Ep28: Fireside Chat with the World Physiotherapy President (Part 2): Physiotherapy around the World

In this episode, we talked about:

1. What World Physiotherapy does
2. What physiotherapy looks like around the world
3. How the profession can help each other globally

 

Michel D. Landry is a Professor in the Departments of Physiotherapy and Global Health at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Bergen, Norway).  He was the Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy and Associate Dean for Global Health in the College of Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia, from 2021-23, and was a Professor and Division Chief of Duke University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy Division in Durham, North Carolina from 2011-2021.  At Duke, he successfully led an essential rebuild of the program that is now one of the top physical therapy programs in the United States.  Before arriving at Duke University, he was a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto (2007-2011), where he was also a Career Scientist at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.  He has held senior clinical management positions within the private rehabilitation sector in Ontario (Canada) and leadership positions within international humanitarian aid and development agencies in conflict, emergency, and disaster settings.  Dr. Landry is a past president of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and the current President of World Physiotherapy, the global body that represents 700,000 physiotherapists around the world.  He delivered the 2020 Enid Graham Memorial Lecture, and in 2023, he received the Dean’s Award of Excellence from the University of Ottawa’s Alumni of the Faculty of Health Sciences for his commitment to global health and physiotherapy. 

 

Connect with Dr. Mike Landry

X: @drmikelandry                                                                 

www.drmikelandry.ca

insta: mikelandryphysio

 

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