Presenters
Ingrid Cole
Ingrid Cole is a Physiotherapist and the Director of People and Culture at Everyday Independence. Graduating from Latrobe University in 1999 Ingrid worked in a number of Melbourne Hospitals before moving to Dundee in Scotland where she worked at one of Europe's largest teaching hospitals as well as completing a postgraduate Masters in Neurological Physiotherapy from Edinburgh University. On returning to Melbourne, Ingrid worked at the Royal Children's Hospital and later Westmead Children's Hospital in Sydney before joining EI in 2012. Ingrid is passionate about the NDIS and building an allied health workforce that is NDIS ready and capable of delivering high impact outcomes to people with a disability and the disability sector.
Anna Diep
New graduate physiotherapist at United Physiotherapy Group and APA Gerontology committee member.
Nikita Kedar
Clinical Lead Physiotherapist Gerontology, Monash Health, APA Gerontology Chair VIC and Casual Teaching Associate Monash University.
Matthew Bassilios
Chief Operating Officer, Empower Healthcare and APA Gerontology committee member.
Hannah Sharma
Hannah Sharma has been working as a physiotherapist in sub-acute inpatient public health settings for over 14 years. Recently, Hannah completed her Masters in Clinical Education at the University of Melbourne. She is involved in sessional tutoring within the Gerontology modules at The University of Melbourne and Swinburne University. Besides this, Hannah chairs the APA VIC gerontology committee and is an assessor for the Australian Physiotherapy council. Her current research project is exploring experiences and perceptions of gerontological physiotherapy clinical supervisors of teaching clinical reasoning.