The Physical Therapy Department wishes to thank Dr. Helene Corriveau for sharing during the past few days, her extensive academic and active experience in research, and her pioneering new approaches in physical therapy especially in tele-rehabilitation with our DPT candidates. Her enormous efforts were highly appreciated by the staff and candidates.And since we are aiming excellence in teaching at the Doctor of Physical Therapy program (DPT), we are delighted to announce that we shall be hosting during the coming two weeks, another renowned expert, Doctor Michel Landry.
In fact, Dr. Michel D. Landry is a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and in the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina (USA). Before this, Dr. Landry spent seven years as Division Chief of the Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Division where he successfully led an important rebuilding of the program that has now grown into one of the top physical therapy programs in the United States. Prior to receiving his doctoral degree, he held clinical and senior management positions within the private rehabilitation sector in Ontario (Canada), and within international humanitarian aid and development agencies. Dr. Landry is a health policy and health services researcher, where his area of study is the policy implications of the gap between available supply (financial and human resources) and increasing demand for rehabilitation and health services across the continuum of care. He is a Past-President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and a former Career Scientist at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). He lectures widely on policy and the political dynamics of rehabilitation, implication for person with disabilities, and is a provocative advocate for the moral, ethical and economic necessity to ensure accessible and affordable rehabilitation services across the continuum of high, middle and low-income countries. Dr. Landry is currently completing his Executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where he is also participating in the Health Sector Management Certificate (HSM).