CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Friday, June 14th, 2013 - 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
ALLIED HEALTH AND NUTRITION
Co-Chairs: Ms. Tammy Eborall, Mr. Adam Bryant
British Columbia Room

2:20 pm
Pre-operative Exercise Program: What is the evidence?


Debbie Burgess
Registered Kinesiologist, ACSM Clinical Exercise Specialist
Regional Bariatric Care Centre, Thunder Bay, ON

Debbie Burgess graduated from Lakehead University in 2005 with an Honors Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, became certified with the American College of Sport Medicine as a Clinical Exercise Specialist in 2011 and is a member of the Ontario Kinesiology Association. Debbie has worked three years in a physiotherapy clinic as a Kinesiologist and three years as an Exercise Therapist in Cardiac Rehabilitation. Debbie presently works as a Kinesiologist at the Regional Bariatric Clinic in Thunder Bay, Ontario as part of a multidisciplinary team.  She is involved in pre and post-surgical exercise rehabilitation, lifestyle education and medical weight management.