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Dr. Raphael Sadiwa is a licensed physical therapist in the State of Texas (license #: 1104404) with 30 years of clinical experience in orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation. His three decades of professional experience spans working with different age groups throughout the lifespan. He holds a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Boston University and have dual certifications in Life Care Planning and Functional Capacity Evaluation. As a clinical doctoral level physical therapist licensed in Texas, he has additional training in diagnostic clinical reasoning which provides him the ability to see patients in Texas directly without a physician order for a limited number of sessions. In addition, his doctoral education included graduate coursework in statistics enabling him to appraise the literature that he uses in writing and supporting his opinions. His work has been published as case abstracts in peer reviewed journals, and some have been cited in scoping and systematic reviews. He has been retained by top international law firms for both plaintiff and defense involving civil rights and discrimination issues. Dr. Sadiwa is scheduled to testify this year in a federal case, a personal injury case and in an arbitration hearing. To date, he has provided one deposition in a federal civil rights case. He has also been accepted in the past through a blinded peer review process to present at major US and international physical therapy and rehabilitation medicine scientific conferences. These include the following: • 16th International World Confederation of Physical Therapy Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 8th World Congress on Brain Injury, Washington, DC, USA • 17th IVO (Internationaler Verband der Orthopädie-Schuhtechniker) conference, The Hague, Netherlands • 2009 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)-American Society of Neurorehabilitation (ASNR) Joint Educational Conference, Denver, Colorado • 5th World Congress of the International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Türkiye • 3rd International Conference on Vocational Outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury, Vancouver, BC, Canada • 2009 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada • 21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Areas of expertise include: • Biomechanical analysis of movement impairment • Rehabilitation of movement impairment • Evaluation of pain, functional limitations, and postural dysfunction • Medical damages valuation and future cost of care in life care planning • Functional capacity evaluation • Residual functional capacity analysis • Critical appraisal of scientific studies and literature review