, lab and writing of the course manual)

University of South Florida

1981

Major: Creative and Technical Writing

(B.A. "with distinction" signifies top graduate in the College of Arts and Sciences during the respective semester of graduation)

Extra-curricular activities: 

• University Representative to the Florida State House of Representatives
• Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership honor society)
• Phi Kappa Phi  (Honor society)
• Outdoors Club - Vice President
• Sailing Club - Secretary
• Student Government - Secretary
• Computer Club 

National Association of Underwater Instructors - NAUI
1981 

Open Water Diver

Certification # 6217234 

St. Petersburg, FL