PT, MSc (VetPhysio), PhD, Title of Docent
Clinical and counselling lecturer

Heli graduated as physiotherapist in January 2000, specialized in animal physiotherapy 2003, graduated as Master of Science in Veterinary Physiotherapy 2012, and finalized her PhD in 2015. She has over twenty years of clinical experience in veterinary physiotherapy. In 2006 she started working at the University of Helsinki Veterinary Teaching hospital, where she started and further developed the hospital’s physiotherapy department. For over ten years she was a honorary lecturer for the Liverpool University Post Graduate Diploma / MSc in Veterinary Physiotherapy program as well as taught at the Finnish Animal Physiotherapy program. Currently she devotes her time to teaching and research at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Helsinki. Heli is a proud owner of a geriatric Siberian husky, and currently suffers of a severe case of puppy fever.