Dr. Dagmar Pavlů is an Associate Professor in Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic and is a head of Department of Physiotherapy of FTVS. She earned master’s degree in physiotherapy and doctor’s degree in pedagogy. In 1995 she received her PhD (CSc.). In 2005 she earned the degree of an associate professor in exercise physiology. She was president of the professional organisation of Physiotherapists in Czech Republic and from 2004 – 2008 she was a vice chairman of ER WCPT.

Her current research interests include analysis of the effect of physiotherapeutical methods. She publish altogether ower 150 publications.

Kirill Alekseyev has completed his MBA from St. Joseph’s College after completing his undergraduate studies at Stony Brook University in Long Island, NY as a Division I student athlete. He then went on to pursue his MD at American University of Antigua. He is currently a 2nd year resident Physician at Kingsbrook Rehabilitation Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He is the Vice President of the resident’s committee at NY Society of PM&R (largest PM&R Society in US) with an option to be President next year. He is also a Special Olympics Coordinator for the past 3 years. He has published chapters, articles in various journals, books and databases. He has over 20 poster and oral presentations at various national conferences. He is a recipient of NY Society of PM&R recognition award in 2014 and this year’s recipient of Professionalism award from his current Residency Program at Kingsbrook Rehabilitation Institute, Brooklyn, NY. He was a runner up for Vice Chair position for residents at Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) second largest PM&R national organization.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Sujata Khire has completed her Master’s degree in Physiotherapy with specialization in Cardio pulmonary rehabilitation. She has been into clinical practice for more than 12 years, with major interests and exposure in the field of musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation. She is a certified Kinesiotaping Instructor from the Kinesiotaping Association International, USA. She is also a certified Dry Needling Instructor from The Dry Needling Institute, South Africa. She is currently on a private practice in Dubai.

Physiotherapy, musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation and kinesiotaping

Silvia Ross, MS, RDN,CDN is the Founder and CEO of SRoss Nutrition LLC. She works as a public speaker and consultant dietitian. Mrs. Ross believes in the Integrative Holistic Nutrition and Functional Medicine. She focuses on the elements of life including nature, soul, palate appealing, environment, physical activity or inactivity, DNA, ancestry, weight loss, and simple human imperfection that can contribute to high risk of chronic diseases.

Integrative Holistic Nutrition and Functional Medicine

Dr Micallef Stafrace is the Vice President of the European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations, the Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine at Mater Dei Hospital, President of the Maltese Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine, a Director within the Maltese Olympic Committee as well as the Chairman of their Medical Commission, and a Senior Lecturer in Sports Science in the Institute of Physical Education and Sports(IPES)within the University of Malta

sports science

Rakesh Tomar is currently working as faculty at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD in Physical Education from LNIPE, India. Dr Tomar has authored several publications in various journals (Including ISI Web of Science) and books. His publications reflect his research interests in exercise physiology, health and fitness. Dr Tomar is also an Associate Editor of The International Journal of Health, wellness and society, vol. 5(3), Editorial Board Member of Athens Journal of Sports. Dr Tomar is serving as a board member for Asian Society of Kinesiology, Korea. He was the principal investigator in five funded scholarly projects and co-investigator in two fully funded research projects. He has chaired scientific sessions at international conferences. He has been invited as Keynote Speaker, Invited Speaker, Guest Speaker at international conferences

Physical Education, Sports Medicine

Vladimir Puzović was born on June 15, 1985 In Belgrade, where he finished elementary school and gymnasium. He graduated from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education of the University of Prishtina in 2009. Currently, he is at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, in the direction of Experimental and Applied Physiology with Sports Medicine. The doctoral thesis project works at the Clinic for Neurosurgery of the Clinical Center of Serbia in Belgrade. In addition to this project, in the period 2013-2014 he worked on a scientific research project in cooperation with the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is a member of the European College of Sports Science, Association of Sports Medicine of Serbia the Society for Neuroscience of Serbia and the Serbian National Diving Federation. He is the founder of the Living Life Association, with whom he has so far organized a number of humanitarian actions, primarily to help young people.

Sports Medicine, Applied Neurophysiology MCs - PE and Strength and Conditioning

Ahmad Alkhatib is the Head of Division of Sport and Exercise Science at Abertay University in the UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, an accredited UK nutritionist (RNutr), a clinical physiologist, a certified international sports nutritionist (CISSN), and also a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He was awarded his PhD in Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, and MSc in Exercise Sciences (Health and Fitness) from the University of Essex, UK. His research in exercise and nutritional sciences focuses on novel techniques to enhance health outcomes especially those combining nutraceuticals, with physical activity to enhance metabolic health, weight loss and disease prevention. He has over 100 publications and won several research and academic excellence awards.

His research interest in exercise and nutritional sciences focuses on novel techniques to enhance health outcomes especially those combining nutraceuticals, with physical activity to enhance metabolic health, weight loss and disease prevention. He has over 100 publications and won several research and academic excellence awards.