MT Foundation Appoints Advisory Council

The Massage Therapy Foundation recently named its first-ever advisory council, which will function as a resource for the foundation’s 11-member board of trustees by sharing knowledge, experience and expertise on behalf of the massage therapy profession.

The Massage Therapy Foundation is a philanthropic organization that advances the knowledge and practice of massage therapy through scientific research, education, and community service.

Members are:

• Leon Chaitow, D.O., N.D., author of more than 70 books on health care,  and editor in chief for the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

• Aviad Haramati, Ph.D., professor for the departments of physiology and medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

• Janet R. Kahn, Ph.D., executive director of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium, and director of research for the Massage Therapy Research Consortium.

• Robert King, one of the original founders and trustees of the Massage Therapy Foundation, and founder of the Chicago School of Massage Therapy.

• Clifford W. Korn, L.M.T., a partner at the Windham Health Center Neuromuscular Therapy and editor for Massage Today.

• Whitney Lowe, L.M.T., founder of the Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute, and author of Orthopedic Assessment in Massage Therapy and Orthopedic Massage: Theory and Technique.

• Jan Schwartz, vice president of education for Cortiva Institute, a massage-therapy education company.

• Leslie Young, Ph.D., editor in chief of Massage & Bodywork magazine and vice president of communication for Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals.

For full biographies and photos of council members, visit www.massagetherapyfoundation.org.