Justin Z Laferrier
University of Connecticut, USA
Biography
Justin Z Laferrier has served in both the US Marine Corps and US Army. After being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, he completed his Master’s degree in Physical Therapy and became a Commissioned Officer within the army’s Medical Specialist Corps. During his time with the army, he helped to develop and served as the Officer-in-charge of amputee physical therapy for Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. and at Brooke Army Medical Center which has become the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio TX as well as Officer-in-charge of Physical Therapy for the 31st Combat Support Hospital deployed to Baghdad, Iraq. He also assisted in the development of the majority of rehabilitation protocols and high intensity training for amputees.