Our Staff

B. App. Sc (Phty) 

Accredited Hand Therapist (AHTA) 

Certified Hand Therapist (USA)

Marin Suzuki graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) degree in 2011.  

Marin began her career working in the rehabilitation of patients in tertiary trauma hospitals in Sydney including Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital - Randwick and Liverpool Hospital.  After discovering the art of hand therapy, and seeing first-hand the impact of high quality hand therapy on the quality of life of her clients, she has devoted her work to hands.  

Marin has had experience working at The South Western Sydney Hand Unit and The Sydney Hospital Hand Unit prior to working in private practice.  

Internationally, Marin has had the privilege of visiting hand therapy centres in Asia, the USA and Europe.

Marin is passionate about providing quality hand therapy and contributing to the progression of hand therapy. 

Marin was part of the Hand Therapy team in Dr Stuart Myers Orthopaedic Outreach team on their visit to Lautoka Hospital, Fiji in 2015. 

B. Occ. Thy. 

Accredited Hand Therapist (AHTA)

Certified Hand Therapist (USA)

Abbie graduated from Southern Cross University with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. 

Abbie developed an interest in hand therapy prior to graduating, having had the opportunity to complete a student placement at a private hand therapy practice.

Abbie takes pride in providing thorough assessments, and planning treatments catered to maximise the potential of each individual. 

Abbie is passionate about expanding her knowledge, and also contributing to research to enhance the hand therapy profession.

PhD

B. App. Sc (Phty) 

Accredited Hand Therapist (AHTA) 

Certified Hand Therapist (USA)

Lauren graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) (with distinction) degree in 2001, and has worked in Hand Therapy Units in Australia and the UK since 2003. Prior to joining us, Lauren was the Unit Head of Hand Therapy at the Sydney Hospital Hand Unit, a tertiary hand trauma hospital.

Lauren was awarded her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2016 for her research on fractured (broken) fingers, has four papers from this PhD published in peer-reviewed journals and has also published and presented on management of thumb tendon injuries. She has been an invited speaker at both national and international Hand Therapy conferences, and has been awarded Best Scientific Paper at the Australian Hand Therapy Association National Conference on three occasions. 

Lauren has been an invited lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, an invited reviewer for hand journals, conference abstracts and university honours theses. She is a volunteer member of the Australian Hand Therapy Association Research and Scholarship Committee.

Lauren loves to help people recover from hand injury – so they can get back to the things in life that are really important to them. She is also very fond of the ocean and campdrafting. She is not at all fond of traffic.

B.Phty 

Accredited Hand Therapist (AHTA) 

Paul gained his Bachelor of Physiotherapy in 2013 from Otago University after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Marketing. 

Whilst working in a private hand therapy clinic in Christchurch, New Zealand he completed his Post Graduate Certificate in Rehabilitation and became a member of the Hand Therapy Association of New Zealand. Paul is also an accredited hand therapist, as recognised by the Australian Hand Therapy Association. 

In 2018 he left Christchurch for Brisbane to work in private practice before making the move to the Gold Coast and in early 2021 is now a member of The Palms Hand Therapy team. 

Paul enjoys assisting patients on their rehabilitation journey and achieving their goals.

In his spare time he can be found cycling, playing volleyball and spending time at the beach. 

He is an accredited member of the Australian Hand Therapy Association.

B. App. Sc (OT)

Associate member (AHTA)

Hannah Munro graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) degree in 2005. Her interest in hand therapy began during her studies when she discovered that this speciality was the perfect marriage of art and science. Hand therapy satisfies her love of creativity, problem solving, upper limb anatomy and assisting people to regain their function and independence.

Since graduating, Hannah has worked in a number of public hospitals in Sydney including The Children’s Hospital at Westmead where she had the opportunity to gain specific skills in treating both traumatic and congential hand and upper limb conditions/injuries in a paediatric population.

In addition to working as a hand therapist in a public health setting for the past 10 years, Hannah also has over 5 years experience working in private practice.

In 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 she was invited by The University of Sydney to teach the undergraduate and postgraduate Occupational Therapy elective subject ‘Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb and Hand”. 

She enjoys the opportunity to learn from her colleagues and patients and is committed to providing a high standard of care.