During the transition period when the organization according to the constitution is build up, a Steering Group will execute the tasks of the Executive Committee.
President
Arnab Seal
Arnab Seal is a Consultant neurodevelopmental paediatrician based in Leeds, U.K. He works in the UK National Health Service and is a Course Organiser of the MSc Paediatrics Course of the University of Leeds. Arnab’s interests are in medical education and training, particularly in the developing world. He is also a member of the Global Professional Education Committee and is the current Chair of the European Academy of Childhood Disability.
Treasurer
Joshua Hyman
Joshua E. Hyman, MD, is a nationally and globally renowned specialist in the care of children with cerebral palsy and lower extremity deformity. His clinical interests as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon also include hip diseases and dysplasia, neuromuscular disorders, limb length differences, and complex fracture care.
Member at large
Peter Rosenbaum
Peter joined the faculty of McMaster University in July 1973 and has been a Professor of Pediatrics since 1984. He held an inaugural Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs (2001- 2014). In 1989, Peter co-founded the award-winning CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, a health system-linked research unit now recognized world-wide for its research and dissemination activities.
Member at large
Kirsty Stewart
Kirsty Stewart is a senior occupational therapist in Kids Rehab at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead with extensive clinical and research experience in cerebral palsy, movement disorders and neuromodulation interventions. Kirsty completed a two-year knowledge transfer fellowship in dyskinetic cerebral palsy through the Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy, 2017 to 2018.
Member at large
Dr Sian Williams
Dr Sian Williams, Associate Professor and Clinical Exercise Physiologist at the School of Allied Health at Curtin University in Western Australia.
The primary focus of her research relates to cerebral palsy (from early detection and intervention in early childhood, all the way through to healthy ageing in adults), and includes research related to optimising gross motor function, muscle morphology, physical activity and participation, and improving outcomes for people with cerebral palsy and their families.
Member at large
Gillian Saloojee
Dr. Gillian Saloojee is a paediatric physiotherapist with a special interest in working with children with disabilities and their families living in rural resource-constrained African settings. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Malamulele Onward, a non-profit organization providing therapy services and caregiver training to children with cerebral palsy living in poor, rural areas of Southern Africa.
Member at large
Jorge Carranza-Del Rio
Dr. Jorge Carranza del Rio is a specialist in pediatric neurology and neurorehabilitation with special interest in children and adults with cerebral palsy and movement disorders.
Dr. Carranza graduated as Medical Doctor by Universidad La Salle, trained as a Pediatrician at Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gómez and sub-specialized in Pediatric Neurology at Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre ISSSTE by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He successfully completed a two-year fellowship on Pediatric Neurorehabilitation at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children / University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Member at large
Xiaojie Li
Xiaojie Li, M.D. Professor, Chief Pediatrician of Rehab. Medicine, Doctoral and Master Supervisor; Chief Expert of The Rehab. Center for Child Cerebral Palsy and The Third Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi University; Honorary president, College of Rehab. Medicine, Jiamusi University; Honorary director of the Key Laboratory of Pediatric Neurological Rehab. in Heilongjiang Province; Director of the Institute of Pediatric Neurological Disease, Jiamusi University; Enjoy the Special allowance of the State Council.
