Professional Memberships and Professional Development
Memberships
- International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO)
- Orthotics Prosthetics Canada (OPC)
- Prosthetics and Orthotics Association of British Columbia (POABC)
- American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)
- Association of Children's Prosthetic -Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC)
- Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
- B.C. Chamber of Commerce
- Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)
Conferences
- Tenth International Seating Symposium 1994 Vancouver, B.C.
- Spina Bifida Symposium 2006 Chicago,Illinois US
- ISPO 12th World Congress 2007 Vancouver, B.C.
- AACPDM Meeting 2010 Washington, DC
- AACPDM Meeting 2011 Las Vegas, NV
- ISPO Canada Symposium 2011 Ottawa, Ontario
- ACPOC Annual Meeting 2014, Banff, Alberta
Upcoming:
Society of Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment/International Research Society of Spinal Deformities SOSORT/IRSSD May 2016 Conference Banff, Alberta
Specialized courses
- Boston Scoliosis Brace Course 1985 Boston, MA
- Charleston Night Bending Orthosis for Treatment of Scoliosis 1988 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
- Oregon Orthotic System for Lower Extremity 1983
- Lower Extremity Orthotic Management of Cerebral Palsy 1997 Toronto, Ontario
- SWASH Dynamic Hip Orthosis 2001 Camp Healthcare, Vancouver, B.C.
- Moving Forward - 2 Day Symposium of Current Management of Children and Adults with Cerebral Palsy 2007 Vancouver B.C.
- New Strategies for Managing Gait and Foot Deviations 2008 Beverly Cusiak, Atlanta, Georgia
- New Rehabilitation Strategies Course - Orthosis Taping and Theratogs for Children with CNS Dysfunction 2009 Bev Cusiak Atlanta Georgia
- Clinical Gait Analysis - Advanced Course 2009, St Paul, Minnesota
- SpineCor- Adult Scoliosis Brace Training Program 2012, Toronto, Ontario
- Providence Nocturnal Scoliosis System 2012, Victoria B.C,
- Movement System Syndromes of the Lumbar Spine and Hip: Interactions and Evidence 2012 Vancouver, B.C.,
- Pediatric gait Analysis and Orthotic Management with Ankle Foot Orthosis Footwear Combinations (Elaine Owens) 2012 Chicago Il
- New Paradigms in Pediatric Foot and Ankle Deformity Management (Bev Cusiak) 2012 Toronto, Ontario
- Advanced Clinical Application of the Energy Storage and Return Ankle Foot Orthosis 2015 Chedoke McMasters University, Ont.
- ABC'S of Pediatric Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Nov 2015, NYU School of Medicine
- Advancements in Conservative Treatments of Scoliosis Symposium, Grant Wood,CPO, Align Clinic, San Mateo, CA