The CNVLD is pleased to welcome Dr Jane Wu, a consultant physician in rehabilitation medicine, who has volunteered as the new CNVLD Official Doctor.

A consultant physician in rehabilitation medicine in 3 hospitals providing inpatient, outpatient & home-based rehabilitation programmes for people with disabilities, Dr Wu has taken a leave of absence from Hornsby Hospital, Greenwich Hospital and Westmead Rehabilitation Hospital to volunteer in Cambodia for 1 year writing & editing for a Khmer medical journal and providing teaching for staff at physical rehabilitation centres.

Dr Wu’s main research interests include outcomes in rehabilitation, hip fracture rehabilitation, falls prevention and education and she also provides educational programmes to trainees of the Australian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, medical students and allied health.

Her carreer highlights include:

• 5th ISPRM Congress (Istanbul, Turkey) June 2009: “Outcomes in hips fractures in the elderly” J Wu, S Kurrle, ID Cameron (free paper - oral)
• 1st AOCPRM Meeting (Nanjing, China) May 2008: “Cognitive impairment in patients with hip fractures” J Wu, S Kurrle, ID Cameron (workshop)
• 15th Annual Scientific Meeting of the AFRM (Sydney, Australia) May 2007: “Weight-bearing status after hip fracture surgery: Does it affect clinical outcomes?” J Wu, S Kurrle, ID Cameron (free paper - oral).

As well as providing direct assistance to the athletes with a disability of Cambodia, Dr Wu also plans a Khmer medical guide for wheelchair athletes, the first of its kind in Cambodia.

Thank You Dr Jane Wu for Standing Up with the CNVLD!