The Instructors who participate to our training programs in Vancouver

A leading figure in osteopathy internationally, Philippe Druelle is considered a pioneer in complementary and alternative medicine. He has been practising and teaching osteopathy for over 40 years. Philippe Druelle began his career as a kinesitherapist in France and quickly turned to osteopathy. After his training at the Collège d'Ostéopathie ATMAN in Paris, he received his national diploma of osteopathy in 1979. He also obtained a diploma in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture in France and completed a full cycle of studies in homeopathy with Doctor Dominique Senn in Lausanne (Switzerland).

He has devoted his life to his patients and to teaching. He was taught by well-known osteopaths such as Viola Frymann, Thomas Schooley, Ann Wales, Denis Brooks, Harold I. Magoun, Fred Mitchell and Alan Becker.

Philippe Druelle founded the first osteopathic college in Canada in 1981, the Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques de Montréal. Seven other campuses soon followed: the Canadian College of Osteopathy (CCO) in Toronto and Winnipeg, the Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques de Québec (CEOQ), the Canadian School of Osteopathy (CSO) in Vancouver, British Columbia, the CEO (Osteopathic Studies) Inc. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and two campuses in Europe, the SICO in Hertenstein, Switzerland, and the DOK in Rohrdorf, Germany.

He promotes tradition and research. He has taught in 14 countries as an international lecturer. He is the author and co-author of 4 undergraduate and bachelor plus master programs worldwide. He also supports the establishment and creation of programs such as the program at the Russian School of Osteopathic Medicine in Saint Petersburg and the Fulcrum Osteopathy Association in Japan.

He has written 26 textbooks for students. Philippe Druelle has done research, most notably at the Chevenov Institute in the Department of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry in Saint Petersburg on the influence of endocranial osteopathy on brain dynamics. He also developed the clinical methodology that allows each patient to be treated according to their specificities and dysfunctions. He specializes mainly in pediatrics, visceral (especially in osteopathic treatment of the heart region), the central chain, the dynamics of the CO/C1/C2 hinge, the treatment of concussions, children with vertebral subluxation disabilities and injuries, fluid and liquid dynamics, and the bioenergetic aspect of physiology.

His vocation is to transmit knowledge and know-how so that students can successfully perform osteopathic techniques in a safe and effective way.

Geneviève Forget obtained her diploma in osteopathy (D.O.) from the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques in Montréal in 2001. She earned her bachelor of science degree in physiotherapy from the University of Montréal in 1992.

Geneviève has held a number of positions at various campuses in the CCO family. She has been a teacher since 2001, providing final-year and continuing-education instruction since 2004. She has also been an assistant and a translator for senior guest speakers since 1998 and a table trainer and review instructor since 1995.

Daryl is a veteran teacher with many years of experience as a practitioner and a teacher. Daryl is an expert in the foot and pedal mechanics. He received his M.Sc. in Sportsmedicine from Indiana University, Indiana, USA and went on to receive his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, Illinois, USA in 1986.

He teaches liver, lung, and pathophysiology for our programs in Toronto and Winnipeg. Daryl brings with his teaching a keen ability to draw links between structures so students can understand the nuances of what Osteopathy is really about.

He received the companion of osteopathy award as well as the William Garner Sutherland award and the Andrew Taylor Still, DO awards.

David Laurin graduated with a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) Specialization Exercise Science: Athletic Therapy from Concordia University in 2006. Then he obtained a Certified Athletic Therapist certification in 2007. He graduated in 2014 from the Vancouver CSO and immediately started assisting at tables and sitting on juries. He started teaching shortly after and also he is a volunteer with thesis writers in various capacities.

He completed his thesis on the Quantifying the Effects of Osteopathy on Brainwaves: Correlating Electroencephalograph Patterns and Still Point Occurrences.

• She finished the 5 year program in 2007 and graduated from the CEO in 2010 after completing her thesis.
• She is an external clinic supervisor, examiner for 2nd, 3rd, 4th , and 5th year practical exams.
• Merrill also has been thesis advisor, and thesis jury member. And she teaches autoregulation (5V) in Vancouver and Winnipeg campuses since 2017.
• Merrill has been recognized as a companion with the CEO since 2013.

Bradley has been a North Shore resident since 2001. He spends time with his family enjoying the beauty and activities of the city. He has a passion for philosophy, enjoys teaching and discovering practical, efficient ways to improve health.

He discovered the effectiveness of manual therapy through Structural Integration after work related injuries. He studied Structural Integration in Boulder Colorado and began practice in 2011. Desiring a more comprehensive approach he enrolled in the osteopathic program at the Canadian School of Osteopathy (C.S.O), finishing his thesis on methods of evaluation in the osteopathic practice. Bradley is now a professor and clinical supervisor at the C.S.O. He teaches the General Osteopathic treatment and digestion course. He is a Co-owner of Fluid Motion Clinic of Osteopathy

Bradley has developed his skills in many different osteopathic methods. He has training both in advanced cranial methods and classical osteopathic approaches.
Bradley enjoys a challenge and is always curious as to what osteopathy can do to increase our health and better our lives.

Suzanne graduated in 1984 with a Bachelor of Nursing degree from Université de Montréal.
She worked as a nurse for 17 years in Montréal and Toronto, initially in a hospital setting in the intensive and emergency care units, cardiac care unit and pre and post-surgical care.

Suzanne uses a variety of techniques in her treatments not only to ease pain but also to help improve the function and the alignment of different tissues of the body (organs, muscles, bones, ligaments, circulatory and nervous system, the general health). Suzanne believes that everyone has a potential to heal and the osteopathic practitioner will help to remove those barriers which refrains the body to express his health fully and to access a higher level of health.

She has consequently undertaken post-graduate complementary training on the osteopathic treatment of developmental problems in children aged 0 to 18 years old. Suzanne has also completed 3 courses in bio dynamic in pediatrics and bio dynamic phases I to IX developed by Dr James Jealous.

In addition, Suzanne completed other post-graduate studies which include advanced cranial osteopathy for treatment of head injury, concussion and traumatic and emotional endocranial spasms release.

Since 2011, Suzanne is teaching palpation classes to students in Osteopathy at the Canadian School of Osteopathy in British Columbia. She is also a jury member at the college for the evaluation of the Osteopathic these protocols and a member of year-end evaluation jury. Suzanne has been the thesis Director of 3 Osteopathic thesis from 2008 to 2010 the first was ”The effect of general Osteopathic treatment on chronic constipation” and the second on ”Osteopathic treatment for the urinary incontinence in pre-menopausal women: The measured effect on the bladder neck and urethra, and finaly since 2013 on ”The effect of oateopathic treatments on the subjective disconforts of people with chronic tinnitus.”

Mrs. van Vliet graduated first from University of MTL as a physical therapist in 1984, she became osteopath in 1995 (CEO, MTL). She started to teach the year after in CEO, MTL and then in Québec, Halifax and Vancouver. Starting with the basic courses like, the lower extremity (foot and knee), cranium (base and vault), the pelvis (sacrum and iliac), stomach and oesophagus, and the heart, she continued a few years later her teaching in Germany and Switzerland, and, recently in Peru. As post-graduate courses, she also teaches heart and lungs. And after years of personal study she gives also the “Osteopathy and Neuro-Meningeal Mobility on the upper limb”. She is also demanded as lecturer in different places as at the German symposium in 2019. She managed her own clinic from 1987 until 2019, where she is still working.

Yves Boisvert graduated from the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques (CEO) in Montréal in 2000, but earned his diploma in osteopathy (D.O.) in 2003 after his thesis on the effects of osteopathic treatment on leukemic children under chemotherapy, from which he received the Andrew Taylor Still award. His background is a Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Therapy from Concordia University in 1992.

He has been teaching with the CCO family since 2005, including the CEO campuses in Montréal and Halifax; the CCO campuses in Winnipeg; the Canadian School of Osteopathy Manual Practice in Vancouver; and the Swiss International College of Osteopathy. Yves teaches courses of the dorsal spine and ribs I and II, TMJ I and II, upper extremities, lymphatic, and finally the end of first year review with the knee course.

Yves is also involved in the external clinic in Montreal and Switzerland.

• Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) at SFU (2000)
• Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal College (2003)
• Graduated from CSO Vancouver (2014)
• Private Clinical Practice for 16 years
• Clinical Supervisor at CSO Vancouver
• Teach Functional Emergency Techniques at CSO Vancouver

• • 1986 M. Sc Anthropology from University of Montréal
• • 1998 Final Diploma in Osteopathy from CEO Montreal
• • Andrew Taylor Still Award (2008) from CEO and FCERO (Fondation canadienne pour l'enseignement et la recherche en ostéopathie)

Experience:
Michèle Pépin is teaching Research in osteopathy and osteopathy classes since 2003 for CEO Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver, SICO (Switzerland) and DOK (Germany)
She is a Research Advisor for Vancouver Campus and Coordinator of Research projects of the 4th year full time program in Montreal. She has more than 15 years of teaching

Areas of expertise
in osteopathy :
Women's health, Andrology, Nervous system and hormonal balance, Functional disorders of visceras, Obstetric, Adhesions and scars, Pediatrics and learning problems, Cranial osteopathy and central nervous system.

Claude Dufour obtained his diploma in osteopathy (D.O.) from the Collège d'Études Ostéopathiques (CEO) in Montréal in 2001 and his degree in physiotherapy from the University of Montréal in 1992. His main osteopathic interests include the digestive and uro-gynecologic systems, dorsal/ribs, C0-C1-C2, and osteopathic methodology. In his work as a practitioner, researcher, and teacher, he focuses on the interaction of, and the balance between, the biodynamic and biomechanic.

Claude has taught at the CEO/CCO campuses for 15 years. At CEO Montréal, he teaches courses on learning methods and palpation in osteopathy, dorsal spine/ribs, stomach/oesophagus, liver/gall bladder/coccyx, small and large intestine, and digestive system review. He is also a member of the research committee at the Montréal campus. At CEO Quebec, he teaches dorsal spine 1 and ribs, dorsal spine 2 and temporomandibular joint, oral presentation/review/exam, and uro-gynecology and obstetrics 2. At CEO Halifax, he teaches research methodology and review/exam.

At CCO Toronto, Claude teaches research methodology and stomach/oesophagus. At the Canadian School of Osteopathy Manual Practice in Vancouver, he teaches research methodology and review/exam. At the Swiss International College of Osteopathy, he teaches courses on C0-C1-C2 and obstretrics. He also teaches a master class in Bordeaux, France, on the systemic approach of osteopathy in the digestive sphere and uro-gynecologic sphere.

From 2003 to 2006, Claude was the co-director of the teaching clinic at CEO Montréal. During that period, he was also the founder and director of the Unité de Recherche et de Développement en Enseignement de l’Ostéopathie (URDEO, Research and Osteopathic Teaching Continuing Education Fellowship) at CEO Montréal.

Claude has been the recipient of several honors by the CEO. These include the Compagnon de l’ostéopathie (Companion of Osteopathy) award in 2014; Professeur titulaire (full professor) in 2013; A.T. Still Award for contribution to advancement in research and clinical teaching in 2011; and Professeur agréé (chartered professor) in 2009. In 2001, he received the A.T. Still Award for his thesis, “Étude Qualitative sur l’enseignement clinique en ostéopathie” (Qualitative study on clinical teaching in osteopathy).

Pascale-Julie Robinson has her osteopathic diploma (D.O.) from the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques (CEO) in Montréal (2004) and her diploma in as rehabilitation therapist and massage therapist (1996). She has been an instructor with the CEO family since 2006. She teaches courses in pediatrics and more recently she teaches the GOT workshops in Montreal and Quebec. Pascale-Julie is involved in the clinical day for children with the FCERO. Since the last 6 years, she has been teaching post-graduated classes in pediatrics in Germany and France.

Pascale-Julie is working at Clinique Inspiration, Laval, Québec since the last 10 years in a multi-disciplinary team of osteopaths, physiotherapist, and Pilates trainers. She maintains a special interest in pediatrics, which is her primary clientele. Her research project, submitted in 2004, was on the impacts of early osteopathic intervention with newborn baby’s on their sensory and motor skills acquisition.

Denis Lanthier is a veteran Instructor at the campuses affiliated to the CEO; CCO, CSO, SICO, and DOK. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Denis teaches the Facial Bones and Pelvis 2 courses as well as the 3rd Year year-end review and exams. He brings tremendous energy to the College, and the students really appreciate his down to earth teaching style.

Denis obtained his B. Sc in Physiotherapy from the Université de Montréal in 1986 and his Osteopathy diploma from the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques de Montréal in 1994. The title of his thesis was « L’importance de l’équilibre de C0, C1, C2 et C3 chez la parturiente présentant des douleurs d’origine lombo-sacrée durant le dernier trimestre de grossesse ». In conjunction with his teaching, Denis has been in private osteopathic practice in Longueuil for the past 25 years. Denis has been Head of the Exam Committee since 2005 and President of the Academic Council of the Colleges since 2007.

Anie Lafrance has her osteopathic diploma (D.O.) from the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques (CEO) in Montréal (1998) and her bachelor of science degree in physical therapy from McGill University (1988). She has been an instructor with the CCO family since 1999. She teaches courses on the hepatic system, kidney, bladder, gynaecology 1 and 2, and obstetrics 1 and 2 at the CEO campuses in Montréal, Quebec City, and Halifax; the CCO campuses in Toronto and Winnipeg; the Canadian School of Osteopathy Manual Practice in Vancouver; and the Swiss International College of Osteopathy.

Anie previously worked as a managing physical therapist at the Clinique de Physiothérapie in Cartierville (Montréal) and as a registered physical therapist at the Sports and Orthopedic Rehab Center in Vermont. She maintains a special interest in obstetrics, gynecology, postpartum issues, and pediatrics. Her thesis, submitted in 1998, was on the impacts of osteopathic treatments on the course of delivery.

Velda Lulic received a Diploma of Osteopathy from Le Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques de Montréal (CEO) in 1995. Velda Lulic teaches for the CEO since 1997. She teaches in the CEO sister schools (Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Winnipeg, SICO and DOK), in Croatia since 2001 and cofounded the Croatian Academy of Osteopathy (Hrvatska academija osteopatije). She presented and co-organized the Croatian Osteopathic Congress in Dubrovnik in 2019.

She presented for OSEAN Open Forums in Potsdam, Paris, and Vienna from 2011 to 2016.

Velda Lulic presented at the International Congress of Physiotherapists in Dubrovnik, 2008.

She is the Director of thesis for CEO, CCO, SICO and DOK students from 1996 onwards, and was a Head Physiotherapist at BezirksSpital Uster in Switzerland from 1984 to 1988 and a Physiotherapist at Royal Victoria Hospital from 1981 to 1982.

Joan Seaman teaches the Counterstrain course at the Vancouver campus as well as in Winnipeg, Halifax, and Switzerland. She started teaching since 2011 after 7 years as an assistant. Joan has assisted in all courses given in 1st, 2nd, and 4th year studies as well as Upper Extremity in 3rd year and Heart in 5th year.

Her background is in Athletic Therapy with a Bachelor’s degree from Concordia University. She graduated from the Montreal campus of the CEO in 2003 and obtained her diploma in 2007 after completing a thesis titled "Hands-on Validation - Teaching the art of palpation to CEO students". Joan loves helping students understand new concepts and has been nicknamed "Joanalogy" by some of them because of her extensive use of analogies to help them understand new material.

Robert Hufgart is an osteopathic manual practitioner with a diploma in osteopathic manual practice (D.O.M.P.), a diploma in the science of osteopathy (D.Sc.O.), and is a registered massage therapist. His osteopathic thesis was on how the small intestine can influence the tone of the muscles of the lower back.

Rob has been an instructor with the CCO since 2010. He teaches courses at the Toronto campus on assessment, palpation, pelvis 1, and dorsal 1. He previously, beginning in 1999, taught at the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy, covering such subjects as anatomy, orthopedic assessment, biomechanics, and clinical synthesis.

Rob firmly believes that osteopathic therapy—when applied in a way that is respectful to the individual situation and medical history of each patient—can have a profound impact on the patient’s condition. Such well-applied osteopathy can not only improve anatomical dysfunction, but also the physiology of the associated tissue and even the emotional state of the patient.

Marc Mongeau earned his diploma in osteopathy (D.O.) from the Collège d’Études Ostéopathiques (CEO) in Montréal in 2008. He already had 2 degrees in professional manual body work from Institut Kiné-Concept; a Swedish kinetic massage technician diploma (1991) and a and Massokinésithérapie diploma (1993); previously he followed collegial studies and earned a diploma in “Pure and Applied Sciences” from the Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Science (1988).

Marc has held numerous teaching positions at various campuses in the CCO family since 2014. He currently teaches courses on advanced dorsal spine lesions and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) at CCO Toronto and Winnipeg, CEO Halifax, and Canadian School of Osteopathy Manual Practice in Vancouver; occipital hinge (C0-C2) at CEO Montréal and Québec City and Interview with the patient at CEO Montreal; lumbar spine and vault bones, pelvis 1, and sacrum/sphenobasilar synchondrosis at the Vancouver campus. In addition, he has been an evaluator of numerous practical and final exams at CEO Montréal.

Before his career at the CCO/CEO, Marc held several other positions at other institutions. He was a teacher/trainer in massage therapy and kinesitherapy at the Kine-Concept Institute from 1991 to 2010. He was head of the masso-kinesitherapy program at the Kine-Concept Institute from 2005 to 2008. From 1997 to 2007, he held an evaluator position for the admission committee and supervisor of failed admission practical exams at the Fédération Québecoise des Massothérapeuthes. In 1996 and 1997, he was manager of the training committee of the Fédération Québecoise des Massothérapeuthes. From 1991 to 2000, he was manager of the employees’ massage service for the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Marc has a large interest in the treatment of cerebral concussions, osteopathic application and human dissection. His motto is “Be a tool at the service of the forces of osteopathy, nature, and altruism.” Marc has been honored with the 2008 Louisa Burns, D.O., Prize for the advancement of experimental research (for his osteopathic thesis) and with the 2003 Reconnaissance Prize from the Fédéreation Québecoise des Massothérapeutes.

Brad McCutcheon attended the University of Guelph for a degree in Exercise Physiology, Sheridan College for a Diploma in Sports Injury Management, Kikkawa College for a Diploma in Massage Therapy and the Canadian College of Osteopathy for a Doctorate in Osteopathic Manual Practice. Brad completed a certificate course in Adult Education in 1999. Brad was awarded the William Garner Sutherland Award for Excellence in clinical research from the CCO in 2003.

A Member of the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario, Brad was Vice President of the Ontario Osteopaths Association formerly known as TC-COMPO, and previous Clinical Director of the Canadian College of Osteopathy in Toronto and Winnipeg. Brad was responsible for setting up and opening the Winnipeg campus in 2009.
Brad completed his Masters of Science in Osteopathy from the University of Greenwich and the European School of Osteopathy in 2009.

Faculty Member of the Canadian College of Osteopathy and the Wellington College of Remedial Massage Therapists in Winnipeg and the Western College of Remedial Massage Therapies in Regina. Brad is the owner of a private practice in Elmvale Ontario and an educational consulting business he provides both in class and online education for the CCO and CEO

Alexis is an Osteopathic Practitioner (D.O.M.P.), with over ten years of varied and specialized experience. He began practicing osteopathy in Quebec in 2012 where he co-founded the Clinique Intégrative d’Ostéopathie. Later, life brought him to Colorado where he worked with world renowned physicians such as Dr Jason Glowney MD in sport medicine and Dr Robert Rountree MD in functional medicine. He also worked with a team of concussion and traumatic brain injury specialists at Integrative Sport and Spine under the direction of Dr Micheal Tracy DO.