Speakers

 

He has published and tested guidelines for the management of musculoskeletal pain in primary care, and in tertiary referral settings. In retirement he remains active as a Senior Editor of Pain Medicine, and a consultant to the Spine Intervention Society. Otherwise he is busy in the NSW State Emergency Services and on his private conservation property.

 

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He is also Chief of PM&R Services for the VCU Health System and Founding Director of the VCU-Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering (CERSE). He is the Senior TBI Specialist for the U.S.Department of Veterans Affairs. He has been funded on 43 research grants for over $137 million, including currently serving as Principal Investigator of the VA/DoD $62.2 million Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium CENC). In his more than 25 years as an academic physiatrist, he has delivered more than 550 regional, national and international lectures, published more than 220 scientific articles and 65 abstracts, and co-authored or edited 34 books and book chapters. He is the Past President of the American Academy of PM&R (2007-8), Editor-in-Chief of the 5th Edition of Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation textbook (2015) and co-Editor in Chief of Braddom's Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine (2017).

 

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He is also Adjunct or Visiting Professor of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA), Capital Medical University (Beijing, China), Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China), Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Executive Board Member of National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Japan).

He graduated from Keio University in 1980, and got DMSc (PhD) from Keio University in 1991.

Now, he serves several roles in rehabilitation medicine in Japan; Deputy Chairperson and Board Member of Governors, Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine; Chairperson, Japan Council on Rehabilitation Education; Board Member of Governors, Japanese Society for Neural Repair and Neurorehabilitation; etc.

Recently he selected as a recipient of China High-end Foreign Experts Program (Beijing, 2015) and got the Sidney Licht Lectureship Award of ISPEM (Berlin, 2015).

Especially he is interested in dysphagia, robotics, motion analysis, orthosis, locomotion, exercise science, and psychology.

 

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He is also Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, and is currently President of the New Zealand Pain Society.  His main interests are in chronic non-malignant pain, including musculoskeletal and visceral pain syndromes, and headaches.

 

Returned to Dunedin in 1973 to an academic appointment in Urology.  Established  the first urodynamic clinic in Australasia, and subsequently moved to a similar position in Christchurch.

Interests are in functional urology and Spinal injury.

Founding member and first Chairman of the Burwood Academy of Independent Living.

Following retirement as Associate Professor of Urology at University of Otago, Christchurch, has continued with some clinical research in areas of incontinence care in the elderly, on bowel and bladder function following spinal injury, and on urodynamics and variability in flow rates and post-void residual urine.

Active member of the Urological Society of Australia and NZ, International Continence Society(ICS), Committee member of the joint SIU/IUCD consultation on urological management of the spinal cord injured patient, and current committee member on ICS Standardisation committee in regards to male lower urinary tract symptoms.

 

He completed internship at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia. He completed Interventional Spine fellowship at Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. He is registered with American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).  Following two years of working at University of Maryland, Baltimore (USA), Dr. Bhargava established Advanced Interventional Pain and Sports Medicine Center, where he continues to work and research. He is an Assistant Program Director, Sinai PMR residents of Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine at Advanced Interventional Pain and Sports Medicine Center.  He is the immediate past president and Board Member of Maryland Society of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.

Earlier, Dr. Bhargava obtained board certification in Orthopedics from Indore University, India and has completed Orthopedic Sports Medicine fellowship from University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester (USA). After a fellowship in Ilizarov surgery in India, Dr. Bhargava did a research fellowship in Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Department of Orthopedics at University of Maryland, Baltimore. In addition, Dr. Bhargava is a certified Yoga teacher from Indore University, India.

Dr. Bhargava's area of special interest is in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal and musculoskeletal disorders, including musculoskeletal ultrasound. He is a faculty member for teaching musculoskeletal ultrasound at national and international PM&R conferences. He has published chapters and articles on subjects related to back pain and ultrasound. He has been a course director for spine and ultrasound workshops and faculty member at spine and ultrasound courses at PM&R meetings.

 

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As a result, Carl has published numerous articles on aging studies and age related degenerative disorders. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a field that Carl also specializes in. Carl has won many EBP competition awards in several medical institutions in Taiwan.

In terms of clinical research, Carl specializes in diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound, brain evoked potential, prosthetics and orthotics, gait analysis, and stroke rehabilitation. Carl applies ultrasound-guided injection techniques in treating spinal pain problems. These techniques include facet joint injections and medial branch blocks, caudal epidural injection, and selective nerve root block. Carl has done extensive research in botulinum toxin injections in treating pain and spasticity, and autologous platelet rich plasma injections in treating musculoskeletal disorders.

Presently, Carl is the national representative of Chinese Taipei in ISPRM, chairman of the research committee in AOSPRM, and elected executive member of Taiwan Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In all, Carl has published over 60 papers in clinical research and aging studies.

 

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In 2010 under the umbrella of the Altus Resource Trust Kathy started working in a voluntary capacity in Samoa and Tonga.  The Altus Resource Trust is New Zealand based charity that works with organisations in the Pacific Islands who provide services for children and adults with disabilities.  In the context of SCI, the aim is to work collaboratively with individuals who have sustained SCI and their families along with health providers in Samoa and Tonga to provide specialised management, education and equipment.

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She still hasn't found 'The Answers' but is trying, with research interests focusing on the complexities of behaviorally-driven neural adaptation and biomechanical change leading to swallowing recovery following neurological injury.

In her 15 year academic career, Maggie-Lee has co-authored three books, one of which is going into its 3rd edition, 14 book chapters and has published 80 peer reviewed scientific papers.  A recent research programme has resulted in a reduction in pneumonia rates from 27 to 10%, with a subsequent savings in health care costs for the regional health board of over $1.5 million in one year. For this research, she was awarded one of the top research medals from the University of Canterbury – The Innovation Medal.  She is well known as a clinical teacher and is an invited speaker by health systems worldwide to provide clinical training, particularly in rehabilitation practices.

 

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She is the Chair-Elect, of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - Disaster Rehabilitation Committee.  She currently also holds over 20 of national/international executive positions and over 15 international academic research appointments.

She has a leadership role in rehabilitative care in Australia and extensive experience in evidence based research, for which has received numerous awards. She has published over 350 scientific papers in academic journals (including 20 Cochrane reviews, 20 book chapters), and is invited speaker at national and international conferences (over 60 presentations in last 5 years). She currently supervises 8 PhD and 3 MD students at the University of Melbourne. She is editor/reviewer for more than ten academic journals.

 

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She is founding director of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine fellowship program at New York PresbyterianHospital. She received her M.D. from the Medical School of Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea and was trained at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Yonsei University, School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea and at the Department of Rehabilitation of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School/Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. She is a board certified physiatrist in the USA and South Korea and holds subspecialty boards in Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine and Brain Injury Medicine. 

 

She specializes in single event multilevel chemoneurolysis (SEMLC) with botulinum toxin and phenol/alcohol injections, botulinum toxin injections to salivary glands, and pain management in children with cerebral palsy. Her research interests focus on spasticity management and robotic therapy and exercise for weak spastic limbs in children with cerebral palsy and drooling management with botulinum toxin. Dr. Kim has been recognized as one of "America's Top Doctors" by New York Magazine and Castle Connolly as well as a "Super Doctor" by New York Times. She is nationally and internationally regarded as an expert in spasticity management and drooling management with botulinum toxin.

 

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Dr. Witsanu's main ongoing research interests are motor disorders in neurological disease for example spasticity management, botulinum toxin injection in neurological diseases and other movement disorders, robotic gait training after stroke and other acquired brain injuries such as traumatic brain injury, and cerebral palsy, for example. He has been invited as a guest speaker more than hundred times for both local and international conferences and workshops. He has some textbook chapters and research publications. His latest research publication is Early abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport®) in post-stroke adult upper limb spasticity: ONTIME pilot study. Toxins 2018;10, 253. doi:10.3390/toxins10070253. At present, he is also taking the position of Chairman of Educational Committee of the Asia-Oceanian Society for NeuroRehabilitation and a Regional Vice-President of the World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR). 

 

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Over the next five years, Lan engaged in research and clinical practice on nose acupuncture (using the nose as a microsystem for whole body treatment) which resulted in the publication of her first book, "Lan Xiao Nose Acupuncture" in 1998.  Lan continued her research over the next 15 years which culminated in her identification of a comprehensive microsystems treatment system which she outlined in her book, "Dr. Lan's Reflexology Network" published in 2014.   For the last 3 years Lan has continued to develop and refine her system and is presently writing her new book describing her holographic systems approach to treatment which will include her holograph diagrams which she hopes will make the system easy to apply to help spread this powerful system.

 

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Prof. Li Jianjun has directed more than 30 national, provincial and bureau-level as well as international scientific research projects. He has won 10 national patents or software copyright. He has published over 270 papers in core journals at home and abroad including 25 SCI papers. He compiled more than 50 books and textbooks as editor-in-chief or editor. He established surgical technique for thoracic respiratory reconstruction with high-level spinal cord injury, which was reported internationally for the first time.

Prof. Li Jianjun has been dedicated to orthopedics, treatment & rehabilitation of spine and spinal cord injury, geriatric rehabilitation, rehabilitation education, management of rehabilitation institute etc. for a long time with rich experience in clinical rehabilitation, scientific research, teaching as well as hospital management. He is the winner of many awards, including Special Government Allowance,"Humanistic Management Award" by Chinese Medical Association, "5th Chinese Doctor Nominee" by Chinese Medical Doctor Association, "Rick Hansen Difference Maker Award" by the world-renowned Rick Hansen Foundation. In addition, he participated in Paralympic Games both in London 2012 and Rio 2016 as the Chief Medical Officer of China Paralympic Games Delegation. performance). From 1995 until 2008 he worked as a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Libra Rehabilitation and Audiology in Eindhoven. From may 2008 until may 2009 he worked as a research fellow at the George Institute of Global Health, affiliated with the University of Sydney, in Sydney, Australia. In June 2009 he was appointed professor in Rehabilitation Medicine and coordinated the research program rehabilitation medicine at the Maastricht University and Maastricht University Medical Centre the Netherlands and worked as a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Maastricht University Medical Centre.

 

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He has been working in ACC as the Asian Cultural Case Advisor, ACC treatment Provider; he has studied Chinese medicine and Western Medicine in China. 

Mr Lin graduated in 1991 with degree of medicine. He has been practising Acupuncture and Chinese medicine in New Zealand since 1994. Mr Lin has provided Acupuncture treatment for musculature and nerve damage to more than 10000 clients. All his clients have had very successful result with rehabilitation.

Thomas was invited to participate for Acupuncture academic exchange in Australia and China conferences, he also has successful to organize many time with Chinese TCM experts to visit NZ. 

The state of China invited Thomas to attend a study course of human health wellbeing lifestyle in Guangzhou University of TCM in 2017.

 

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Member of the Association of Chinese Medicine and the Association of Acupuncture. Former athlete injury and rehabilitation therapist of the Sports Administration Bureau of Guangzhou. Former chief sport injury rehabilitation physician of the Guangzhou soccer club. He has over 40 years of clinical experience and has conducted research. His is specialized in pain treatment combining Western medicine TCM, acupuncture, moxibustion,massage and rehabilitation. His acupuncture techniques adhere to tradition and result in effective treatment.

 

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He got his doctoral degree from Hannover Medical School. He is also active at international level, including as secretary of ISPRM-WHO Liaison Committee, and as co-chair strengthening rehabilitation medicine within this committee. He has published many review papers. His recent publications with the team including developing national disability, health and rehabilitation plan in Egypt, Ukraine, and Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He is also one of core team member to develop International Classification of Service Organization in Rehabilitation (ICSO-R) both version 1.0 and 2.0. Other his recent works including article about how to reduce gap rehabilitation for cancer survivors in low and middle-income countries.

 

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In 2008 he was appointed as Chairman of the Clinical Institute of Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Pain Management at Epworth HealthCare and in 2009 was appointed to the Victor Smorgon Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine, Epworth HealthCare and Monash University. He is Director of the Epworth Monash Rehabilitation Medicine Research Unit (EMReM), the medical research arm of Epworth HealthCare Rehabilitation. He is Clinical Director of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC).

 

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Besides numerous works as a clinician and clinical researcher, he has been involved in the startup of several distinct rehabilitation facilities in Japan, including Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, Chiba, Japan (2007-) and the Convalescent Rehabilitation Units in Fujita Health University (2018-). In addition, he has been involved in the establishment of fall prevention programs for older people in the community (2004-). His research interests include stroke rehabilitation, robotics, dementia, and fall prevention.

 

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After graduated Thai board-certified physiatrist, Dr. Ploypetch completed Pediatric Rehabilitation fellowship (2 years visiting scholar) at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, USA. 

Her main interests are in spasticity management, ultrasound-guided interventions, developmental problems and cerebral palsy. As an outstanding young professional, she won the International Scholarship in 2015 from the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM). Her researches have been published and presented at world congress/international conferences. She has been invited to give many national and international lectures/workshops on her expertise such as ultrasound-guided phenol/botulinum toxin injections, gait analysis, orthoses prescription, cerebral palsy, etc.

 

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His collaborative approach is the basis for his research over several spheres including clinical collaborations in outcomes research; interactions with industry resulting in surgical technique developments and implant design; involvement at primary care level with back pain assessment methodology; and his involvement with materials engineering research has produced many papers on lumbar disc anatomy and failure patterns – the latter including three prestigious ISSLS Prize papers. Peter is involved in many governance roles locally including the NZ Orthopeadic Assn Presidential line, and has also held several executive positions in the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine. He is now a Deputy Editor of the journal SPINE.

 

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Her primary role is as the Director of AROC, the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre, the Australian and New Zealand national rehabilitation clinical registry, but she is also involved in other AHSRI projects.  Frances' career within the health industry has spanned some 25 plus years, during which time she has held senior executive roles in the private and not-for-profit sectors before returning to research and academia at the University of Wollongong.

 

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From 1995 until 2008 he worked as a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Libra Rehabilitation and Audiology in Eindhoven. 

From may 2008 until may 2009 he worked as a research fellow at the George Institute of  Global Health, affiliated with the University of Sydney, in Sydney, Australia. In June 2009 he was appointed professor in Rehabilitation Medicine and  coordinated the research program rehabilitation medicine at the Maastricht University and Maastricht University Medical Centre the Netherlands and worked as a consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Maastricht University Medical Centre.

Since 1-4-2016 he is working as a full professor at Maastricht University (0.4 fte) and consultant in rehabilitation medicine at Libra Rehabilitation and Audiology (location Eindhoven and Weert (0.6 fte clinical work and 0.1 fte research).

He specialized in the physical as well as cognitive behavioral treatments of chronic musculoskeletal pain and chronic fatigue patients and is responsible for the development, research and implementation of new diagnostic tools and treatments for these patients. He has successfully transferred the clinical department of Rehabilitation Medicine into an innovative academic working place and developed new diagnostic and treatment care pathways between primary and secondary care, especially in the field of musculoskeletal disorders.

Other research topics are mediating and moderating processes and clinimetrics of outcome measures including performance tasks. He has been involved in several (inter)national guideline committees, (past) chair of the International Association of the Study of Pain (IASP) special interest group op Pain & Movement, chair of scientific working group of the Dutch Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (2011-2014), and member (till 2014) of the scientific committee of the 7th World Congress of World Institute of Pain (2014). He is internationally recognized in the area of musculoskeletal pain research as well as rehabilitation medicine. He has served >70 times as keynote, obtained >5 million Euro of grants and co(authored) 124 international peer reviewed articles.  Although he only started publishing in 2006, his work has been cited >4800 times and has an H-index of 29 (ISI Web of Knowledge) and 39 (Google Scholar). He has supervised 11 PhD's and 3 postdocs and is currently supervising 12 PhD's, including 2 PhD students in Sweden, 1 in Belgium and 1 from Germany. He is associate editor of Pain Practice, European Journal of Physiotherapy, and was associate editor of the Netherlands Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (2011-2015), and guest editor for a special issue Clinical Journal of Pain (2010).

He is also member of the scientific advisory board of the Dutch association of back pain patients and Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromas and clinical advisory board of the Dutch Neuromuscular Diseases (Hereditary Spastic Paresis).

 

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He works professionally as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist in primary care and is Canterbury DHB clinical lead for Falls & Fragility Fracture Prevention. He is also on the NZ Health Quality & Safety Commission Expert Advisory Group for falls & fracture prevention and the South Island regional network lead. He has a leadership role for the Canterbury health system and holds numerous clinical governance positions across the Canterbury health system including Deputy Chair of the Alliance Leadership Team. Ken is the national clinical advisor to ACC and leading the outcomes work for a cross-agency nationwide initiative to prevent falls and fragility fractures for older New Zealanders.

 

 

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As a clinical neuroscientist, she is focused on translating research tools into clinical practice. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including Stroke, Brain, and The Lancet Neurology.

 

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At the age of 36, she was the youngest physician appointed as a Professor in Thailand. She has received 14 national awards, 12 international awards, and published more than 60 international and 20 national articles in the areas of her expertise. Throughout her career, she has been invited to lecture as the keynote speakers, parallel and symposium speakers and as the chairpersons for over 100 international conferences around the world. Professor Dr. Areerat Suputtitada 's achievements had her elected and appointed as important positions in the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) such as the Chair of Women and Health Task Force, International exchange Committee and Representative to the ISPRM Assembly of Delegates for Asia& Oceania.

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Chairman elected of Chinese doctor association for Rehabilitation Medicine and chairman of Beijing Association of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine. His main interesting subjects are musculoskeletal rehabilitation, spine cord injure and management of neurologic bladder after SCI. He published 99 papers in the clinical and experimental research.

 

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