Prof. Marilyn Moffat

A leader in the US and internationally, is a practitioner, teacher, consultant, and author. She is Professor of Physical Therapy at New York University. She is immediate Past-president of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy and coordinated the efforts to develop international guidelines for physical therapist educational programs and standards of practice around the world. She has lectured extensively on the physical therapist’s roles in impacting the non-communicable diseases and their risk factors. She was instrumental in the World Health Professions Alliance’s development of their “Health Improvement Card” to combat the NCDs. She has given over 800 professional presentations throughout her practice lifetime and has taught and provided consultation services in many areas around the globe. Dr. Moffat was President of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and was instrumental in the development of the “Guide to Physical Therapist Practice” and “Normative Model for Physical Therapist Education”. She established the APTA Section on Geriatric’s Certification Program for Physical Therapists as Exercise Experts for Aging Adults and was its first co-chair for four years. Amongst her publications are two books for the lay audience – American Physical Therapy Association’s Book of Body Maintenance and Repair and Age-Defying Fitness.