Maria is a CORU-registered physiotherapist for humans – CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator – and an Irish Veterinary Council-registered veterinary nurse with a 17-year career treating animals.
She is the director of the Animal Rehabilitation Clinic at the only veterinary teaching hospital in Ireland. At the University College Dublin, she teaches undergraduate and graduate veterinarians and veterinary nurses in a theoretical and practical setting. She is currently involved in a multidisciplinary research project on animal fascia and is involved in ongoing research on multimodal pain management.
Maria completed the Animal Rehabilitation Institute’s CERT program in Florida and the Canine Sports Medicine portion of the Canine Rehabilitation Institute (CRI) program. She also has a diploma in Equine Craniosacral Therapy from the Upledger Institute. And a higher Diploma in Entrepreneurial Educational Innovation from University College Dublin’s Innovation Academy.
She has been part of many national and international animal physiotherapy symposiums and conferences.