Global Partners for Rehabilitation (GPFR)
Our Mission:
To make affordable, high quality physical rehabilitation services available and effectively utilized throughout the world.
Vision:
A world where persons living with a disability (PLDs) are valued for who they are, not for what they aren’t.
Our Values
All individuals deserve the opportunity to achieve their highest potential to live productive and satisfying lives, regardless of physical impairments
Sharing, compassion and empathy can all be harnessed to solve problems
There is an explicit cost-benefit to providing medical rehabilitation services to those who need them
Those who need and benefit from rehabilitation services should be considered equal partners in the creation, delivery and use of those services (“Nothing about me without me”).
Educating PLDs and their families about the positive impact rehabilitation interventions can have on improving their quality of life as well as providing hope for a better future.
Meet the Team
Julia To Dutka, EdD
PRESIDENT
Richard Oliver, Ph.D., FASAHP
TREASURER
Bruce M. Gans, MD
SECRETARY
Peter Preziosi, PhD, RN, CAE
BOARD MEMBER
Mooyeon Oh-Park, MD MHCM
BOARD MEMBER
Robin Hedeman, OT, MHA
BOARD MEMBER
Margaret A. Turk, MD
BOARD MEMBER
Peter W. Thomas, J.D
BOARD MEMBER
Timothy L. Vidale, PT, DPT, MBA, CSOMT, CSCS
BOARD MEMBER
Kathleen Yosko PhD, RN, LNHA
BOARD MEMBER