Academic Staff

Dr Winser is an Associate Professor of Physiotherapy in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He specializes in Neuro-rehabilitation in Physiotherapy. He completed his Doctoral degree at the University of Otago (UoO), New Zealand. Dr Winser obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy and worked as a Clinical Physiotherapist for many years at the Rehabilitation Centre of the Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMCH), India, which is known to be one of Asia’s best institutes for rehabilitating client with spinal cord and traumatic brain injury.  During his Master’s degree, Dr Winser secured the Gold Medal for the Best performance in Neurosciences in Physiotherapy.  Following his Master’s study, Dr Winser also worked as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at the Masterskill University, Malaysia for three years.

Dr Winser serves as a board member of the Hong Kong Spinocerebellar Ataxia Association (HKSCAA), the Editor of the IMPACT newsletter of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals. Dr Winser has special interest and inclination towards teaching and research. Dr Winser received the ‘Special Recognition Poster’ award for Neurology section at the ‘American Physical Therapy Association’ conference at North Carolina, the USA in 2014. Dr Winser’s key research focuses on the economic evaluation of balance interventions and falls prevention programs for people with neurological disorders and the elderly. He has published in many international journals, including Clinical Rehabilitation, Disability and Rehabilitation, Clinical Journal of Pain and Physical Therapy.

• Bachelor of Physiotherapy Neuro Science, Christian Medical College Vellore
• Master of Physiotherapy, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago