Dharsha Petrie

APA Titled Musculoskeletal and Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist. 16 years experience working across private practice, public health, and management settings. Current Australian College of Physiotherapists council member. Current SA Branch Manager at APM WorkCare.

SA

Director and Principal Physiotherapist at Accelerate Physiotherapy in Canberra. Dual titled physiotherapist in both Musculoskeletal and Pain and sits on the Capital Health Network’s Clinical Advisory Council as the Allied Health representative.

ACT

Ten years' experience working as a Physiotherapist in disability services across public, private and business sectors, with a strong focus on stakeholder engagement.

NSW

Titled Musculoskeletal physiotherapist with experience in public health orthopaedic and neurosurgery screening clinics in Queensland and the ACT. Currently working at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Member of the National Professional Standards Panel since 2017.

ACT

Director and Principal Physio at Mint Wellbeing - a women’s health and musculoskeletal clinic. Lecturer for the APA WMPH courses. Over 15 years management experience in hospital, not-for-profit and private practice.

WA

Amy first joined the QLD Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy committee in 2002 and has held numerous office bearer roles at state and national levels. Amy’s career has included clinical work in acute, rehabilitation and outpatient settings predominately working with people who had medical and orthopaedic/ musculoskeletal conditions.

QLD

Angela is the Founder & Principal Physiotherapist of Sydney Pelvic Clinic, a specialised pelvic health service for women, men, and children. Angela has developed a team of like-minded, highly trained professionals committed to delivering an evidence-based and person-centred approach to improve their patient’s pelvic health. In addition to her clinical work, Angela teaches locally and internationally, striving to improve the quality of physiotherapy services beyond her own borders.

NSW

Physiotherapist and business owner who graduated over 30 years ago and while I trained as a physiotherapist, I realised early on that I’m in the business of making people feel better.

VIC

Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist and a Senior Physiotherapist at Allcare Physiotherapy in Hobart and has served as a member of the Tasmanian APA Branch Council and Tasmanian Sport and Exercise Group since 2020.

TAS

APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist with experience in private practice and public health in Australia, the UK and Canada.

VIC

Caitlin is a highly experienced physiotherapist, with over a decade of expertise in community aged care, having worked in the private and the not-for-profit sectors.

WA

Calum (he/him) is a recent graduate from the University of Queensland and the APA Board of Director’s Student Prize winner in 2023. Currently working as a graduate rotational physiotherapist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. 

QLD

A proud Kamilaroi man, he currently works at Westmead Children’s Hospital in NSW in Burns and Mental Health. He has enjoyed rotating through approximately 15 clinical areas within NSW Health, working with both adult and paediatric populations.

NSW

Specialist Occupational Health Physiotherapist and dual Titled in Musculoskeletal and Pain, experience in private and public sectors, consults to ReturnToWorkSA as their Physiotherapy Advisor, runs Handsup for Health, teaches for APA and all Adelaide Universities and has been member of numerous SA and national APA committees for over 20 years and previously with ACP College Council for 9 years. 

SA

Advanced Physiotherapist at Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) with extensive neurological physiotherapy experience across public and private models of care in Queensland and overseas including the United Kingdom.

QLD

Community Care Allied Health Manager at Canberra Health Services, with over 20 years experience working in Australia and the UK.

ACT

Accredited Mental Health First Aider and in final year of a Masters of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

QLD

A Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and holds a Masters of Clinical Education. Emily has worked in both public and private sectors, and is now Director of a private practice. She has been involved at a committee level in the Educators group since 2018.

VIC

Senior Physiotherapist and Research Project Manager, with a focus in cancer exercise rehabilitation across major metropolitan public hospital and not-for-profit community organisation settings. Eastern Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

VIC

Currently Professor of Physiotherapy and Course Coordinator at Charles Darwin University for their new physio program, Heather recently completed a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, as well as being a Titled Sports Physiotherapist for over 20 years. She has been a private practice owner, a Senior Policy Officer in NT Health and Chief Allied Health Officer for 4 years. Heather has worked as an accreditation auditor for Australian Physiotherapy Council for 15 years and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Management.

NT

Physiotherapy Head of Department at Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals in Western Sydney Local Health District. Ian has 23 years’ experience in the NSW Public Health Environment.

NSW

APA Titled Sports and Exercise Physiotherapist with 17 years of clinical experience spanning private practice, elite and pathway sports, and workplace injury rehabilitation. Currently working at Physioactive SA, WorkGain Solutions, and Football South Australia.

SA

Jianqi is a final year Physiotherapy student at the University of Queensland and the APA Board of Directors Student Prize winner in 2024. Currently, he contributes to various academic committees as a student representative at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS).

QLD

Director of Platinum Physio with three clinics in Melbourne.

VIC

APA Titled Occupational Health Physiotherapist in Melbourne with over 15 years of private sector experience in occupational health, workers' compensation and workforce health management.

VIC

QLD

Maree is an APA Musculoskeletal physiotherapist, health service manager and researcher, who is the Program Manager for Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Screening Clinics in Queensland Health. She has coordinated the pilot, roll out and expansion of advanced practice roles across 18 facilities.

QLD

Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and team leader at SquareOne Physio. Marisol is passionate about leadership and team culture. She believes that leadership and management are crucial skills to be developed and nurtured in our profession.

NSW

A Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, Scientific Editor of Journal of Physiotherapy and Co-Director of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). His research investigates: ways to capitalise on interactions between physiotherapy and pharmacological interventions in chronic respiratory disease, and ways to monitor and improve the quality of the clinical research methods used in physiotherapy.

VIC

Physiotherapist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland. Megan (she/her) identifies as part of the LGBTQIA+ community and is passionate about conducting research that will improve the experiences of physiotherapy for the LGBTQIA+ community.

QLD

Over 25 years experience in the private sector as a generalist and sports physiotherapist.

NT

Nicola is a dual-titled Sports & Exercise and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. She has worked extensively in elite and amateur sport, and is the Director of the newly established G.O.A.T Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine in Sydney.

NSW

Director of Western Kids Health in Perth, APA Titled Paediatric Physiotherapist

WA

Dr Sonia Cheng is a Lecturer at The University of Sydney and physiotherapist in Acute Medical/Surgical Services at Macquarie University Hospital. Sonia completed her PhD in 2020; her research interests are the measurement and promotion of physical activity and behaviour change in people living with chronic conditions. Sonia is passionate about improving access to pulmonary rehabilitation and digital health care for people with chronic heart and lung disease.

NSW

Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Orthopaedics at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital with extensive experience in both elective and trauma, including spinal cord injuries, sarcoma and limb reconstruction within Australia and the UK.

QLD

Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist with clinical, governance and management roles across the healthcare spectrum. Tom is the Executive Director of the Physio Plus Group, and sits on the Council of the National Rural Health Alliance and the Clinical Council of the Northern Queensland PHN.

QLD

APA titled Pain and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist. Senior Clinician Physiotherapist and Clinical Coordinator at the Barbara Walker Centre for Pain Management at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.

VIC