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2009 Committee Members

EXECUTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS – 2ND ANNUAL FASCIA RESEARCH CONGRESS

Executive Committee


  • Peter Hollander PhD., (Executive Committee Chair)
    Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Thomas W Findley MD, PhD
    VA Medical Center and University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark NJ
  • Susan Gould-Fogerite PhD
    Director of Research for Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark NJ
  • Peter A. Huijing PhD
    Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Adam Perlman MD, MPH
    Chairperson Department of Primary Care UMDNJ School of Health Related Professions. Executive Director for the Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ICAM) and the UMDNJ Endowed Professor of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He is also Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM), and a member of the Steering committee.
  • Robert Schleip PhD
    Director, Fascia Research Project, Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Germany

Scientific Committee


  • Peter A. Huijing PhD (Scientific Committee Chair)
    Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Geoffrey Bove DC, PhD (Scientific Review Committee Chair)
    Senior Research Scientist, Department of Research Administration, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
  • Leon Chaitow ND, DO
    Honorary Fellow University of Westminster, London. Editor, Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies
  • Thomas W Findley MD, PhD
    VA Medical Center and University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark NJ
  • Michael Louis Kuchera DO, FAAO
    Director, the Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Research and Human Performance & Biomechanics Laboratory, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
  • Helene M. Langevin MD
    College of Medicine, University of Vermont
  • Joel G. Pickar DC, PhD
    Professor at the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research in Davenport, Iowa
  • Robert Schleip PhD
    Institute of Applied Physiology, Ulm University, Germany
  • Moshe Solomonow PhD, MD (Hon)
    Director, Bioengineering Section, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado
  • Jaap van Dieën PhD
    Professor of Biomechanics Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Andry Vleeming PhD
    Director, Spine and Joint Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Can A. Yücesoy, PhD
    Full time faculty member and leader of the Biomechanics Laboratory at the Biomedical Engineering Institute of Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.