Motaz Alawna is an expert in the field of Physical Therapy and rehabilitation. He has BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. in Physical therapy and rehabilitation. He also has a great international academic history as he worked in different universities as an Assistant Professor and Head of the physiotherapy department. Know he is working at the Arab American University, Palestine. He is teaching different Physical Therapy courses such as pediatric rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary, electrotherapy, Hydrotherapy, Therapeutic Exercises, and Kinesiology. Motaz Alawna has great research experience as he published many research papers in highly ranked international journals. Besides he is a team member in Erasmus + funded project conducting with 6 different European partners. Motaz was a Ph.D. student at the Dokuz Eylul University (2014-2017). Through this period, he worked as a researcher and conducted three projects. The first Project was about proprioception training for patients with ankle joint injuries, and the second was about the effect of bracing on post-surgical rehabilitation of ACL reconstruction. Furthermore, Motaz has an incredible clinical history because he has 13 years of clinical experience in different in-patient and out-patient facilities. He diagnosed and treated several musculoskeletal and neurological disorders.

Academic Experience
FromToPresentPositionInstitutionDescription
01/02/200930/06/2012 lecturer and clinical supervisorBethlehem university (physiotherapy department) 
01/09/201201/09/2013 Part time lecturerArab American University 
01/01/201731/08/2019 Assistant ProfessorArab American UniversityFull time assistant professor in the department of physiotherapy
01/10/201901/10/2021 Assistant professorIstanbul Gelisim UniversityHead of the physiotherapy department
01/11/2020  Assistant professorArab American UniversityFull time assistant professor in the department of physiotherapy
Administrative Experience
FromToPresentPositionInstitution
01/02/200930/06/2012 Head of Physiotherapy Departmentchildren care of special needs society (ccsns)
Education
University/College NameDegree ReceivedSpecializationDescription
Dokuz Eylul UniversityPhdPhysiotherapy and Rehabilitation 
New York Institute Of TechnologyMSc/MSPhysiotherapy and Rehabilitation 
The Arab American University of PalestineBSc/BSPhysiotherapy and Rehabilitation 
Skills
Hard, accurate, creative, imaginative & faithful worker., Professional in finding the relations & expressing the ideas, protocols or the results., Flexible in dealing with the missions & their problems., Professional in dealing with PC under the environment of Windows., Professional in Dealing with Microsoft office, word processing, & internet.
Awards
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Languages
Arabic

English

Turkish
Courses Taught
Course TitleLevel
Musculoskeletal PhysiotherapyUndergraduate
Orthopedic PhysiotherapyUndergraduate
, Physiotherapy for Neurology CasesUndergraduate
Pediatric PhysiotherapyUndergraduate
KinesiologyUndergraduate
General PathologyUndergraduate
Human PhysiologyUndergraduate
Anatomy of MusculoskeletalUndergraduate
Musculoskeletal PhysiologyUndergraduate
Physiotherapy for General Medicine and SurgeryUndergraduate