Meet Dr. Linda Woodhouse, the new Dr. David Magee Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Research

She’s a leading research clinician, she’s originally from Montreal, and she cheers for the—brace yourself—Toronto Maple Leafs. Meet Dr. Linda Woodhouse, the new Dr. David Magee Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Research.

In 2010 the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine announced the creation of its first endowed research chair named after one of the world’s foremost physical therapists: the Dr. David Magee Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Research. Harold and Cathy Roozen donated $1.5 million to establish the chair in Magee’s name. Magee is an internationally recognized physical therapist, author, associate dean and professor at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

The research chair will maximize the physical therapy care of patients. It is aimed at finding improved methods of clinical assessment for arthritis, injury prevention, and treatments for sports injuries and low-back pain. It is for clinical research, impacting patients directly.

The Faculty is pleased to announce the appointment of its inaugural chair holder, Linda Woodhouse, Hon. BA, BSc PT, PhD. Woodhouse is a leading research-clinician from the School of Rehabilitation Medicine at McMaster University, the Departments of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Hamilton Health Sciences, and the Department of Surgery at Sunnybrook and Women’s Health Sciences Centre. Woodhouse has made significant contributions to the development and evaluation of models for inter-professional care for patients accessing hip and knee surgery. She has also developed innovative clinical programs for patients with osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and cancer survivors who receive conservative treatments in the community.