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    Evangelos Almpanidis

    Learnovate | Greece

    PT, MSc, MCSP, MMACP

    •  Researcher at University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
    •  Clinical Instructor & Mentor Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP) - United Kingdom
    •  Clinical Instructor Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (OMT) - Greece

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    Biography & achievements

    Evangelos Almpanidis is a specialist physical therapist with a clinical interest in headaches, upper cervical spine and temporomandibular joint disorders TMDs.

    He studied Physiotherapy at International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, Greece where he graduated in 2010. He continued his further education in the UK where he specialised in Manual Therapy, completing his postgraduate degree (MSc Advanced Manipulative Physiotherapy) in 2013 at the University of Birmingham. On top of that, through a successful clinical examination and supervision process, he was accepted as  a full member on the Musculoskeletal Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (MACP), a UK association of more than a thousand members with certain research, clinical and educational excellence criteria.

    With regards to his time in the UK, he had a working experience of 10 years, both in the public sector (NHS) and in the private sector, culminating in the role of Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner at Oxford NHS Hospital. Returning to Greece, he is now managing a private clinic and teaches manual therapy at the Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Association of Greece.

    With regards to his educational commitments, he has been teaching and lecturing in postgraduate courses at University of Birmingham in the subject of manual therapy, headaches and TMDs. At the same time, he acts as a clinical instructor, mentor and examiner for the MACP.

    In 2022, he started a collaboration as a clinical researcher with the 'Centre of Precision and Rehabilitation of Spinal Pain' of University of Birmingham studying the interaction between physical and psychological characteristics in people with chronic neck pain, headaches and TMDs.

    He has participated in numerous international conferences throughout the years

    • World Physiotherapy Congress in Dubai, UAE (Platform Presenter) - 2023 - World Physiotherapy Association
    • Panhellenic Physiotherapy Conference (Keynote Speaker) - 2022 - Panhellenic Association of Physiotherapists
    • Cypriot Physiotherapy Conference (Keynote Speaker) - 2021 - All Cyprus Association of Physiotherapists
    • World Physiotherapy Congress in Geneva, Switzerland (Research Presenter) - 2019 - World Physiotherapy Association
    • Physio UK Conference in Birmingham, UK (Research Presenter) - 2019 - Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
    • IFOMPT Congress in Glasgow, UK (Research Presenter) - 2016 - International Federation of Orthopedic Manual Therapists

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