Roland Fletcher

Roly is a Registered Physiotherapist and Certified Vestibular Therapist. He recently relocated from the mainland and currently offers a small number of clinical hours each week, as he is a full-time Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine.

For much of his career, Roly has focused on assessing and treating people with dizziness, balance disorders, and concussion-related dizziness. He provides vestibular rehabilitation and concussion guidance and has extensive experience supporting individuals living with persistent dizzy conditions.

Roly serves on the Board of Directors for the Balance and Dizziness Society of Canada, where he has contributed to patient-education resources used nationally. In his academic role, he teaches vestibular content to Physiotherapy students in the UBC program.

Roly is honoured to be the Hub Team Physiotherapist for the Pain BC ECHO Project, an interdisciplinary initiative sponsored by Doctors of BC and Shared Care. In this role, he helps provide education and clinical support to health care providers caring for patients with complex health needs.

As a Physiotherapist, Roly has worked across the public health care systems in both the UK and Canada. His clinical experience includes intensive care, emergency medicine, orthopaedics, neurology, oncology, pediatrics, rehabilitation, surgical and medical units, outpatient care, and home health.

He has also worked with high-performance athletes through contracts with the English Institute of Sport and UK Athletics. Roly was one of the Physiotherapists for the 2007/2008 Mavericks, Champions of the Fiat Netball Super League, and has supported the English Badminton Team.

Roly is regularly invited to present on topics including pain, concussion, and vestibular rehabilitation. He has delivered educational sessions to medical students, allied health professionals, pharmacy students, nursing staff, and physicians, and has spoken at conferences and workshops including the UBC Physician Rural Rounds, Doctors of BC Practice Support Program, Pacific Sport, Pain BC, the National Pedorthic Association of Canada Symposium, the Fraser Health & Vancouver Coastal Health Practice Forum, and the BCAK Kinesiology AGM.

University Education:

• MSc (with Distinction) Clinical Management of Pain - University of Edinburgh, UK
• Diploma Sports Therapy - University of Hertfordshire, UK
• BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy - University of Hertfordshire, UK
• Higher National Certificate Sports Science - University of Coventry, UK

Awards: 

• 2021 Medal of Distinction. Awarded by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association to commemorate their 100 year anniversary and recognizes 100 Canadian Physiotherapists that have positively impacted the profession.
• 2018 Clinical Education Award.  Awarded annually to one Physiotherapist in Canada who has made outstanding contributions to the clinical education of physiotherapy students (Canadian Physiotherapy Association, nominated by UBC).
• 2017 Excellence Award; Clinical Contribution.  Awarded to a Physiotherapist who has consistently demonstrated excellence in clinical practice (Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia, nominated by UBC)
• 2015 Favourite Physiotherapist (Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows The News 'A-List Awards')2015 Excellence Award; Public Practice.  Awarded to a public practice physiotherapist leading the way in patient care, development of the profession or research (Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia)
• 2014 John F McCreary Prize for Interprofessional Teamwork in the Health Professions (UBC)
• 2005 Capio-Pinehill Award for Highest Academic Achievement