Geetha Kayambu
National University Hospital, Singapore
Biography
Dr Geetha Kayambu is Research Director and Senior critical care research Physiotherapist at the Department of Rehabilitation at the National University Hospital. She obtained her PhD at the School of Medicine, UQ, Australia in 2015. She is accredited Clinical Supervisor by the Allied Health Professional Council and a Member of the Society of Intensive Care Medicine. She has authored peer reviewed publications and an invited speaker at national and international physiotherapy and medical conferences. Geetha has been instrumental in promoting research interests amongst physiotherapists in NUH. Her research interests include novel updates in critical care management. Geetha is site principal investigator for research projects, oversees the direction of potentially high-impact research in physiotherapy and motivates research collaborations both local and overseas in the rehabilitation department in NUH, mentors staff clinically and in research and continues supervision of junior staff in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit for over 10 years.
Abstract
Abstract : Can Early Physical Rehabilitation Modulate Underlying Pathological Mechanisms in Critical Illness?