Executive Committee
Executive officers are nominated and elected for a four-year term at the IPTOP annual general meeting held in conjunction with bi-annual World Physiotherapy Congress.
Hans Hobbelen (Netherlands)
President
Dr. Hans Hobbelen, started his career as a physiotherapist in a nursing home in the city of Eindhoven the Netherlands. I...
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Kate Lawler (Australia)
Vice-President
Dr Kate Lawler is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Her clinical backgr...
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Janet Thomas (United Kingdom)
Secretary
Janet has served as the IPTOP representative from AGILE Chartered Physiotherapists working with older people in the UK. ...
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Joseph Siu (USA)
Treasurer
Joseph received his physical therapy training and practiced as a geriatric physical therapist in Taiwan. He earned his P...
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Melanie Farlie (Australia)
Education officer
Dr Melanie Farlie is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, and Education Research Fellow in the Monash Centre for Scholars...
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Grayson Doar
Communications Officer
Grayson Doar has been a physical therapist in the USA for 15 years. She is a Certified Specialist in Orthopedic Physical...
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Jan Tessier (Belgium)
Patron
Jan Tessier, founding member of Axxon, the Belgian Association for Physiotherapy and founding member of the SIG (Special...
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