Michael J. Moore, P.T.
Michael received his first baccalaureate degree from San Francisco State University and his second from University of California at San Francisco for physical Therapy in 1975. From 1975 to 1977 he took the Kaiser Rehab Center's six month residency course in Proprioception Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) and stayed on-staff until October 1977. Principal instructors were Maggie Knott, Carolyn Oei, Greg Johnson, Sue Adler and Eileen Vollowitz. Accompanied by his wife, Lynn Bollinger, P.T., C.H.T. Michael traveled to Norway and worked for an outpatient clinic and learned Norwegian through all of 1978. Beginning in 1979, he was in the level I Mobilization Residency Program in Oslo until September, 1980. Principal instructors included Olaf Evjenth, Hans Gunnari and Freddy Kaltenborn. Upon returning to the United States in the autumn of 1980, there was a high interest in orthopaedic manual therapy at that time. With only short courses available, Michael began a Long term Course in December 1981. Over the next two years this long term course evolved into the Folsom Physical Therapy Long Term course that continues today directed by Michael's partner, Tim McGonigle, P.T. Guest instructors over the years have included, but not limited to: Freddy Kaltenborn, Olaf Evjenth, Dennis Morgan, Barbara Stevens, Don Torrey, Tim McCarthy, and Eileen Vollowitz. Current staff instructors include: Michael Moore, Tim McGonigle, Rachel Worman, and Brigit Moore. In the mid 1990's Freddy Kaltenborn approached Michael about meetings to gather directors of orthopedic residency programs within the United States to strategize the United States becoming a full member country into the International Federation of Manual Therapists (IFOMT). This was the birth of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists of whom Michael is one of the eight founding members. Since 2001 the F.P.T. Faculty has been guest faculty for University of California at Davis, Division of Pain Medicine's year- long Pain Fellowship for medical doctors. This 13 year collaboration of both programs exchanging faculty has contributed to the on-going evolution of the Folsom Program to include chronic pain strategies in its curriculum. On a personal note Michael and Lynn are both practicing P.T.'s with four tax-paying children and four grandchildren. They have been pursuing ballroom dancing as their current pastime outside of work since 2004.
Jean-Michel Brismée, PT, ScD, OCS, FAAOMPT
Jean-Michel Brismée, PT, ScD is professor in the Doctor of Science Program in Physical Therapy at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Brismée graduated from the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium with Bachelor of Science degrees in Physical Education and Physical Therapy in 1985. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1996 with a Master of Sciences in Sports Health and earned a Doctor of Science degree in Physical Therapy in 2003. He has instructed over 100 courses and conferences nationally and internationally in advanced Orthopaedic Medicine and Manual Therapy of the spine and extremities and authored over 60 scientific papers in refereed journals. He has been the Chair of the Research Committee for the Academy for 6 years, which resulted in tremendous growth in the number of abstracts and research proposals submitted.
Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAAOMPT (Hon)
Kornelia Kulig, PhD, PT, FAPTA, FAAOMPT (Hon) is a Professor and Co-Director of the Jacquelin Perry Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Research Laboratory at the University of Southern California. Her research explores tissue morphology, biomechanics, physiology, and pathology in relation to degenerative and inflammatory processes in connective tissues and accompanying muscle activation, kinematic and kinetic movement strategies and related signs, symptoms, and loss of function. Dr. Kulig is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, American College of Sports Medicine and the American and International Societies of Biomechanics. Dr. Kulig serves as a reviewer for several biomechanical and clinical journals and servers as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy and Human Movement. She is a Founding Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists.
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