Awards programme
There are several categories of award, which are presented every four years when the general meeting and congress take place in the same year.
An awards committee is set up to oversee the awards programme and make its recommendations to the World
Awards committee members for 2023
- Chair: Natalie Beswetherick, member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Nuhu Assuman, member of Rwanda Physical Therapy Organisation
- Nnenna Chigbo, member of Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy
- Claudia Guarín, member of Colombian Physiotherapy Association
- Leigh Hale, member of Physiotherapy New Zealand
- Lonese Jacobs, member of South African Society of Physiotherapy
- Constance Schlegl, member of Austrian Physiotherapy Association
- Nikos Strimpakos, member of Panhellenic Physiotherapists Association
- Mantana Vongsirinavarat, member of Physical Therapy Association of Thailand
- Gerry Warner, member of Barbados Physical Therapy Association
Awards in 2023

The most recent awards were presented in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in June 2023.
Watch a recording of the World Physiotherapy awards presentation in Dubai
View the 2023 award recipients
Mildred Elson award
2023: Margot Skinner - clinician, educator, researcher, and member of Physiotherapy New Zealand
2019: Anne Moseley - clinician, teacher, researcher, and member of Australian Physiotherapy Association
2015: Kari Bø - clinician, researcher, teacher, and member of Norwegian Physiotherapist Association
2011: Stanley Paris - author, clinician, teacher, and member of American Physical Therapy Association
2007: Jules Rothstein - researcher, writer, educator, and member of American Physical Therapy Association
2003: Marilyn Moffat - educator, clinician, author, WCPT president 2007-2015, and member of American Physical Therapy Association
1999: Joan Walker - educator, researcher, and member of Canadian Physiotherapy Association
1995: Geoffrey Maitland - clinician, teacher, author, and member of Australian Physiotherapy Association
1991: Elizabeth McKay - secretary general of WCPT 1970-1986
1987: Mildred Elson - inaugural president, WCPT 1953-1956, and member of American Physical Therapy Association