Adjunct Associate Professor
Director and Senior Physiotherapist
Phil has over 20 years experience working in senior roles in paediatric physiotherapy. In 2023, he was was appointed as an Adjunct Associate Professor in Physiotherapy at Flinders University
He is the immediate past National President of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, the peak body representing physios and their patients in Australia. In 2019, Phil was appointed by federal health minister the Hon Greg Hunt to the Primary Care Reform steering committee, which is charged with developing a ten year roadmap for primary health care in Australia.
He has worked in a number of senior roles within SA Health, including as Head of Department of Physiotherapy at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Phil also has over 15 years experience in private paediatric practice in Adelaide, interstate and overseas.
Phil’s clinical areas of particular interest include musculoskeletal and sports injuries, children’s pain, developmental conditions and rheumatology conditions in children. He is highly experienced in casting and splinting management, including Ponseti management of clubfeet. Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his young family, and supporting the St Kilda Saints.
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