Eminently Qualified To Help
Dr. Underwood earned his doctorate in Preventive Care and his second master’s degree in public health nutrition from Loma Linda University. He earned his first master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Kansas. Dr. Underwood has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels in Sports Medicine for Chapman University and has served as the Sports Medicine program advisor for the master’s degree program at Chapman University. His research interest is in healthy aging. He has published extensively and presented nationally on nutrition and exercise for older adults.
Further, Dr. Underwood served John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital as the director of its Valley Wellness and Prevention Center. During his career, Dr. Underwood was the executive director of the Heart Institute of the Desert Foundation. He also served as director of fitness and tennis at the Health & Racquet Club at PGA WEST. Dr. Underwood has served as an exercise physiologist for Kansas Cardiology Associates and the Olive W. Garvey Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning in Wichita. In addition, he served as the marketing director for the Doctoral Program at Loma Linda while attending Loma Linda University.
Having served as a preventive care professional with various fitness, medical, and wellness facilities across the Coachella Valley, he is also current with CPR and First Aid instructor certifications. In addition, Dr. Underwood served as an elected official on the Coachella Valley Recreation and Park District’s Board of Directors (A California Special Taxation District dedicated to public recreation). He has been a lifelong athlete, competing in under four hours in the Los Angeles Marathon, the Seattle Marathon (twice), the Stockholm Marathon, and the 100th running of the Boston Marathon. Above all, Dr. Underwood is dedicated to his family and a healthy lifestyle.