Dearl graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington in 1993 with an occupational therapy degree. He spent over 14 years working with upper extremity diagnosis patients. He has been part of the TOI PT department since January 2009.

Dearl received his Army Officer Commission while attending the University of Missouri Graduate School of Social Work in Columbia, Missouri in June of 1988 and was awarded a bachelor’s degree in social work from Utah State University in Logan, Utah. His hobbies consist of inner growth with family and friends, playing chess, and seeking the challenge of being Dearl.