Dr. Marilyn Moffat

Dr. Marilyn Moffat, a recognized leader in the United States and internationally, is a practitioner, a teacher, a consultant, a leader, and an author. She is a Full Professor of Physical Therapy at New York University and has been in private practice for over forty years.

Dr. Moffat completed a six-year term as the President of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Prior to that she had served on the APTA Board of Directors for six years and also as President of the New York Physical Therapy Association for four years. Amongst her many publications are two books for the lay audience - American Physical Therapy Association's Book of Body Maintenance and Repair and Age De-fying Fitness. She has also completed a 4 book series know as the Musculoskeletal Essentials, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Essentials, Neuromuscular Essentials, and Integumentary Essentials for physical therapy clinicians and students. As part of her commitment to research, Dr. Moffat is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Physical Therapy.

She is currently the President of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, and she coordinated the efforts to develop international guidelines for physical therapist educational programs and standards of physical therapy practice around the world.

She has given over 800 professional presentations throughout her practice life time, and she has taught and provided consultation services in Taiwan, Thailand, Burma, Viet Nam, Panama City, Hong Kong, Israel, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Puerto Rico.

Dr. Moffat is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA. She has been the recipient of APTA's Marilyn Moffat Leadership Award, the WCPT's Mildred Elson Award for International Leadership, the APTA Lucy Blair Service Award, the Robert G. Dicus Private Practice Section APTA Award for contributions to private practice, Outstanding Service Awards from the New York Physical Therapy Association and from the APTA, the Ambassador Award from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the Howard A Rusk Humanitarian Award from the Word Rehabilitation Fund, the United Cerebral Palsy Citation for Service, the Sawadi Skulkai Lecture Award from Mahidol University in Bangkok Thailand, New York University's Founders Day Award, the University of Florida's Barbara C. White Lecture Award, the Massachusetts General's Ionta Lecture Award, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapist's Alan Walker Memorial Lecture Award, the APTA Minority Affairs Diversity 2000 Award, and the Section of Health Policy's R. Charles Harker Policy Maker Award. In addition, the New York Physical Therapy Association also named its leadership award after her. She was the APTA's 2004 Mary McMillan Lecturer, the Association's highest award. Dr. Moffat has been listed in Who's Who in the East. Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Education, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare.

She is also currently on the Board of Directors of the World Rehabilitation Fund and is a member of the Executive Committee. In addition to her professional associations, she was elected to be a member of Kappa Delta Pi and Pi Lambda Theta.